tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255311262024-03-07T06:13:23.591-08:00Stupid SpammersSpamtertainment. The stupid spammers entertaining us.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger133125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25531126.post-80026931105615015322011-02-16T18:54:00.000-08:002011-02-16T19:03:46.926-08:00Adobe-pdf-upgrades.com<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; "><table width="475" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" bg style="color:#f6f6f6;"><tbody></tbody></table></span>A relatively enough innocent looking email:<div><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">New Version Release : Adobe Acrobat Reader 2011, Upgrade Available Now !<br />From: Adobe <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; line-height: 13px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span widget="" cmd="msgaction_ext:senderSearch" class="cgSelectable cgSelectable-over" title="View all emails from this sender " style="vertical-align: top; text-decoration: underline; "><newsletter@adobe-pdf-upgrades.com></span></span><br /></span><newsletter@adobe-pdf-upgrades.com><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; line-height: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><a id="1_messageHeaderABText" class="textLink msgHeaderLink fontT3 fontLink" cmd="msgaction_ext:addContact" widget="" title="Add Sender to Contacts" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 20px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 12px; color: rgb(0, 129, 194); cursor: pointer; "></a></span><a id="1_messageHeaderABText" class="textLink msgHeaderLink fontT3 fontLink" cmd="msgaction_ext:addContact" widget="" title="Add Sender to Contacts" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 20px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 12px; color: rgb(0, 129, 194); cursor: pointer; "></a>To: [my email address]</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">ADOBE ACROBAT READER 2011 UPDATE NOTIFICATION<br /><br />This is to remind that a new version of Adobe Acrobat Reader 2011 with enhanced features for viewing, creating, editing, printing and internet-sharing PDF documents has been released. <br />To check and download the latest version , go to :<br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.adobe-pdf-upgrades.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">http://www.adobe-pdf-upgrades.com</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />Start downloading the update right now and let us know what you think about it.<br /><br />We're working on making Adobe Acrobat Reader better all the time !<br /><br />Thanks and best regards,<br /><br />Adobe Support<br /><br />© 2011 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved.<br />Adobe Systems Incorporated | 343 Preston Street | Ottawa | ON | K1S 1N4 | Canada</span> <blockquote></blockquote></newsletter@adobe-pdf-upgrades.com></blockquote>But wait - since when does Adobe email customers?</div><div>Especially since I don't bother to mess my system with Adobe Acrobat? </div><div>Something fishy here...</div><div><br /></div><div>Whois for adobe-pdf-upgrades.com returns</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; "><table width="475" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" bgcolor="#f6f6f6"><tbody><tr><td><pre><span style="font-family:Arial;">Domain name: ADOBE-PDF-UPGRADES.COM Name Server: ns1.adobe-pdf-upgrades.com 91.220.62.133 Name Server: ns2.adobe-pdf-upgrades.com 91.220.62.133 Creation Date: 2011.02.17 Status: DELEGATED Registrant ID: CRABZUX-RU Registrant Name: Shawn Sijnstra Registrant Organization: Shawn Sijnstra Registrant Street1: 2938 Avenue Street Registrant City: New York Registrant Postal Code: 20394 Registrant Country: US Administrative, Technical Contact Contact ID: CRABZUX-RU Contact Name: Shawn Sijnstra Contact Organization: Shawn Sijnstra Contact Street1: 2938 Avenue Street Contact City: New York Contact Postal Code: 20394 Contact Country: US Contact Phone: +1 877 8663849 Contact E-mail: Shawn@yahoo.com Registrar: Regional Network Information Center, JSC dba RU-CENTER Last updated on 2011.02.17 05:51:59 MSK/MSD</span></pre></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;">Hopefully no one downloads anything from a domain like that - claiming to be Adobe, yet being very fishy, on a newly registered domain.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25531126.post-49758512512377449242009-06-17T23:34:00.000-07:002009-06-17T23:50:26.548-07:00ARE YOU A SCAM VICTIM, CLAIM YOUR FUNDS NOW!!!