I've been getting hit with lots of spam from fortunemart@yahoo.com.  These guys aren't even trying. Each spam has been one line of gibberish, plain text, no graphics, no formatting.  I can't find any analysis of what happens if you click the links, and I'm not going to experiment.  … [Read more...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]