I'm not sure if this one is lame (the subject, text, and double salutation are certainly lame) or clever. This spam arrived in the form of a meeting invitation. My Outlook spam filter (SpamBayes) doesn't seem to look at meeting invitations, and it also slipped past the SpamAssassin … [Read more...]
Lame spams of the day: messages from key.com
I received seven copies of two versions of this spam. Plain text, no formatting, no logos. This site lists them as malware delivery devices but doesn't elaborate on the threat. Here they … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: Fake BBC news stories
Like most lame spam, this one lacks any formatting or graphics. The tricky part is that it's masquerading as a news story sent to me by a friend, and those typically lack formatting and graphics. Clues that it's fake: I don't know the sender; the sender shows as Wendy Kauffman but the … [Read more...]
On the value of donor database ratings
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...]
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