Okay, so I've decided to do another contest. Some people may be wondering what coded messages and ciphers have to do with security. Quite simply, none of your secure electronic communications could get done without them. Plus, who doesn't enjoy a little mental exercise particularly when there is money involved - a $25.00 Amazon.com gift card. Come on, folks. It's the holidays. If you guess wrong, it costs you nothing. Win and you can use it towards any purchase at Amazon like that book you've been dying to read on your Kindle.
Enough talk. Here's the message. Decode it and email the text to scrivenlking@gmail.com. If you're the first person to solve it, I'll advertise your name as our only winner thus far and email you the gift card. Easy peasy. Here's a hint: It's a simple substitution cipher.
jdc9)c9)4ds)9sz21x)z2xs)z214s94!))ud25vx)-25)es4)4dc9)8ced4)q1x)zq1)stqcv)ts)q4)9z8c6s1vfc1e[etqcv!z2t)wc894@)-25)7cvv)es4)q)}+&)ecw4)zq8x)42)Gtq=21!z2t!))jdq1f9)w28)3vq-c1e!
