The recent theft of passwords from LinkedIn prompted me to post these spams masquerading as messages from that firm. The first one made no attempt beyond the Sender name to look like it came from LinkedIn. The others made a minimal attempt to look like a LinkedIn message and all look … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: Facebook notifications
Similar to the notifications from MySpace, Habbo, Tagged, and Foursquare I got a few weeks ago, I'm getting lots of fake Facebook notifications. According to this article, they're phishing messages. Here are a few examples: Sender: Facebook (confirm+robert@ig.com.br) Subject: Reminder: … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: CitiBank Account Alert
This type of phishing scam is common as dirt, but this example is particularly lame. First, it includes the sections of CitiBank's standard notices that would normally include the account holder's name and the last 4 digits of the account -- but they're blank. Then there are some … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: pizza order
This one was entertaining. Apparently I ordered $93 worth of pizza from "Pizza by ARMO" (which looks like a variant of Pizza by GEROLAMO). I must have been hungry. Fortunately, the message has the helpful line, "If you haven't made the order and it's a fraud case, please follow the … [Read more...]
Lame Spam of the Day: Poker Associates
This spam is typical of "you've won the ___ lottery" scams. I'm mostly tickled by the sender's name. Would you bet on Poker Associates? There's no link or attachment, so one would have to reply to test@xiaoyinmu.com -- wouldn't that cause some concerns? Sender: POKER ASSOCIATES … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: US Airways reservation
I got 8 of these at 2 different email addresses, always a sign of spam. The pitch is similar to the American Airlines ticket scam but not as well done. The U.S. Air logo looks terrible, the formatting is sloppy, all the departure cities and times are the same -- only the flight number … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: IRS notices
I got two spams this week claiming to come from the IRS. They look like different schemes -- one is trying to get me to call a 900 number at $4.79/minute, the other includes a link. But they look similar so I'm posting them together. Message 1: Sender: Tiera Tanner … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: Traffic ticket N88790
OK, this one's novel. It claims to be a notification from a red-light camera. Even though I've never been in (or heard of) this city, it's tempting to make sure I'm not the victim of a bureaucratic mistake. But I was able to resist because of the lameness of the message. The … [Read more...]
Creative credit card donation scam
Since this scam is on the rebound I'm republishing the following: A friend forwarded the following description of a scam aimed at a well-known college. Fortunately, they didn't fall for it. I would like to make everyone aware of a recent situation here that is most likely a scam to … [Read more...]
Lame spam of the day: Order Confirmation
This spam is similar to the American Airlines Ticket Order message, but much lamer. It's addressed to "Dear User", doesn't bother to include a human sender name, doesn't mention an airline or destination, and the link clearly goes somewhere fishy. In fact, it doesn't even say the charge … [Read more...]
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