A colleague forwarded the following email from a vendor and asked how I think a potential buyer should respond. I've redacted the message to anonymize the vendor: Dear ____, I thought you might be interested in a recent analysis of low cost fundraising software, conducted jointly by … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: Smoking device
This is as lame as it gets. Plain text, no graphics, the sender name looks suspicious, the recipient name isn't me, there's no subject, and the text is lame. I ran the link in the "click here" line through some online virus scanners and it seems clean, so maybe they're just trying to … [Read more...]
More nonprofit software mergers and acquisitions
Last year the big news in my industry was Blackbaud's acquisition of Convio and the merger/acquisition of Datatel and Sungard Higher Education (now called Ellucian). 2013 is off to a bang with Accel-KKR's acquisition of Sage's Nonprofit Solutions Group and iModules acquisition of Harris … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: Oprah sent me a message
My good buddy Oprah. Yeah, right. This is a lame as they come. Do people really click on something like this? Senders: zomg.amazing@yahoo.com theroughrider_692000@yahoo.com To: grhiner@yahoo.com dollyn216@earthlink.net Subject: Re: Text: Oprah has sent a message to you. … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: Your Apple ID was used to sign in
I got three of these today. There are a bunch of clues that they're not legit. First, there's no Apple logo (easy enough to fake, but still...). Second, the Apple ID it says was used is not my Apple ID. Third, the From addresses are not at apple.com (again, easy to fake so … [Read more...]
Lame spams of the day: another roundup
Here's a selection of messages from spammers who don't even seem to be trying -- no graphics, no attempt to make the links look legit, plain text. Are these spammers just lazy or do these things actually work? Bottom line: think before you click. Hover your mouse over URLs and see … [Read more...]
Lame spams of the day: so many ebills
I got two dozen of these this morning, which may be some kind of record. This site says they're malware delivery devices, so do not click on them! A few of the … [Read more...]
Training on your new database
A question was posted to a listserve for nonprofit techies looking for tips on training staff on a new database. I discussed training at a high level on page 13 of this chapter from CASE's Handbook of Institutional Advancement. Here are some more detailed rules of thumb: 90% of … [Read more...]
Lame spams of the day: Your score apparently changed!
I got a bunch of these this week. I don't know what happens if you click the links, but they look like malware delivery vehicles. They included a variety of graphics that look like typical credit score spam, but the sender addresses are obviously faked and the links look like they point … [Read more...]
Lame spams of the day: Support Center
This batch of spams looks like Facebook messages -- same colors, fonts, and formatting, and they have a "Go To Profile" button. But they don't mention Facebook. Does the familiar look and feel dupe people into clicking before they read? According to this post, they're selling meds … [Read more...]
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