F.A.O

Q. What is Dot-r? 
A. Dort-r is simply a blog recording phising emails, scams of various kinds and emails that contain malicious payloads.. along with the odd telephone scam.


Q. Should I click any links in posts or complete any forms on the site?
A. Nooooo! The posts here are for information and reference only!

Q. I have received a similar but not quite the same email, does this mean it's geninue?
A. No. In a large number of cases details such as file names, amounts and referenced dates change but the remaining of the body is the same.  

Q. Who are you?
A. Keyser Söze or are we....

Q. Can I submit stuff to you? 
A. Not at the moment but that may change.

Q.Do you submit phishing emails to community based anti phishing sites?
A. Yes. One we are quite fond of is The PhishTank

Q. Why does every post finish with a series of numbers? 
A. The number simply represents the date when the offending email was received, for example 130911 means 13th September 2011.

Q. Where can we contact you?
A. If we are not drinking coffee and eating donuts, you can reach us at

    ......(mumble) give us 5 minutes..... (slurp)