If I reported all the e-crime I encounter, the Welsh Hi-Tech Crime Unit would be overwhelmed (UK divided on e-crime strategy).

Each day I receive attempted frauds claiming to be from all the well-known banks; Nigerian scams; illegal prescription-only drugs; and a few lame-brained attacks on my system.

Occasionally I fill in their forms with false data or sometimes I paste in code and try to exploit buffer overruns. Sometimes I send them my terms of access to my email address which allows excessive counter-attacks without further warnings. Mostly, though, I ignore them.

Michael Mordechai