<blockquote><span style="font-weight:bold;">ARE YOU A SCAM VICTIM, CLAIM YOUR FUNDS NOW!!!</span><br />From Mrs. Farida Waziri Thu Jun 18 09:13:29 2009 scam.victims@efcc.net<br />Message-Id 200906180110.n5I19o2M004592@bngmail.cbayindia.com<br />Reply-To <span style="font-weight:bold;">efcc.gov@msn.com</span><br />To: <span style="font-weight:bold;">undisclosed-recipients</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION.</span><br /> <br />EFCC Head Office. <br />Plot 1017 & 1018 Coree Bay Crescent,<br />Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent, <br />Lagos Nigeria.<br />Motto: No Body is Above the LAW.<br /> <br />FROM THE DESK OF: Mrs. Farida Waziri, AIG (Rtd),<br /> <br /> RE: BE CAREFUL OF THE HUD LOOMS<br />Following the recent broadcast of the president and the commander in chief of armed forces of the federal republic of Nigeria during the visit to the America President Mr. George W. Bush, his speech to the united nation, couple with recommendation and resolution of his last visit to <br />It has therefore become imperative for us to explore our options for reducing our debt servicing policy to affordable and sustainable levels. On the order of the president as a mark of his reconciliation and image laundering exercise toward sanitizing the battered image of the federal republic of Nigeria abroad.<br /> <br />I am Mrs. Farida Waziri, AIG (Rtd), Chairman Economic and Financial Crime Commission, a committee set up by the military dictatorship of Late General Sani Abacha, many abnormalities had happened in the Central Bank of Nigeria and Union Bank of Nigeria where some top official of the apex Bank collaborate with imposters and abandon our contractor half way with levies and taxes.<br /> <br />Consequently, we received a directive from the office of the president, ordering the above office to settle all genuine contractors whose debts has been outstanding for a long time now. These are those who have shown sufficient proof regarding the release of their fund, and we wish to inform you that in our record here, you have fulfilled such conditions.<br /> <br />But the reasons why your own Transfer has to be delayed is because, there is presently a counter claims on your funds by one Mr. Peter Woo, who is presently trying to make us believe that you entered into an agreement with him, to help you in receiving your fund, in his bank account in China . So here comes the big question. Did you sign any Deed of Assignment in favor of Mr. Peter Woo, thereby making him the current beneficiary with the following account details: Account Name: Indo-China Group Ltd, A/C #: USD114-102-5567-8, Bank Name: Standard Chattered bank, 138-141 1st Floor, Edinburgh Tower, the Landmark, 15 Queens Road, Central Hong Kong, Swift Code: SCBL 11k111.<br /> <br />If you did not sign, nor authorize Mr. Peter Woo to receive your payment on your behalf, kindly reconfirm to us, your genuine bank account details, to avoid making payment to a wrong person, attempt to divert your payment to a new account without your knowledge may have been done by your local representative with the assistance of some (Union Bank of Nigeria) Officials, of whom most of them are presently under our custody and will face prosecution under section 35A sub section 1-2-4 of the criminal code of Nigeria, pending on when we finish with our investigation.<br /> <br />This office is glad to inform you that your payment shall be made as soon as international instant wired transfer submits this information needed from you, either by Telegraphic Transfer or. We are sorry to inform you that the Federal Government of Nigeria had made it clear to all foreign contractors whose payment is overdue, to be paid immediately hence all the modality relating to the release of your contract fund had been completed. You are advised to stop any further communication with your local representative(s) any officials (s) department of the CBN or Union Bank or any Government parasitical. This is to forestall new effort towards a diversion of your payment.<br /> <br />This office supersedes every other department in the CBN, every other bank in Nigeria and correspondence bank abroad and is thus responsible for the final payment. The consequences of not heeding to this warning would be yours.<br /> <br />Although we have been able to come up with some good result about the people that have been trying to extorted this fund from you illegally and i wish to list them so that you will personally indicate them by writing back because we want to make your payment to you without any delay but we must surely deal and bring this names to book if only you will indicate correctly any of them.