Robert Weiner

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More lame spam as blog comments

Robert Weiner

At their best, these are way more entertaining than email spam -- lots of creative English, garbled syntax, and mixed metaphors ("gladsome to mature this website," "earmarks of the army has recruited on boob tube," "Lossing albatross is benificial," "your current article causes me completely happy"). Thanks For Share Robert L.

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Lame spam of the day: Raw spam merge text

Robert Weiner

Some newbie spammer posted a message on my site that shows the contents of their spam merge database. I recognize so many snippets that have appeared in my spam folder over the years. { {I have|I’ve} been {surfing|browsing} online more than {three|3|2|4} hours today, yet I never found any interesting article like yours.

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Lame spam of the day: Intuit GoPayment

Robert Weiner

This article says they're malware delivery devices. These spams aren't 100% lame -- at least they included a logo and some design elements. Hey, spammers: how about deduping your mailing lists? I got 22 of these on Monday.

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Lame spam of the day: Money

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Text: Click Here Shared Online News Article. Even Outlook recognizes it as phishing. Sender: yomrgoo@yahoo.com (no attempt to make it look real). To: robert@rlplumbingcompany.com (not me). Subject: FW: Money. That's the entire text. The link leads to [link].

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Lame spam of the day: Facebook notifications

Robert Weiner

According to this article , they're phishing messages. Similar to the notifications from MySpace, Habbo, Tagged, and Foursquare I got a few weeks ago, I'm getting lots of fake Facebook notifications. Here are a few examples: Sender : Facebook (confirm+robert@ig.com.br). Subject: Reminder: Reset your password.

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Lame spam of the day: Same Day Transfer sent successfully

Robert Weiner

This article says the links deliver malware. Plain text, no logo, and the From address is obviously not from the Federal Reserve (plus, why would the Federal Reserve Bank be contacting me about anything?). The details of the "transaction" differs on each message, but the text is basically the same as below.

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Lame spam of the day: fake Verizon notifications

Robert Weiner

This article (which includes a screenshot) says the links lead to malware. My Verizon is also accessible 24 hours 7 days a week to assist you with: • Your usage details. Updating your tariff. Adding Account Users. Paying your invoice. • And much, much more.

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