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Lame spam of the day: Amazon cancelation

Robert Weiner

Previous incarnations of this spam have led to a Canadian online pharmacy, and the hyperlinks in this one lead to a site in Canada. For your reference, here's a summary of your order: You just canceled order 147-911-9683 placed on May 2, 2012. Sender: order-update@amazon.com. Subject: Amazon.com - Your Cancellation (147-911-9683).

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Important Updates to Google’s Gmail That Nonprofits Need to be Aware Of

Pamela Grow

Just this month, Google made crucial changes to Gmail in an effort to combat spam and improve user experience. Clear Spam Rate Threshold: Google is setting a clear spam rate threshold for mass senders, including nonprofits. These updates may raise concerns, especially regarding the spam rate threshold.

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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. {I

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Lame spams of the day: Your AT&T bill

Robert Weiner

if you have made a recent payment, please refer to the current balance on the account overview and the bill & payments pages. But eventually they figured out how to use their spamming software: Your online bill is ready to be viewed. The text of the early ones were full of errors: your online bill is ready to be {l2}.

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Lame Spam of the Day: Poker Associates

Robert Weiner

This spam is typical of "you've won the lottery" scams. I'm mostly tickled by the sender's name. Would you bet on Poker Associates? There's no link or attachment, so one would have to reply to test@xiaoyinmu.com -- wouldn't that cause some concerns? Sender: POKER ASSOCIATES (test@xiaoyinmu.com). Subject: RE:THIS IS FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

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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). Sender: Ban ki Moon (Info@cast.net). Subject: United Nations Headquarters. Thanks for your co-operation.

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Lame spam of the day: Fake eFaxes

Robert Weiner

The reference number for this fax is min1_did32-3198092476-7034547233-89.(link Sender: eFax (message@inbound.efax.com). Subject: Corporate eFax message - 4 pages. Text: Fax Message [Caller-ID: 369-716-1218]. You have received a 2 pages fax at 2012-08-16 11:76:67 GMT. * link points to [link]. View this fax using your PDF reader.

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