<br /> <br />The names of the Touts that have been arrested are as follows:<br /> <br />1) Dr. Ken in U S A<br />2) PROF CHARLES SOLODO<br />3) CHIEF JOSEPH SANUSI<br />4) DR. R.RASHEED<br />5) BARRISTER AWELE<br />6) BARRISTER UCHEUZO WILLIAMS.<br />7) DR. HANZ MUSSA<br />UNION BANK ( NIGERIA ) PLC<br />8) Mr. Ernest Chukwudi Ebi<br />9) Mr. Eric William<br />Deputy Governor - Policy / Board Member<br />10) Mr. Tunde Lemo Deputy Governor - Financial Sector Surveillance /<br />Board Member<br />11) MR CUPPA ACOKA<br />FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA .<br />12) Mrs. W. D. A. Mshelia<br />Deputy Governor - Corporate Services / Board Member<br /> <br />The above listed names are been traced/investigated by our team and some of them have elope the country and note that if any of them is caught and find guilty he/she will go to jail for 25 years (twenty five years) as it is under the Degree 47 of the constitution of Nigeria under section of criminal law..<br /> <br />So we are waiting for you to write us and inform us if any of the above names have once contacted you in respect to your fund if yes don’t waste time to indicate it immediately.<br /> <br />We apologize on behalf of the President and the good citizens of Nigeria for any delay and lost this most have coursed you and promise that such thing will not happen again. And if you are dealing with any one of them regarding this payment we urge you to STOP because you are taking a big risk and you never find your money because your funds in the total sum $2.5M (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) is now with us the {ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION} to fulfill all foreign payments.<br /> <br />Considering the circumstances at hand, you are advice not to accept any fax or telephone calls that does not come from this office. <br /> <br />As soon as we hear from you, the remittance of your payment will commence. <br /> <br />Regards,<br /> <br />Mrs. Farida Waziri</blockquote><br /><br />Always so convincing when it's sent from hotmail or something similar, and sent to undisclosed recipients, and when their punctuation is what it is.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Even</span> if there was such a claims department - no, sorry, it just makes no sense. Rotten individuals scam, so now you set up a claims department for it? Um - sure, so similarly if medical insurance companies scam users in US (or sign them off when they would need payments for their ailments), would US government make a medical scams department? Dream on (and maybe wait for all these scammers to start to think about it). No, just not going to happen.<br /><br />And if there was such department - you would not be asking the undisclosed-recipients about whether they sent something to this particular account.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25531126.post-47596805554496821552009-05-27T03:57:00.000-07:002009-05-27T04:11:33.506-07:00Craigslist room ad scam repliesI've still got to get up to speed with the new spams - but unfortunately I've both been busy and most of the spams I've received recently are rather boring and unimaginative.<br /><br />But there are two that merit being here.<br /><br />Craigslist scam attempts. I mean reasonable and perfectly ideal housemates, just the ones we were looking for, rrright?<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1. "helen smith"</span><br /><br />Urgent reply needed<br />From: "helen smith" helen.smith82@yahoo.com<br /><br />Hello,<br /> I will like to know if your apartment is still available for rent,<br /> kindly get back to me as soon as you read my mail,<br /> Looking forward to read from you.<br /> <br /> Regards<br /> Helen<br /><br />Rright. Fine. Yes if the ad was put on less than 24 hours before, you got your urgent reply that you kindly requested. But we got back nothing for 3 days.<br /><br />Meanwhile we got a second interested one. One who sent 3 x the same email (the "helen smith" above only sent her email twice)<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">2. "frank smith"</span><br /><br />I wonder if they are related?