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BeeDeeDubbleU
5:31 pm on Dec 4, 2012 (gmt 0)
Then this ...
Hello
You Have Received A New Message From:
888
Click Here To View It <http://spammeddomain
engine
7:30 pm on Dec 4, 2012 (gmt 0)
Yes, the spammers have started back on an uptick. I've had to reset a few of my filters, and i've not had to touch them for some time.
The 419s are back, too.
SevenCubed
7:37 pm on Dec 4, 2012 (gmt 0)
Hello
You Have Received A New Message From:
888
He's actually a good guy. But if you start getting them from Mr. 666 de Grim Reaper, you might want to keep an eye open over your shoulder.
lucy24
9:01 pm on Dec 4, 2012 (gmt 0)
If the message isn't in small caps, it's fake.
SevenCubed
9:40 pm on Dec 4, 2012 (gmt 0)
+777
SevenCubed
9:50 pm on Dec 4, 2012 (gmt 0)
BeeDeeDubbleU if you have access to your mail server you can apply a filter such as Spamhaus Blocklists. I have that one in between my clients and the spammers and only very small amounts of spam ever gets through. Even then it must sometimes be a human doing it via one of the website forms submissions because they are bot-proof.
engine
3:46 pm on Dec 5, 2012 (gmt 0)
"Dear Friend" is one of the easiest to catch, and there's been a lot more of those. Stats are indicating a 120% increase of those alone.
lawman
4:05 pm on Dec 5, 2012 (gmt 0)
Just got a message purportedly from PayPal. It read:
"You done a payment of $863.48 USD to [name omitted]"
You'd think that if they went to the effort to make it look like it might've come from PayPal, they would've at least tried not to sound like an ignoramus.
lucy24
10:56 pm on Dec 5, 2012 (gmt 0)
#1 Ignoramuses* don't know they're ignoramuses.
or
#2 They know that only their fellow ignoramuses will fall for it, so no point wasting time getting the text right. After all, they don't bother enclosing the standard images and boilerplate that would accompany a real e-mail from PayPal, LinkedIn and so on.
* The word is English.
BeeDeeDubbleU
3:50 pm on Dec 6, 2012 (gmt 0)
Re Ignoramae ;)
I just received one with the title, "CLAIM YOUR WINNING PRICE"!
