Most of the spam that reaches me comes as emails, but my blog also attracts a fair share of spammy comments. Some are particularly lame (and some are pretty amusing). Here’s one of the former, from a spammer I presume is trying to increase the search engine ranking for a site selling shoes. I searched [...]
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Please tell me no one would ever click on something like this (I only wish it were true). Plain text, bad English, the document isn’t actually attached, and the CLICK HERE link doesn’t point to google.com. Sender: Laila Brenner [brenner.laila@gmail.com] Subject: Fwd: Attached Document Text: I have an important document that i would like to share [...]
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I’m not sure if this one is lame (the subject, text, and double salutation are certainly lame) or clever. This spam arrived in the form of a meeting invitation. My Outlook spam filter (SpamBayes) doesn’t seem to look at meeting invitations, and it also slipped past the SpamAssassin filter on my mail server. Consequently I [...]
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I received seven copies of two versions of this spam. Plain text, no formatting, no logos. This site lists them as malware delivery devices but doesn’t elaborate on the threat. Here they are: Senders: Georgina_Stevens@key.com Gavin_Deal@key.com Ana_Bowers@key.com Denise_Fish@key.com Rickie_Roberts@key.com Version 1 Subject: Please respond – overdue payment Text: Please find attached your invoices for the [...]
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Like most lame spam, this one lacks any formatting or graphics. The tricky part is that it’s masquerading as a news story sent to me by a friend, and those typically lack formatting and graphics. Clues that it’s fake: I don’t know the sender; the sender shows as Wendy Kauffman but the text says it [...]
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This is as lame as it gets. Plain text, no graphics, the sender name looks suspicious, the recipient name isn’t me, there’s no subject, and the text is lame. I ran the link in the “click here” line through some online virus scanners and it seems clean, so maybe they’re just trying to sell something. [...]
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My good buddy Oprah. Yeah, right. This is a lame as they come. Do people really click on something like this? Senders: zomg.amazing@yahoo.com theroughrider_692000@yahoo.com To: grhiner@yahoo.com dollyn216@earthlink.net Subject: Re: Text: Oprah has sent a message to you. Click here to read it. I don’t see any reports on what these links lead to, but I [...]
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I got three of these today. There are a bunch of clues that they’re not legit. First, there’s no Apple logo (easy enough to fake, but still…). Second, the Apple ID it says was used is not my Apple ID. Third, the From addresses are not at apple.com (again, easy to fake so why not [...]
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Here’s a selection of messages from spammers who don’t even seem to be trying — no graphics, no attempt to make the links look legit, plain text. Are these spammers just lazy or do these things actually work? Bottom line: think before you click. Hover your mouse over URLs and see where they lead. And [...]
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I got two dozen of these this morning, which may be some kind of record. This site says they’re malware delivery devices, so do not click on them! A few of the senders: alets-no-reply@customercenter.citibank.com alets-no-reply@serviceemail6.citibank.com alets-no-reply@citibank.com citibankonline@customercenter.citibank.com citibankonline@customercenter.citibank.com serviceemail@citibank.com Some of the subject lines said the bills were from AT&T, Verizon, or American Express, bill [...]
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