I got a big batch of these today. They're similar to the fake Amazon HDTV receipts I wrote about in September. These aren't as lame-looking as most of the spam I write about: they use the right logos, fonts, and typefaces.  This site says they lead to malware.  The giveaways are: 1) Hover … [Read more...]

I got a new batch of lame ADP spams this morning (see the old batch here).  These are really lame -- no graphics, plain text, mangled English.  But they want me to take a customer satisfaction survey -- I can't wait.  This site says they're malware delivery devices, so don't … [Read more...]

My inbox has been polluted by a rash of these this week.  They're so badly formatted, it's hard to believe anyone would fall for them.  The spammers haven't even tried to make the reply-to address look legit.  Some have a sender name from UPS but use the FedEx logo.  Like this … [Read more...]

I've been getting lots of these lately.  They look reasonably line LinkedIn messages, though I don't recall ever getting something quite like this from LinkedIn.  The subject has been "LinkedIn new messages" but the senders aren't LinkedIn addresses.  This site says the links deliver … [Read more...]

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...]

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...]

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...]