Don’t people know not to click links in weird emails from strangers? Probably not. This site says the link leads to malware. Sender: Svetlana@rlweiner.com (My domain — no Svetlanas work at my company) Subject: Fwd: I’m in trouble! Text: I was at a party, got drunk, couldn’t drive the car, somebody gave me a lift [...]
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As the calendar year draws to an end, charities (and ideally, donors) are focused on year-end donations and tax deductions. Here are a few scenarios for U.S. charities to keep in mind. (Note: I am not a lawyer. When in doubt, contact an attorney who specializes in nonprofit law or contact the IRS for a [...]
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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 (christenehiggins230@hotmail.com) Subject: Good options Text: [...]
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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 happy”). Most of these lame spams were posted as comments [...]
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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 locutions, like “Hurroo Robert” and “Pass the time of day [...]
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NTEN just published a short piece of mine on data management in their Change magazine. It’s in their DIY series — short tips for implementing something for your organization without extensive tech know-how or extra budget. The topic they gave me was managing decentralized data entry.
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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 (me!) Subject: Fwd: Re: TRAFFIC TICKET [...]
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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 Subject: blank Text: To: Facebook User, Southwest is giving [...]
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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 (SterlingGroesbeck@myexcel.com) Subject: The variant of the contract you’ve offered [...]
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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 every 5 years I get an [...]
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