Checking the Inbox and Outbox
An e-mail from an apprentice was sent to the instructor's inbox. This individual's e-mail
confesses to the crime of stealing all of the cookies. This e-mail should be projected onto a
screen so that the entire class can see it.
The apprentice should be brought in and questioned about the e-mail. Questions could include:
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Did you steal the cookies on the morning of July 18th?
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Why did you send an e-mail confessing to the cookie theft?
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Then how do you explain why we received an e-mail from you confessing?
Explore the technical problems that are involved with this e-mail:
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Ask apprentice to show the students his/her sent folder
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Verify that the e-mail is in the sent folder
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Ask apprentice to leave so that you can conduct further investigation
Discuss the possible explanations:
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Is there any way that the apprentice could be telling the truth?
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What could have happened if the apprentice is telling the truth?
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Who is this email from? Why would the apprentice write something so obviously not true in
the e-mail?
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Could someone else have sent the email while making us think it was from the apprentice?
How?
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How could someone make a fake(spoofed) email?