I'm charmed by the tortured grammar in this spam. But would it have been too hard to at least make the sending email address (@gmail) match the reply-to address (@yahoo)? Sender: Robert Grant (robertgrantinvest3@gmail.com) Subject: willing to invest. Text: Top of the day to you In lieu to … [Read more...]
Lame Spam of the Day: Please stop sending spam messages onto our email
The text of this message made me smile, but the RAR attachment turned my smile upside down (no, I didn't click --- and don't you click, either). Here's info on rar attachments: http://www.philipp-winterberg.com/software/rar_faq_phishing_fraudulent_dangerous_malicious_files.php Subject: Please … [Read more...]
Lame Spam(s) of the Day: Federal Tax payment rejected
Since spammers don't bother with list hygiene, a new variant results in multiple messages in my spam folder. Today I got 4 versions of this spam. That should be a dead giveaway to anyone receiving these messages. Each one had a different "tax transaction ID". Looks like the sender … [Read more...]
Lame Spam of the Day: Loan Offer from Kiva
I guess Kiva has attained sufficient mindshare to become a phishing tool. I hadn't realized that $5,000 to $100,000 constituted a micro-loan. Sender: Kiva Micro Financial Loan Company <kiva@yahoo.com> Subject: APPLY FOR YOUR LOAN AS LOW AS 0.2% Message: Goodday,We Offer Private, … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: quite every unfruitful dealing
This one must have been run through language translation software. The English is delightfully warped. Sender: PROF. LAMIDO SANUSI (info@paksteel.com.pk) Subject: RE: URGENT ATTENTION. From The Desk Of Dr. Lamido Sanusi, (PhD Msc) The Hon. Governor Central Bank of Nigeria Plot 8321 4th … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: why can’t you deal with the bank?
This one is kind of charming: Sender: Samuel (samuelagbala8@xnmsn.cn) Subject: PAYMENT Dear Friend, Good day. I have some information for you about your unpaid fund, the people you are dealing with is not the original bank, why can't you deal with the bank instead of sending money to people … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: ATM MASTER CARD PAYMENT
Today's lame spam has so many red flags possible. Sender is WILLIAM AYODELE but the email address is vincent@w1385bl1o.homepage.t-online.de Text is THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT THE UNITED NATION SPECIAL DUTY ON DEBT SETTLEMENT IN COLLABORATION WITH WORLD BANK DEBT RELIEF … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: Wrong transaction from your credit card in The Palmer House Hilton
Well, first, I didn't stay at the Palmer House Hilton. What's the chance that this spam will hit someone who actually stayed at the hotel recently? Or do they think people will be curious enough to open an attachment on a misdirected, poorly written email? Click here for info on … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: FBI & Nigerian Govt want to send me money
This one's pretty funny. It claims to come from the "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Counter-terrorism Division and Cyber Crime Division". The letter begins "Series of meetings have been held over the past 7 months with the secretary general of the United Nations Organization. This … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: Notice from WesternUnion) : Account Deactivate.
This one is kind of funny. First, there's what looks like a reversed smiley face in the subject (maybe it was supposed to be a copyright symbol). Then there's the tortured grammar in the first sentence. The friendly footer looks like it might be from a real Western Union message, … [Read more...]