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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.

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Lame spam as blog comments

Robert Weiner

I wrote recently about spam in the form of blog comments. Fortunately, my anti-spam filters (Akismet and Bad Behavior) caught them. For instance, the first one is promoting a financial planning site -- who would hire a financial adviser based on this kind of marketing? This is really a stupendous work done by you.

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What “The Internet of Customers” means to me

Judi Sohn

I’ve spent the last few days at Dreamforce 2013 thinking about this year’s theme: The Internet of Customers. Truth be told, I typically delete such useless drivel right away as blog spam. They apparently decided based on one old page on this site that I was a detractor to their success rather than an opportunity.

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Being Human: Google’s New API Solves an Internet Annoyance

Byte Technology

As long as there have been websites, there have been tools in place to keep those sites safe from spam and hacker abuse. Historically robots aren’t able to solve the distorted text, but new artificial intelligence programs are changing that, allowing non-humans to gain access to sites with a scary 99.8%

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Lame spams of the day: Your AT&T bill

Robert Weiner

But eventually they figured out how to use their spamming software: Your online bill is ready to be viewed. Internet access 7 $866.53 The Login buttons and other hyperlinks lead to sites that I assume intend to do me harm. The text of the early ones were full of errors: your online bill is ready to be {l2}. ld}{ld} 08/06/2012.

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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. Sender: ADPClientServices@adp.com.

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Lame spams of the day: another roundup

Robert Weiner

And use anti-malware tools that will warn you about suspicious web sites. Open with Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox). An almost identical spam with Invoice_P350.htm Internet Explorer file). Text: Dear Member of our site. Are these spammers just lazy or do these things actually work? Email: robert@rlweiner.com.

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