Wow, strangers want to hire me -- not. Sender 1: Scott Pina (tani40@wonderware.com) Subject: Re: Re: Employment Opportunity Followup. Response Required Text: Dear job applicant Thank you for submitting your information for potential employment openings. We look forward to reviewing … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: Harvard Medical School
Well, I haven't been treated at Harvard. I live thousands of miles away. And it wouldn't normally occur to me to "shop" at a medical school or hospital (though after investigation I found that the publications shown on the message do cost money.) But aside from that (and assuming … [Read more...]
10 Traits of a Great Consultant
The Chronicle of Philanthropy published a nice list of consulting traits that I want to pass along. The traits they list are below. My comments are in parentheses. Have self-confidence and be as adept at delivering bad news as good. (This is hard. I hate delivering bad news, … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: Digg + Facebook
I've seen two versions of this spam claiming to be verification of Facebook social sharing on Digg. One said it's a Facebook verification, the other a Digg verification. Version 1: Sender: Facebook Verification (registration@datonet.at) Subject: Thank you for registering … [Read more...]
Lame spams of the day: LinkedIn phishing
The recent theft of passwords from LinkedIn prompted me to post these spams masquerading as messages from that firm. The first one made no attempt beyond the Sender name to look like it came from LinkedIn. The others made a minimal attempt to look like a LinkedIn message and all look … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: Facebook notifications
Similar to the notifications from MySpace, Habbo, Tagged, and Foursquare I got a few weeks ago, I'm getting lots of fake Facebook notifications. According to this article, they're phishing messages. Here are a few examples: Sender: Facebook (confirm+robert@ig.com.br) Subject: Reminder: … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: Money
This is about as lame as it gets. I hope no one would click on a message like this. Even Outlook recognizes it as phishing. Sender: yomrgoo@yahoo.com (no attempt to make it look real) To: robert@rlplumbingcompany.com (not me) Subject: FW: Money Text: Click Here Shared Online News Article … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: CitiBank Account Alert
This type of phishing scam is common as dirt, but this example is particularly lame. First, it includes the sections of CitiBank's standard notices that would normally include the account holder's name and the last 4 digits of the account -- but they're blank. Then there are some … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: May be try it?
This one purports to come from LinkedIn. It has the familiar blue line and uses their font (but not their logo). But the sender name shows clearly that it didn't come from LinkedIn and there's no way the text could be seen as a legitimate LinkedIn message. Sender: LinkedIn … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: self-identified spam
This one is peculiar. My name isn't on the To line, and there's no offer, link, or attachment. Lot's of non-Western characters (or random text) in the subject & sender lines. This message didn't come from my anti-spam software and my ISP says it didn't come from theirs. To: … [Read more...]
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