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Lame spam of the day: NYC traffic ticket

This is the first one like this I've seen -- a speeding ticket.  If I'd driven in New York in October I might be curious enough to click (well, I wouldn't, but someone might).  Apparently this one has been floating around for a while and delivers malware. Sender: support@rlweiner.com … [Read more...]

Lame spam of the day: free Southwest vouchers

I've seen spam like this before (here's an example using Facebook), and it might have a chance if they'd just used the first sentence.  But they also used some random text generator that makes the message gibberish.  A baby spammer taking his first steps? Sender: bigrick27856@aol.com … [Read more...]

Lame spam of the day: FDIC: About your business account

I got three flavors of this one today.  The FDIC wrote about it, but doesn't say what happens if you click the link.  I hope no one (except maybe a trained professional) tries to find out. Version 1: Sender: ::Federal Insurance Company:: (acclimatizingn271@fdic.gov) Subject: FDIC: About … [Read more...]

First impressions of the HTC Rezound smartphone

Since HP abandoned the Palm Pre I decided to do the same.  I'm sad about it -- I've been a Palm user since the Pilot days and loved Palm's WebOS.  But my Pre's keypad was no longer reliable, the erratic GPS was constantly vexing, and the lack of apps was annoying (and not likely to get … [Read more...]

Lame spam as blog comments

I wrote recently about spam in the form of blog comments.  There's been a deluge recently, and I want to call out some that look like they could be legit.  Fortunately, my anti-spam filters (Akismet and Bad Behavior) caught them.  I assume that most of these are planted for search … [Read more...]

Lame spam of the day: weight loss blog comment

Some of the lamest spam I see comes in the form of comments on my blog posts.  Some sounds convincing, but my spam filters (Akismet and Bad Behavior) are incredibly good at catching them.  (It's particularly entertaining when the spam is trying to link to one of my spam of the day … [Read more...]

Lame spam of the day: Starbucks is giving away gifts

Who in their right mind would click on a thing like this?  It came from a stranger in another country with a blank subject and an unintelligible Quote of the Day.  I guess I answered my own question -- someone who isn't thinking.  And what kind of gifts are they giving away? It's a … [Read more...]

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