Archive for August, 2011

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 tried to include a graphic but [...]

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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, Commercial and Personal Loans with very Minimal annual Interest Rates as Low as [...]

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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 Floor Garki, Abuja Nigeria E-mail: dr.lamidosanusi50@gmail.com Date: 28th July, 2011 Attn: Sir/Madam [...]

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