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Lame Spam of the Day: Please stop sending spam messages onto our email

Robert Weiner

Here's info on rar attachments: [link]. Subject: Please stop sending spam messages onto our email. Sender: CorpTech (contact@corptech.com). Your email is sending spam messages! If you don't stop sending spam, we will be impelled to sue you! Please carefully read through the document and stop sending spam messages.

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Lame spams of the day: everyone wants to send me money

Robert Weiner

Here are some of the "loan offers" that have landed in my spam folder. The messages were short and sweet: loan offer available apply now for more info. CONTACT with amount, duration, tel. LOAN OFFER @ 2% APPLY NOW FOR MORE INFO. IF YES, CONTACT US NOW. if yes contact us. Alreford Ltd (web.0123345667785@att.net).

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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. Greetings! {I

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Lame spams of the day: another roundup

Robert Weiner

Sender: UN ATM OFFICE [info@uncief.org]. favor with Card Number:8401236451206112,:Contact Mr. Oliver. If we can help in any way, please do not hesitate to contact us. Sender: Contact [customer-notification@ups.com] (also DAISEY_Roark@gmail.com, Katerine Elliot via LinkedIn [member@linkedin.com] ). Subject: Re: End of Aug.

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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.

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Lame spam of the day: Wrong transaction from your credit card in The Palmer House Hilton

Robert Weiner

What's the chance that this spam will hit someone who actually stayed at the hotel recently? Click here for info on varations on this theme. For the return of funds please contact your bank and fill information in the attached form. Well, first, I didn't stay at the Palmer House Hilton. Total sum of decommissioning is $1266.

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Lame spam of the day: Traffic ticket N88790

Robert Weiner

The From address doesn't even try to look real, the message was written poorly, and there are no graphics, contact info, or links to a web site. But I was able to resist because of the lameness of the message. I do like the use of "automatical" -- that should be a real word. Yours or no" is good, as well.

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