Barrow-in-Furness is a town in Cumbria, North-West England. Historically part of Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with Dalton-in-Furness Urban District in 1974 to form the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness. At the tip of the Furness peninsula, close to the Lake District, it is bordered by Morecambe Bay, the Duddon Estuary and the Irish Sea. In 2011, Barrow's population was 57,000, making it the second largest urban... Show more area in Cumbria after Carlisle. Natives of Barrow, as well as the local dialect, are known as Barrovian.In the Middle Ages, Barrow was a small hamlet within the parish of Dalton-in-Furness with Furness Abbey, now on the outskirts of the modern-day town, controlling the local economy before its dissolution in 1537. The iron prospector Henry Schneider arrived in Furness in 1839 and, with other investors, opened the Furness Railway in 1846 to transport...
Fraudsters are using a targeted method to try to circumvent the phishing protection in Apple's Messages app. Such phishing messages delivered via SMS or iMessage prompt the recipient to reply, such as “Please reply with Y“ or “Reply with Stop to stop receiving further messages“. If users respond, the...
According to the AK, extreme caution is required. Fraudulent messages from the supposed ÖGK are currently circulating: Their aim: to obtain account and credit card details. The trick works via a link that victims are supposed to click on. In addition, a short deadline is to be met and shortly afterwards...
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