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Lame spams of the day: Fake Amazon and PayPal receipts

Robert Weiner

These aren't as lame-looking as most of the spam I write about: they use the right logos, fonts, and typefaces. This site says they lead to malware. The giveaways are: 1) Hover over the links and see where they point before clicking (that's the best way to prevent phishing attacks and malware infections from spam).

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Lame spam of the day: Fake BBC news stories

Robert Weiner

Like most lame spam, this one lacks any formatting or graphics. Clues that it's fake: I don't know the sender; the sender shows as Wendy Kauffman but the text says it came from Rich Webb; it went to an account that I only use for newsletters and discussion lists; and hovering over the URLs shows that they don't lead to a BBC site.

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Lame spams of the day: messages from key.com

Robert Weiner

I received seven copies of two versions of this spam. This site lists them as malware delivery devices but doesn't elaborate on the threat. This e-mail has been sent from an automated system. This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the addressee and may also be privileged or exempt from.

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Lame spams of the day: Fake UPS and FedEx delivery notices

Robert Weiner

Like this site , I'm assuming these are malware delivery devices, but don't intend to experiment. UPS Mail [NOreply-RC@tulsa.com]. First-Class Mail Postal Service [769.JT@sanfrancisco.com]. The spammers haven't even tried to make the reply-to address look legit. Some have a sender name from UPS but use the FedEx logo.

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Lame spam of the day: Intuit GoPayment

Robert Weiner

Hey, spammers: how about deduping your mailing lists? These spams aren't 100% lame -- at least they included a logo and some design elements. For more information on how to get started using Intuit GoPayment Merchant, including tutorials, FAQs and other resources, visit the Merchant Center at web site. Here's a screenshot:

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Lame spams of the day: so many ebills

Robert Weiner

This site says they're malware delivery devices, so do not click on them! E-mail Security Zone. At the top of this message, you'll see an E-mail Security Zone. Its goal is to help you check that the e-mail was in reality sent by Citibank. I got two dozen of these this morning, which may be some kind of record.

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Missing the Mark: Why Legitimate Emails Head Right for the Spam Folder

Byte Technology

Upon further examination the recipient discovers it got automatically dropped into their spam folder. The words could be “cheap medication,” “dating sites” or something incredibly lewd, and the filter assumes—correctly almost all of the time—that the email is junk. To begin, follow some simple steps.

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