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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? When in doubt, do a web search.

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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: another roundup

Robert Weiner

And use anti-malware tools that will warn you about suspicious web sites. If the text above does not appear as a full, clickable link, please copy the whole web address and paste it into the address box of your browser. Open with Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox). An almost identical spam with Invoice_P350.htm

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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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Recent Rash of LinkedIn Spam

Tech Soup

Like its more well-known counterpart Facebook, LinkedIn is a social networking site geared towards professional networking and workplace circles. Due to its increasing popularity, there are now more concerted efforts to use LinkedIn lookalike spam to fool users in clicking links within it. Tools Web 2.0 Tools Web 2.0

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Has Your Nonprofit Considered Race and Class in Your Social Media Strategy?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The internet was once considered a great equaliser, a platform that could bring strangers together, even across racial boundaries. But internet users of the same race have recently begun clustering on certain social media websites. PEW REPORT] Digital Differences: How the Mobile Web is Narrowing the Digital Divide. Watch Video.

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