Usually this type of come-on is offering me free money, but this one seems to want me to give them $50 million. Or maybe they're going to give me the money and I'm to regift it. Clearly we have a failure to communicate. Sender: Mrs. Alphonse Casambre … [Read more...]
Lame spams of the day: assorted LinkedIn ploys
Lots of spam is coming from fake LinkedIn accounts these days. Most of it is more scary than lame -- it uses the right logo, colors, and fonts. They typically say I have new invitations or messages or that I need to confirm my email address. But some are downright lame, like … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: Warning PayPal Account Placed on hold
Fake PayPal notices are common as dirt, but this one stands out for its lameness. It does have some design elements (small PayPal logo, blue font, borders) -- it's the text that's lame -- empty merge fields, typos, random capitalization. There's even a typo in the fake From address … [Read more...]
Lame spam roundup
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...]
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