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  • WTFH
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    Originally posted by eek View Post
    Surely if you send out documentation you produce a PDF version - even MS won't send out a word document as it's final release - it's always a PDF of the word / Powerpoint document.
    In which case it's
    File
    >>Properties
    >>>Description
    >>>>Metadata

    (but you need Acrobat or a suitable PDF editor, not just Acrobat reader)

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  • eek
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    Originally posted by WTFH View Post
    It's always useful if you ever borrow documentation.

    And always worth checking if you're ever given documentation that is far better than the person normally provides.
    Surely if you send out documentation you produce a PDF version - even MS won't send out a word document as it's final release - it's always a PDF of the word / Powerpoint document.

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  • MasterBait
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    Originally posted by cojak View Post
    101 idiot error: not removing the metadata from the documents.

    How basic can you get?!?
    Lots of recruiters never do, so it's easy to trace who the end customer is (in case they didn't tell you)

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  • WTFH
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    Originally posted by woohoo View Post
    it was a failed miserable joke, but I thank you for your instructions.

    It's always useful if you ever borrow documentation.

    And always worth checking if you're ever given documentation that is far better than the person normally provides.

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  • woohoo
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    Originally posted by WTFH View Post
    File
    >>Info
    >>>Properties
    >>>>Advanced Properties
    it was a failed miserable joke, but I thank you for your instructions.

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  • WTFH
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    Originally posted by woohoo View Post
    And erm out of interest, how would one go about removing this incriminating metadata *cough*.
    File
    >>Info
    >>>Properties
    >>>>Advanced Properties

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  • eek
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    Originally posted by vwdan View Post
    At which point during your $6m dollars worth of fraud do you stop and consider whether you're pushing it too far.
    Once you've started the scam - failing to send the next invoice could be what reveals the scam - hence you may as well continue.

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  • woohoo
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    Originally posted by cojak View Post
    101 idiot error: not removing the metadata from the documents.

    How basic can you get?!?
    And erm out of interest, how would one go about removing this incriminating metadata *cough*.

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  • vwdan
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    At which point during your $6m dollars worth of fraud do you stop and consider whether you're pushing it too far.

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  • cojak
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    101 idiot error: not removing the metadata from the documents.

    How basic can you get?!?

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  • BR14
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    no

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  • WTFH
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    Anyone we know?

    IT exec sets up fake biz, uses it to bill his bosses $6m for phantom gear, gets caught by Microsoft Word metadata • The Register


    I know of a similar story in the UK from about 10 years ago

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