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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: Dear Manager, We will attend CeMAT ASIA 2012. 25th to 28th 2012. Text: Good day, as promised,(Internet Explorer File). 1: I got several of these. 3: Welding helmet?

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Lame spams of the day: another roundup

Robert Weiner

Subject: Executive Team (also 2012-10-21-New York Conference - Registration). Open with Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox). messages included attachments Invoices-14-2012.htm, htm, Invoices-13-2012.htm htm , Invoices-12-2012.htm, An almost identical spam with Invoice_P350.htm Internet Explorer file).

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Lame spams of the day: Your AT&T bill

Robert Weiner

ld}{ld} 08/06/2012. But eventually they figured out how to use their spamming software: Your online bill is ready to be viewed. Internet access 7 $866.53 08/06/2012 (amounts ranged from $100 to over $900). The text of the early ones were full of errors: your online bill is ready to be {l2}. la} {lb} ${lc}{ld}{ld}.{ld}{ld}

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Lame spams of the day: ADP Notifications

Robert Weiner

Since I don't use ADP it's obvious that they're spam, but others may fall for them. The digital certificate you use to access ADP's Internet services is about to expire. If you do not renew your certificate by the expiration date below, you will not be able to access ADP's Internet services. Dear ADP Client August 2012.

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12NTC: Engaging Youth Using Social Media

Tech Soup

Shim shared a case study at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference on how his organization uses social media to communicate with youth participants in the Pathways to Education program. It's a burial ground for spam." A majority of youth with email accounts do not regularly check them, and some don't use email at all.

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Software to Build and Grow Your Nonprofit

Tech Soup

Protecting your valuable donor, client, and project information is made simple with Symantec Norton software : Norton AntiVirus 2012 guards against botnets, viruses, worms, Trojan horses, rootkits, and spyware and scans all existing, incoming, and outgoing data, including email attachments and cookies.

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Software to Grow Your Nonprofit

Tech Soup

Content management programs like Windows SharePoint Server 2010 for Internet Sites (admin fee: $708) are used for deploying and managing a public-facing website. Pro 2012 (admin fee: $35) links donor databases and contact history to calendars, tasks, project summaries, and appointment schedules.