...those who know not, and know not they know not... ...can drive you nuts.
Jim On 16 May 2013 10:12, Dr Bob Jansen <[email protected]> wrote: > Scott's information and how he got it shows that you have to be a techie > to work these things out. How does a non-techie fare? I have had several > instances similar to Jan's and find the best solution is to ring the > company concerned. > > Bobj > > Dr Bob Jansen > Turtle Lane Studios > PO Box 26 Erskineville NSW 2043 Australia > Ph: +61 414 297 448 > Skype: bobjtls > http://www.turtlelane.com.au > > > On 16/05/2013, at 9:33, Scott Howard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Domain Name: SGE.NET > > Registrant: > > Verizon Business Australia Pty Ltd > > 243 Northbourne Ave > > Lyneham > > Canberra, ACT 2602 > > AU > > > > All of the (public) IP addresses listed are in Australia, and are > > registered to Verizon Business. > > > > I would have no doubt this is legitimate, with Verizon acting as a > outgoing > > mail gateway for ASIC. > > > > To remove any doubt, lets look who handles ASIC's inbound email : > > > > $ dig mx asic.gov.au +short > > 10 asic-in-157.sge.net. > > > > So SGE/Verizon handle their incoming email, leaving zero doubt that your > > email is legitimate. > > > > Scott > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Jan Whitaker <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Linkers, > >> > >> I just renewed my business name because ASIC is now doing it instead > >> of the state of Victoria. That all appears legitimate based on a > >> paper letter I received from them. I did all the payments etc. online > >> as instructed. > >> > >> Today I got an email from them (??) that I'm always leary of because > >> there are so many spoofs. So instead I went to the ASIC account and > >> there are no records of messages being sent to me. So I looked at the > >> full header of the email I received (below) and it appears to be > >> coming not from Australia, which is always a clue that something > >> isn't legit. HOWEVER, given the amount of outsourcing for email that > >> is done by government agencies today (I went a few rounds with > >> AUSTRAC about this for a couple years, as well as advising other govt > >> agencies about this as a problem), it's hard to know what is real and > >> what isn't. > >> > >> The embedded links are using what appear to be ASIC addresses for the > >> hidden links. > >> > >> I've sent all the info to ASIC along with a question about their > >> practices, which was not easy, I'll tell ya. They won't accept a > >> plain text message and only allow 2000 characters in their message > >> field. They also do NOT accept emails themselves! > >> > >> Jan > >> > >>> Return-path: <[email protected]> > >>> Envelope-to: [email protected] > >>> Delivery-date: Wed, 15 May 2013 17:18:08 -0400 > >>> Received: from okinawa.sge.net ([152.91.65.130]:25116) > >>> by pearl.host-care.com with esmtps > >> (TLSv1:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:256) > >>> (Exim 4.80) > >>> (envelope-from <[email protected]>) > >>> id 1Ucj4Z-0007Oe-F6 > >>> for [email protected]; Wed, 15 May 2013 17:18:06 -0400 > >>> Received: from valencia.bru.gwy (unknown [172.30.65.65]) > >>> by okinawa.sge.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE049181CB > >>> for <[email protected]>; Wed, 15 May 2013 21:17:14 +0000 > >> (UTC) > >>> Received: from valencia.bru.gwy (unknown [127.0.0.1]) > >>> by IMSVA80 (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9151730799 > >>> for <[email protected]>; Wed, 15 May 2013 21:17:14 +0000 > >> (GMT) > >>> Received: from quark1.sge.net (unknown [152.91.9.198]) > >>> by valencia.bru.gwy (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D70B306B0 > >>> for <[email protected]>; Wed, 15 May 2013 21:17:14 +0000 > >> (GMT) > >>> Received: from mailgate2.asic.gov.au (unknown [10.11.2.20]) > >>> by quark1.sge.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CDAB367C39 > >>> for <[email protected]>; Thu, 16 May 2013 07:17:13 +1000 > >> (EST) > >> > >> > >> Melbourne, Victoria, Australia > >> [email protected] > >> blog: http://janwhitaker.com/jansblog/ > >> business: http://www.janwhitaker.com > >> > >> Our truest response to the irrationality of the world is to paint or > >> sing or write, for only in such response do we find truth. > >> ~Madeline L'Engle, writer > >> > >> _ __________________ _ > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Link mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link > > _______________________________________________ > > Link mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link > > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link > _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
