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Lame spam of the day: Termination of my CPA license

Robert Weiner

I didn't even know I had a CPA license, and now it's being revoked. Unlike most lame spam, at least they bothered to make it look real. Subject: Your accountant license can be revoked. Subject: Termination of your accountant license. Subject: Your accountant CPA license termination. I'm crushed.

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Lame spam roundup

Robert Weiner

Here's a random selection of strange and/or lame spams I've received recently. This one may not be spam, but I'm not going to click and find out. Text: Good day, You can download your Adobe CS4 License here -. Yes, the hyperlink was the first line of the spam, and points where it says it does. 1: I got several of these.

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

Robert Weiner

This spam is both lame (no graphic, no attempt to make the senders address look legit, mangled English) and odious -- preying on disaster victims (one can hope they're just preying on greedy idiots who will pretend to be disaster victims). 6) Identification either, Passport photo page, Driver License or National ID. (IF NO P O BOX). (3)

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Lame spams of the day: another roundup

Robert Weiner

Text: Good afternoon, You can download your Adobe CS4 License here -. An almost identical spam with Invoice_P350.htm Credit Score Updates. Sender: Classmates.com [classmatesemail@accounts.classmates.com]. Subject: Order N35085. Thank you for buying Adobe InDesign CS4 software. Adobe Systems Incorporated. htm, Invoices-13-2012.htm

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Spam of the Day: So and so wants to connect on LinkedIn

Robert Weiner

Out of curiosity I looked into those domains and they were both licensed by someone in China using the same hotmail address. On one message it pointed to a link on salesforceappi.com, on another it pointed to a link on upsclients.org.

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Recent Rash of LinkedIn Spam

Tech Soup

Due to its increasing popularity, there are now more concerted efforts to use LinkedIn lookalike spam to fool users in clicking links within it. If your spam filter didn't flag these emails as spam, it's best to verify the sender and recipients of these emails before clicking. Photo: Nan Palmero , CC license. Tools Web 2.0

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Lame spams of the day: More people sending me money

Robert Weiner

international passport or driving license for identification. MATT CARTER whose photograph is attached. for security reason, on his Tel: No: +44 792 451 4727, E-mail: mattcarter@index.hu for more directives. Equally, note that you may be. required to forward your bank informations including copies of your. Note: call me as soon as you.

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