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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. 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). 3) I got a dozen of the Amazon spams. Learn More.

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Lame spam of the day: Meeting invitation from George Adoo

Robert Weiner

This spam arrived in the form of a meeting invitation. My Outlook spam filter (SpamBayes) doesn''t seem to look at meeting invitations, and it also slipped past the SpamAssassin filter on my mail server. Scam Spam' I''m not sure if this one is lame (the subject, text, and double salutation are certainly lame) or clever.

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Lame spams of the day: Amazon HDTV shipments

Robert Weiner

United States. Your estimated shipment date is: Friday, September 21, 2012. Why tracking information may be unavailable? Your order was shipped to: robert. 263 Athens Dr , App. Albuquerque, CA. This shipment have no an associated delivery number of tracking.

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Verizon blames ‘bad actors’ for the spam text you got from your own number

The Verge

Yesterday, I wrote about receiving a spam text that bizarrely looked as though it came from my own phone number. But what initially seemed like a random, spoofed spam message is increasingly starting to look like a focused effort targeting Verizon Wireless, one of the largest telecoms in the United States.

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Lame spam of the day: They want me to donate $50 million?

Robert Weiner

Hence I resolved to look for a foreigner either Christian or a Muslim provided he/she will donate the Fifty Million United States Dollars to orphanage homes or missionary work in any part of the world, because I have been suffering lung cancer for more than six years now.

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Lame spam of the day: Gaddafi’s money

Robert Weiner

US) Thirty Five million United States Dollars to you, as far as I can be assured that my share will be safe in your care until I complete my service here in Libya, this is no stolen money, and there is no danger involved. With a very desperate need for assistance, I have summed up courage to contact you.

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Lame spam of the day: job offers from ITX

Robert Weiner

Job Location: United States Base Pay: $ 700/week. We believed you would be interested in this job: Job Information. Job Title: Regional Agent Req'd Education: Not Specified. Company: ITX, LLC Req'd Experience: Not Specified. Employee Type: Part-Time Bonus: Yes. Now Employing: Regional Agent. The working schedule is flexible.

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