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 to help you get your fund, [...]
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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 HAVE TAKEN OVER THE PAYMENT OF NIGERIAN FOREIGN DEBT FOLLOWING A BILITERAL [...]
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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 varations on this theme. Full [...]
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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 ended 3 days ago. It is obvious that you have [...]
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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, inviting me to send comments. [...]
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Got two of these today. According to this site the attachment installs malware and attempts to steal your money and identity. Beware. Version 1: Sender: Automatic notification (help@creditdepartment.com) Subject: Credit Card is one week overdue Attachment: Financial_Statement#65402.zip Text: Dear Customer, Your Credit Card is one week overdue. Below your Card information Customer 1668734791 Number XXXXXX [...]
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