I got a ton of these earlier this week. First clue it's spam: when you get 10 versions of the same message. I particularly like the randomized "buyer emails" like lorem.eget.mollis@tinciduntDonecvitae.ca. The text was variations on this theme: Transaction ID 934493892393 … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2012
Lame spams of the day: everyone wants to send me money
Here are some of the "loan offers" that have landed in my spam folder. None have attachments, links, or graphics. One used a blue font, the others were plain old black Courier. The subject lines were blank in every case. The senders included: kelly loan offer … [Read more...]
ROI for a donor database
My colleague Charlie Hunsaker posted the following question on the FUNDSVCS Advancement Services listserve: I have two clients who are looking for new systems and want a “cost justification” for their acquisition to share with their management. Probably an issue that we should all be looking at. … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: Charter flight reservation
This looks similar to the American Airlines spam, but lamer. How many people 1) have secretaries (not me) and 2) charter airplanes (again, not me). I got two versions of this. One claimed to come from LinkedIn -- which would be a major change in their business model. Neither … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: You are highly needed
Most of these 419 scam emails aren't worth glancing at, but the language in this one was too good to pass up. Including links to real news stories is a nice touch. I liked the lines: one has to be very careful because a lot of scammers are out there to scam innocent citizens and this … [Read more...]