This spammer's keyboard is missing the space bar. And is it too much trouble for spammers to make the sender's name match the signer's name? I couldn't find any info about this spam, so I don't know (and don't plan to test) what the link leads to. Sender: Christene Higgins … [Read more...]
More lame spam as blog comments
At their best, these are way more entertaining than email spam -- lots of creative English, garbled syntax, and mixed metaphors ("gladsome to mature this website," "earmarks of the army has recruited on boob tube," "Lossing albatross is benificial," "your current article causes me completely … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: Rock Cruit/Rockzone Management
I've been seeing a bunch of spams trying to prey on job seekers. Particularly evil in these tough times. None of them attempts to disguise the URL they're linking to. Judging from this writeup, they're phishing, not downloading malware. There are at least some novel … [Read more...]
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: The variant of the contract you’ve offered has been delcined.
I just love the subject line in this one. Wow, very creative syntax (though the misspelling of "declined" lessens the impact). I also got a second version, but the subject was much more prosaic. This blog says the links download malware. Version 1: Sender: Argelia Vogel … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: Fictitious Business Name Renewal Center
It's novel to get the snail mail equivalent of spam. This one came via U.S. mail from the Fictitious Business Name Renewal Center in Sacramento, CA. My business is required to register and publish a Fictitious Business Name (FBN, aka DBA or Doing Business As) every 5 years. And … [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...]
Lame spam of the day: BBB service Re: Case # (various numbers)
I got 7 versions of this today, at 2 different email addresses. They included an attachment called bbb_logo.jpg but no graphics in the message body. A friend posted about them on a listserve and said that clicking the link downloads a virus. This scam has been around for a while. … [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...]
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