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Lame spam of the day: America Airlines ticket order

Robert Weiner

This one caught my eye for a second. I thought, "I don't remember booking anything with American lately." The lazy spammer didn't even bother to include any graphics to make it look official. Sender: American Airlines (information-no77537@aa.com). Subject: Your Order##91991988. Text: Dear Customer, FLIGHT NUMBER 984. ELECTRONIC 746879098.

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America’s Giving Challenge 2009

Robert Weiner

The latest round of the America's Giving Challenge is on. This is a national competition to encourage people to use their personal and social networks to help win cash for their favorite nonprofit. The Giving Challenge is not focused on how much money you can raise, but on how successful you are at getting people to donate to your cause.

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The Economy May Be Down, but Online Giving Is Up

Robert Weiner

They looked at online giving for five nonprofit clients during September and October (Easter Seals, Habitat for Humanity International, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Oxfam America, and The Wilderness Society) and compared those results to the same two months in 2007. Their analysis showed: read more.

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Inside the Mind of a Top Donor

Robert Weiner

Lokey, who has appeared on The Chronicle’s list of America’s top donors every year since 2000. The Chronicle of Philanthropy recently conducted an online discussion with Lorry I. Mr. Lokey responded to questions such as. What is the biggest mistake development officers make when first meeting a new prospect?

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Lame spam of the day: Please provide your tax information

Robert Weiner

onlinebanking@ealerts.bankofamerica.com) -- it claims to come from Intuit, but the return address is at Bank of America. Intuit's security center lists lots of these, but not the two I got this week. Sender: INTUIT INC. Subject: Please provide your tax information. (a a second version had an exclamation point before the period).

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Lame spams of the day: eBay and Paypal transfers

Robert Weiner

Bank account BANK OF AMERICA. Transaction ID 38278764688952115. Total amount transferred $ 279.69. Bank account BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA. Transaction ID 81437999425482479. Total amount transferred $ 761.85. Transaction ID 32479362154583533. The Transaction IDs were hyperlinks.

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Lame spam of the day: U.N. natural disaster victim payment

Robert Weiner

After the board meeting held at our headquarters, we have resolved in finding a solution to your problem, and as you may know, we have arranged your payment through our SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTRE in Europe, America, Africa and Asia Pacific, which is the instruction given by THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL (BAN KI MOON).

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