Here's a random selection of strange and/or lame spams I've received recently. 1: I got several of these. Unfortunately, no umbrellas were included. Sender: LinkedIn Connections [connections@linkedin.com] Subject: RE: CELSA - Copies of Policies. Text: Unfortunately, I cannot obtain … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: Intuit GoPayment
Hey, spammers: how about deduping your mailing lists? I got 22 of these on Monday. This article says they're malware delivery devices. These spams aren't 100% lame -- at least they included a logo and some design elements. But the From: address is obviously not from Intuit and text is … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: Same Day Transfer sent successfully
I got 7 emails today claiming to come from the Federal Reserve Bank. Plain text, no logo, and the From address is obviously not from the Federal Reserve (plus, why would the Federal Reserve Bank be contacting me about anything?). The details of the "transaction" differs on each message, but … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: Run Do Not Reply
The subjects of this batch of spams are about payroll processing, but the sender name is more noteworthy: "Run Do Not Reply" (RUN is right). The From address varies, as you'll see below. This site says the links deliver malware. Since I'm self-employed, payroll processing spam isn't … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: fake Verizon notifications
I got 14 of these over the past 2 days. I'd hope that anyone who gets emails from Verizon would see immediately that these are fake. While they used the Verizon logo and colors, the logo is blurry, the font is wrong, the From: addresses aren't at Verizon domains, and the English is … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: FDIC Transactions stopped
I got a dozen spams today claiming to come from the FDIC. Here are details on the exploit. The spammers at least took the trouble to use the FDIC logo, but didn't bother to make the random sender addresses look like legitimate FDIC addresses. The truly lame part is that the text is … [Read more...]
Finding a replacement for Tungle.me
I've been using Tungle for years to share my calendar with colleagues and clients. It allowed them to view my availability online and propose meetings as if we were all on the same calendaring system. Unfortunately, RIM bought Tungle in 2011 and it started to decline. Appointments … [Read more...]
Blackbaud kills Common Ground: So What?
According to the Foundation Center’s analysis of data from the National Center for Charitable Statistics, there are approximately 1.5 million nonprofits in the U.S. According to the Q&A that Idealware conducted with Blackbaud, approximately 400 nonprofits are using the version of Common Ground … [Read more...]
Lame spams of the day: Amazon HDTV shipments
I got 3 versions of this today. The most amusing part is that the shipping address is a mail merge field with my email address inserted. I'm sure that will produce some funny results for people with more creative email addresses. I don't see any posts about what the links do and … [Read more...]
Lame spams of the day: Fake Facebook notifications
Lots of spammers try to use fake Facebook notifications to trap the unwary. Here's a sample of what's landed in my spam folder. All but the last one used graphics that made them look like the came from Facebook. Senders: Facebook [update+fqqrnmjhudim@atse.org.au] Facebook … [Read more...]
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