Robert Weiner

MAY 15, 2012

This message didn't come from my anti-spam software and my ISP says it didn't come from theirs. Subject: **SPAM ** Re: µ¹.§A¤£°µ§@ª½±µ-»ù¨C¤ù¥u­n26¤¸. Text: Spam detection software, running on the system "nas", has. identified this incoming email as possible spam. To: ruhit_ray@hotmail.com.

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Robert Weiner

OCTOBER 25, 2012

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. Thank you for buying Adobe InDesign CS4 software. Yes, the hyperlink was the first line of the spam, and points where it says it does. 1: I got several of these. report.htm).

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Robert Weiner

OCTOBER 3, 2012

I got a dozen spams today claiming to come from the FDIC. New security software is should be installed! New security software, should be updated! New security software, update required! Here are details on the exploit. The truly lame part is that the text is pale blue on white and is completely unreadable.

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Robert Weiner

AUGUST 17, 2012

I'm guessing someone is taking their new spam software for a test drive. The subject line of both was "hi". The text was "How are you." Each took a twisting path through servers in multiple countries.

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Here's another set of spams claiming to come from Inuit. Your Intuit.com software order. Your Quickbooks software order. The text varied slightly but was along the lines of this one: Dear Customer: Thank you for purchasing your software Intuit Market. An earlier batch asked me to provide my tax information. risk@bbb.org.

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Robert Weiner

OCTOBER 17, 2012

These spams aren't 100% lame -- at least they included a logo and some design elements. But the From: address is obviously not from Intuit and text is pretty lame: "Your Intuit GoPayment statement for ONTIMEE SOFTWARE, DEVELOPMENTS has been accepted." Your Intuit GoPayment statement for ONTIMEE SOFTWARE, DEVELOPMENTS has been accepted.

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Robert Weiner

AUGUST 2, 2012

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}. dear {l3} customer, a new bill for your at&t {l4} is {l5}. service account ending in bill amount due date. {la} la} {lb} ${lc}{ld}{ld}.{ld}{ld}

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