It's been a while since I got a spam message that rose to the level of true lameness (maybe because I've improved my anti-spam tools), but this one hit the target. It's bad enough that the formatting of the first third is truly ugly (scroll to the bottom to see an image), it says someone named … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: spam mashup
Another newbie spammer playing with a toy? This plain-text spam has no sender, subject, formatting, or graphics. Nothing unusual there. The bonus is that it mashes up a variety of spammer techniques, starting with a list of 3-letter words running from "act" to "dry". After … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: Raw spam merge text
Some newbie spammer posted a message on my site that shows the contents of their spam merge database. It goes on and on, but you'll get the idea pretty quickly. I found it fascinating. I recognize so many snippets that have appeared in my spam folder over the years. { {I have|I’ve} … [Read more...]
Reigning in shadow databases
The following story, posted with permission, was sent to the FUNDSVCS list in response to a question about how to reign in schools and departments at a university that keep their own shadow databases of contacts. The response hit the nail on the head: We started working on folding shadow … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: Magnificent things of your mouth
Most of the comments that spammers have been trying to post on my blog these days have been beyond lame: a single word or lines of gibberish. It's sad that this junk gets through on so many sites. That just encourages the spammers. Today's spam is lame and charming, though it's probably … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: disappointed spammer
Most of the spam that reaches me comes as emails, but my blog also attracts a fair share of spammy comments. Some are particularly lame (and some are pretty amusing). Here's one of the former, from a spammer I presume is trying to increase the search engine ranking for a site selling … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: Google Doc
Please tell me no one would ever click on something like this (I only wish it were true). Plain text, bad English, the document isn't actually attached, and the CLICK HERE link doesn't point to google.com. Sender: Laila Brenner [brenner.laila@gmail.com] Subject: Fwd: Attached … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: Meeting invitation from George Adoo
I'm not sure if this one is lame (the subject, text, and double salutation are certainly lame) or clever. This spam arrived in the form of a meeting invitation. My Outlook spam filter (SpamBayes) doesn't seem to look at meeting invitations, and it also slipped past the SpamAssassin … [Read more...]
Lame spams of the day: messages from key.com
I received seven copies of two versions of this spam. Plain text, no formatting, no logos. This site lists them as malware delivery devices but doesn't elaborate on the threat. Here they … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: Fake BBC news stories
Like most lame spam, this one lacks any formatting or graphics. The tricky part is that it's masquerading as a news story sent to me by a friend, and those typically lack formatting and graphics. Clues that it's fake: I don't know the sender; the sender shows as Wendy Kauffman but the … [Read more...]
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