[Or
‘Internet Scammers are a Cowardly and Superstitious Lot’.]
Over
the weekend, my Facebook account was subject to a hacking scam; a message
covered the screen when I tried to log in, purporting to be from Facebook
themselves, informing me that my account had been sending out spam and asking
for my personal details (including credit card details) for some poorly-justified
reason which I can’t remember. Before I changed my password in a rather
circuitous manner to get rid of this scam, I decided to have a little fun with
it. So I filled out the details as follows:
First
Name: Bruce
Surname:
Wayne
Address:
Wayne Manor
Gotham
Outskirts
City:
Gotham
State:
NY (Almost tripped me up here, but then Gotham was based on New York, so I
decided that was the easiest)
ZIP
Code: 228
Phone
Number: 2286261
[I
made up some credit card details too, but they escape me now.]
Remarkably,
the system seemed to accept all of this; its only problem was that my arbitrary
mashing of number keys clearly didn’t resemble a credit card number. I decided
not to keep trying, just in case I ended up accidentally putting an actual
person’s credit card details in. Especially in case it really was Bruce Wayne.
As
a footnote, I’ll switch gears to the Riddler for a moment. The ZIP code and
phone number were not chosen at random. What’s their significance?
