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Lame spams of the day: confirmation from [insert social network name]

Robert Weiner

In the past 2 days I've received spams in the form of confirmations from MySpace, Habbo, Tagged, and Foursquare. Sender: Tagged (Tagged@taggedmail.com). Sender: Habbo Hotel (auto-contact@habbo.com). Is it a trend or just me? They don't look related, but it's an odd coincidence. Text: You're… leaving us?

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Lame spams of the day: another roundup

Robert Weiner

favor with Card Number:8401236451206112,:Contact Mr. Oliver. Sender: support@rlweiner.com (also sent from sales1@rlweiner.com and Tagged@taggedmail.com). If we can help in any way, please do not hesitate to contact us. An almost identical spam with Invoice_P350.htm Text: Over-due ATM Card payment $515,510.00 Full Names.3.

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10 Email Mistakes You Can Easily Avoid

NetWits

You don’t use alt tags in conjunction with your images. Enable alt tags behind each image, so that your audiences still receive your core message. Repeatedly sending email to deactivated or nonexistent email accounts will get you marked as Spam, and your emails will eventually stop being delivered.

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Video Fridays #24 – Catching Up

NCE Social Media

A few advantages of using a bulk email marketing software tool versus your MS Outlook account includes more formatting options, better list management, and less occurrence of your email landing in a spam folder, thus placing your domain on a blacklist. Constant Contact. Verticle Response.

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First Reflections on Jumo

Amy Sample Ward

Could mean that users don’t have a way to manage the amount of posts (read: spam) that could get through to them… I got an error that said only letters, spaces and punctuation were allowed… no numbers?! Tags: community networking jumo nonprofits social media social network.

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New Threats Emerge for Online Security

Tech Soup

Apparently there are now "tech support scammers" who allegedly can contact you via voice and deliver a "fix" to your system, when in fact they are delivering more malware directly. Spammers are also becoming more sophisticated in targeting spam with recipient-relevant subjects based on geography or language.

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Free Webinars for 2010 NTC Registrants

NTEN

If you didn't, first check your spam filter (and then add us to your approved contacts list). Tags: 10NTC NPTech NTEN. If you're already registered for the 10NTC, you should have received an e-mail from me today with the super secret code. If it's not there, just shoot us an e-mail. The excitement begins. Are you registered yet?