<br /><br />room wanted<br />"frank smith" franksmth79@gmail.com<br /><br />My Name is frank smith,im 25yrs old i am a zoologist by<br />profession and also a professional miner,i will like to know<br />if the room is still for rent i am currently working in Rip of<br />benin in for a private mining offshore Firm on<br />contract,about my parent. Dad is from south Dakota and<br />my mum is from Elizabeth city NJ.She now lives in<br />london.I would have really love to call you about the<br />place but calls can't be made out or received down<br />here due to the off shore location were the site is<br />located. There some few things i would love to know<br />about theplace...things like what is the rent for<br />amonth?and the security of the place?and i hope paying<br />month to month will be ok for you?i love cleaning very<br />much and maybe sometime i also like to cook if i have<br />a chance.i don't stay out late and i don;t have late<br />night guest as well.i love pet but i don't have one.im<br />looking for a 1 bedroom to rent for 3,6 to a year,i<br />respect other people privacy a lot.what do you think i<br />will need to bring when coming?I will be starting my<br />masters along with a professional exams coming<br />soon.<br /><br /><br />Oh, very good mister frank smith. I'm impressed at anyone being a zoologist, professional miner, AND getting their MSc started at the age of 25 - and with those articulated grammar skills. <br /><br />While I was silently wondering if I should reply him explaining I need someone for the room as my millionaire wife (or husband? which one will sell better..) just died and I really need him to help me get the HUNDRED MILLION US dollars abroad, Ii'll just need his bank details... <br />Well, then we hear again from this "helen smith" again.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">"helen smith" again</span><br /><br />Re: Urgent reply needed<br />"helen smith" helen.smith82@yahoo.com<br /><br />Hello,<br />Thanks for the quick responds, and am very sorry for the late reply is due to my occupation, I will like you to know much about me.<br />I'm female, and i am from United State ,I speak English,and i am 28years of age.I am<br />I currentely working with the Federal Agency of Works and Environmental in United State.<br />am on a research programmed,and i am desperately looking for a place to<br />stay, Am the neat type,honest,responsible,trustworthy and hardworking person<br />I love music and pets so much, am quiet, easy going person and fun to live<br />with. I'm 5"7' tall . I always love to go on date but seldom party. I swim<br />for fun and sometimes play tennis ,i also like watching football,basketball,<br />i don't keep late nights neither will i have overnight guest around and i<br />know that you will like the kind of person i am.I read about the room on<br />your add and i would really want to secure the room before my arrival, more<br />so to know if it would be possible for me to pay for the room before my<br />arrival,So i will like to know the total amount of the room per month and<br />the utility included. All these information are very important so that i can<br />submit my proposal to my Organization. My Organization will be responsible<br />for all the fees so,i will like to know the mode of payment,to know the nest thing to do before my arrival. I dont mind seeing more pics of the room and surrounding and I will need the following information to get the payment to you.<br />1 Full name as it will appear on the payment.<br />2 Address.<br />3 phone number.<br />I would be glad to see your quick response.<br /> <br /> BEST REGARD<br /> Helen<br /><br /><br />Now, just to have fun what should I do? Hi helen, sorry the room is gone but my friend frank has a room..<br />Hi helen, please send me FIVE THOUSAND UK POUNDS and call me to this number in Nigeria and I will help you make MILLIONS of dollars...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25531126.post-17834703780304576182009-02-01T02:55:00.001-08:002009-02-01T02:56:04.359-08:00Free advice: set up an online store (so you don't have to offer these cheque casher 'jobs' anymore)Let me give one <i>free</i> piece of information mister McIeen: most Americans don't offer these forms of payment for goods. It is only the folks like yourself who even think about such. Why don't you just give them your bank details such as IBAN and SWIFT, or if you are selling via the internet, set up a working online store? <br />And make up your mind how you want to be called, a mcieen or leem...