I wrote about a version of this one last year, but the language of this version is so tortured that I have to post it. No official-looking seal this time. Sender: FBI OFFICE (office.fbi3@gmail.com) Subject: FROM IMF HEAD OFFICE Text: Anti-Terrorist And Monetary Crimes Division FBI Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Federal Bureau Of Investigation J.Edgar Hoover [...]
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Lots of people have already weighed in on Blackbaud’s purchase of Convio (two of my favorites: http://www.frogloop.com/care2blog/2012/1/18/blackbaud-buys-their-rival-convio-now-what.html and http://nonprofit-force.org/2012/01/20/the-convio-blackbaud-merger-one-customers-perspective/). Here my perspective. Disclosures: I have clients that use both companies’ products, as well as products from their competitors, open source products, and homegrown solutions. I don’t invest in these or other companies that I advise [...]
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Just in time for tax filing season in the U.S., a phishing message purporting to come from Intuit. Intuit’s security center lists lots of these, but not the two I got this week. Both had empty graphics placeholders and broken hyperlinks — maybe the work of a baby spammer. Sender: INTUIT INC. (onlinebanking@ealerts.bankofamerica.com) — it [...]
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Yow! Homeland Security wants to send me money (right after they learn to write English). And it makes perfect sense that they’re working with the United bank of Africa to make sure I get my money. Watch out for those flying pigs. Sender: Homeland Security Emergency Management Agency/Georgia (sandra@iexpress.com.br) Subject: STATUS OF YOUR TRANSACTION WITH [...]
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It’s January, so “tis the season” is out. And the lame spammer couldn’t even format the message, so there are no links or images. Sender: Melissa Griffin (melissagriffin03a@rhonda42martinez.info) Subject: Tis the Season for Warranty Sales Here’s a screenshot: Screenshot6
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Hmmm. The Yellow Pages using spam to get listings? The attachment is a PDF so it’s most likely safe but not completely risk free. I searched for subject line and found an example of what I’m guessing is the attachment. The fine print at the bottom says: We are compiling data for Yellow PagesUSA Corp. [...]
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I’d never heard of Pandora Beads before, and this spam, posted as a comment on my blog, didn’t make me want to have anything to do with them. But I do like the concept of “charm beans” and bottoms that can be interchanged. Your charm beans are often silver or rhodium as well as gold [...]
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Yes, of course I ordered a helicopter for the weekend (not). Would someone really click on the link? (I do like how the dollar signs follow the amounts — is there a country that does that?) Sender: Kathaleen Dailey (AbdullahDoporto@tele2.no) Subject: Your order for rotorcraft for the weekend Text: Your order for our air transportation [...]
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I was struck by the language in this spammy blog comment. My first thought was that “boundless” online grant applications meant “endless”, which would be horrifying. But maybe they mean “for unlimited amounts of money”. I cling on to listening to the newscast lecture about receiving boundless online grant applications so I have been looking [...]
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The following comment (with a link to an unrelated web site) was left on my blog. Using fractured English to correct someone’s (nonexistent) spelling errors struck me as a novel approach to SEO. Certainly like your blog on the other hand you have to check out the actual spelling on some of your content. Countless [...]
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