I got a kick out of this one. It's short and sweet -- and, I hope, ineffective. Sophos says it's a malware delivery device. Sender: LAU18eRogelio@aol.com Subject: You pig! Text: You should be stoping ignoring me or i will send this photos to your spouse!!! Attachment: DCIM.zip … [Read more...]
Lame spams of the day: 123Greetings
Supposed friends have been sending me lots of electronic greeting cards lately -- a dozen in the past few days. Of course, the person mentioned in the cards is a stranger. The From address has been ecards@123greetings.com The subjects have been: Your friend sent you an e-card. New … [Read more...]
Tales of faux donors scamming charities
The following is a compilation of online discussions of faux donors trying to scam colleges, schools, and nonprofits. In most cases it’s not clear what the scammers are trying to achieve. Maybe they’re just practical jokes. These tales were provided by Barbara Esteve at Cedar Crest College, … [Read more...]
Lame spams of the day: More fake LinkedIn invitations
These are similar to the Linkedin scam I wrote about a year ago. At a casual glance they look like real LinkedIn invitations, but a moment of scrutiny shows they aren't real. Genuine LinkedIn invitations include a photo, the sender's company, a link to view their profile, and the number of … [Read more...]
Lame spams of the day: Your AT&T bill
I see the occasional fake AT&T message all the time, but got 15 variations on this theme today. Looks like a baby spammer playing with a new toy. Senders included: Kristi Leal (support@irs.gov) Sally Moser, Jody Grace, Loretta Bragg (all at alerts@irs.gov) Emily Delgado, Johnnie … [Read more...]
Lame spams of the day: eBay and Paypal transfers
I got a ton of these earlier this week. First clue it's spam: when you get 10 versions of the same message. I particularly like the randomized "buyer emails" like lorem.eget.mollis@tinciduntDonecvitae.ca. The text was variations on this theme: Transaction ID 934493892393 … [Read more...]
Lame spams of the day: everyone wants to send me money
Here are some of the "loan offers" that have landed in my spam folder. None have attachments, links, or graphics. One used a blue font, the others were plain old black Courier. The subject lines were blank in every case. The senders included: kelly loan offer … [Read more...]
ROI for a donor database
My colleague Charlie Hunsaker posted the following question on the FUNDSVCS Advancement Services listserve: I have two clients who are looking for new systems and want a “cost justification” for their acquisition to share with their management. Probably an issue that we should all be looking at. … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: Charter flight reservation
This looks similar to the American Airlines spam, but lamer. How many people 1) have secretaries (not me) and 2) charter airplanes (again, not me). I got two versions of this. One claimed to come from LinkedIn -- which would be a major change in their business model. Neither … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: You are highly needed
Most of these 419 scam emails aren't worth glancing at, but the language in this one was too good to pass up. Including links to real news stories is a nice touch. I liked the lines: one has to be very careful because a lot of scammers are out there to scam innocent citizens and this … [Read more...]
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