To listen to the victims of his swindle, or read their words, is to appreciate the very far-reaching ways in which Madoff's quiet crime has wreaked havoc on the lives of thousands of families.

Federal District Judge Denny Chin was absolutely right in denouncing Madoff's crimes as "extraordinarily evil," and giving him the maximum sentence. Punishment is no substitute for prevention, but the sentence provides a modicum of justice to the victims and will exert some modest deterrent effect against future potential swindlers.

The best person for the job allowed men to stack the high-risk finance industry and collapse the global economy.

The best person should be appointed to a gendered job.

Corporations should make decisions by agreement between women's and men's committees.

Government should regulate corporations by agreement between women’s and men’s legislatures.

The best person for the job is the person whose gender participates with equality.

3 July, 2009

$100.00 from the Australian Bankers Association just fo answering a couple of questions? Hardly likely. That's what we thought when we got the e-mail below and we put on our Sherlock Holmes cap and lit our pipe...

Originating computer IP address: 173.24.6.192 is allocated to Mediacom Communications Corp, NY, US of A. DNS Services provided by AT&T. Abuse issues: abuse@mediacomcc.com

Spammer compromised e-mail server IP address: 195.35.223.14 alocated to Brugmedia B.V., Kampen, NL. SPAM issues: abuse@castel.nl

Phishing web site (asking for your account information) at: http://173-24-6-192.client.mchsi.com/bankers.asn.au/australian-bankers-a... is the same computer that sent the e-mail. Fortunately Firefox BLOCKED access to this unsafe web site.

Translated for mere mortals: A computer located somewhere in New York, abused a possible badly configured mail server computer located in the Netherlands to send phishing spam also to us, inviting us to divulge our bank account details.

EBay traders should not let haste get in the way of sound judgement and discernment because they will get caught with their pants down. Clever social engineering by these phishing scammers is likely to 'push that button' again to the tune of millions of dollars per year.

But a WHOIS on the home domain of these scammers ( callofthetrees.com ) IMO reflects not only on the reputation of the (hidden) owners of callofthetrees.com and their hosting provider but maybe more so on the reputation some big internet vendors too: Domains by Proxy, Inc (registrant) and GoDaddy.com (Registrar). What are Domains by Proxy, Inc and GoDaddy.com doing to clean up their act?

Maybe we should all e-mail info@callofthetrees.com to let them know their web site has been compromised.

I am a young lady of 18 years old and a refugee in Benin Republic under the
United Nations refugees Ghana. My country of Origin is Cape Verde Island.
My parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lomogan died on plane crash in December
23rd, 2003 in Cotonou, Benin Republic on there way to Lebanon.

Attn: Beneficiary

I know that you might be surprise on this mail, but I am telling you the truth. I know that it is against my official duty to release confidential issue like this to an outsider. There is nothing I can do to help you beside this; I am taking this bold step because of my belief as a Christian.

Attn;My dear,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of
a new partner from SOUTH KOREA. Presently I'm in SOUTH KOREA for investment projects with my own
share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in
transferring those funds despite that it failed us somehow.

Now contact my secretary in Benin his name is below:
Name: Mr.Johnson Ibe
E-mail; (sec.johnsonibe@o2.pl)
Cell: +229-975-15-176

UNITED NATIONS (WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME)
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
870 UNITED NATIONS B PLAZA 20-A NEW YORK NY 10017
ATM CARD/AUDIT UNIT.
(UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE ON SCAMS AND COMPENSATION)

This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world,