Robert Weiner

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Lame spams of the day: Fake UPS and FedEx delivery notices

Robert Weiner

Here are three examples of the format: First-Class Mail Postal Service [769.JT@sanfrancisco.com]. JT@sanfrancisco.com]. The subjects have looked like: Number (A)BQQ16 414 272 1170 9681. Tracking Detail (P)LAQ53 129 880 0685 1561. ID (O)JB19 720 719 5134 5558.

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Lame spam of the day: HELLO

Robert Weiner

Here's today's example. So much lame spam, so little time to blog about it. No graphics, all caps, the From address doesn't match the "write me at" address. Does it get any lamer? Sender: Tesfaye, Fanuel (f.tesfaye@unesco.org). Subject: HELLO. Text: BUSINESS FOR YOU, CONTACT ME THROUGH MY PRIVATE EMAIL: sydneywalter58@yahoo.com.

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Lame spam of the day: disappointed spammer

Robert Weiner

I searched for the first sentence and found over 2 million examples, so it may be working. Here''s one of the former, from a spammer I presume is trying to increase the search engine ranking for a site selling shoes. The next time I read a blog, I hope that it doesnt disappoint me as a lot as this 1.

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What’s in Your Data Ecosystem?

Robert Weiner

Similar to the interconnectedness in natural ecosystems (for example: marsh, birds, plants), we think of the data ecosystem as the interconnectedness of software tools and the data they hold.

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Lame spam of the day: free Southwest vouchers

Robert Weiner

I've seen spam like this before ( here's an example using Facebook ), and it might have a chance if they'd just used the first sentence. But they also used some random text generator that makes the message gibberish. A baby spammer taking his first steps? Sender: bigrick27856@aol.com. Subject: blank.

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Lame spam of the day: weight loss blog comment

Robert Weiner

Here's an example. Some sounds convincing, but my spam filters (Akismet and Bad Behavior) are incredibly good at catching them. It's particularly entertaining when the spam is trying to link to one of my spam of the day posts.). In search of seeking for a short time for any good quality view involving this one point.

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Lame spam of the day: FDIC Transactions stopped

Robert Weiner

Here's an example: Please install the updated installations, by following link for udpade. As soon as update being installed, your account complete functionality will be entirely resumed.

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