<br /><br /><blockquote>Company Representatives Is Needed (Job Offer )<br />From: "Kine@yahoo.com" <Kine@yahoo.com><br />To: [my email]<br /><br />Dear Sir/Madam. <br />I hope this email meets you in good health. I feel quite safe dealing with you in this mutual beneficial transaction. Though, this medium Internet has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it because it still remains the fastest way to get in touch with people. <br />I am Mr. kine Mcleen and am an artist, I am 40 years old and paint for a living, and have been painting for the past 18 years. I am married with a wife and 2 lovely kids. I have a vacancy opening available in my studio. I am just setting up in the USA and will need a Representative to work on a part time basis for me. <br />I sell Arts all over the world and have sold to both galleries and private collectors. I am always facing serious difficulties selling my art works to my American clients; most times they offer to pay with either Money orders or certified checks which are difficult for me to cash here in United Kingdom. <br />I need someone in the states to work as my representative and assist me in processing these payments and I will be willing to pay 10% for every transaction made. <br />First step in this job is for you to wait at home for checks sent by my clients via regular mail or FedEx to get to you. For this to be possible I need your basic personal info such as: <br />1. Full Name, <br />2. Contact Address, <br />3. City, <br />4. State, <br />5. Zip Code, <br />6. Occupation, <br />7. Phone Number, <br />If you are interested in working for me, please kindly send the needed information to my email: kine.leem@gmail.com <br />I await your reply <br />Regards <br />Kine Mcleen <br />Note: YOU ARE NOT UNDER ANY OBLIGATION TO APPLY FOR THIS POST. ONLY SINCERE AND STRAIGHT FORWARD INDIVIDUALS ARE NEEDED.<br />X-Server-Name: www.brindematiere.com<br />X-Remote-Addr: 41.219.235.22<br />X-Script-Name: /components/com_expose/expose/img/bug.php<br />X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP</blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25531126.post-18376546306792052552009-02-01T02:41:00.000-08:002009-02-01T02:49:34.364-08:00Not too original Nigerian one - style points: 2Somewhat original. Maybe I should do some scale to score them, 0 = fail to 10 = a masterpiece. <br />So let's try... this one<br /><br />1. Style with having a from address as something .org. That looks impressive and takes at least 5 $ to register a domain usually, but doing a whois doesn't return an eaglerockcc.org. <br />2. Going with a more modest amount of money - should this score more? Maybe more people's alarms go off seeing the usual hundreds of millions of $.<br />3. The usual BS - a free email address to reply to, all utterly confidential while you send it to undisclosed-recipients...<br />Meh. Score: 2 - not very impressive or original.<br /><br /><blockquote>UTTERLY CONFIDENTIAL/<br />From: "Anthony" <tony@eaglerockcc.org><br />To: undisclosed-recipients<br /><br />Hi,<br /><br />Pardon me for not having the pleasure of knowing your mindset before making you this offer and it is utterly confidential and genuine by virtue of its nature.I write to solicit your assistance in a funds transfer deal involving US$3.5M.<br /><br />This fund has been stashed out of the excess profit made last year by my branch office the International Commercial Bank which I am the manager.<br /><br />I have already submitted an approved end of the year report for the year 2005 to my head office here in Accra-Ghana and they will never know of this excess. I have since then, placed this amount on a Non-Investment Account without a<br />beneficiary.<br /><br />Upon your response, I will configure your name on our database as holder of the Non-Investment Account. I will then guide you on how to apply to my head office for the Account Closure/ bank-to-bank remittance of the funds to your designated bank account.<br /><br />If you concur with this proposal, I intend for you to retain 30% of the funds while 70% shall be for me.<br /><br />Kindly forward your response to: tonicb12@aim.com<br /><br />Mobile: +233-24-468-5072<br /><br />With Regards,<br /><br />Anthony Aka</blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25531126.post-61981893999181696142009-02-01T02:40:00.000-08:002009-02-01T02:41:34.889-08:00A bank scam that goes to ponyfarm...If my bank has a problem with my account, they call me. They even call me when they want to offer a bad deal of a visa for the 11th time a year, just to check if I'd be interested in it now. But no real bank would ever email me (and never to undisclosed recipients for sure) - and I've never even been in a Alliance & Leicester bank - so good, they can glady keep the acount I don't have, blocked. <br /><br /><blockquote>Internet Banking Access Blocked<br />From: "Alliance & Leicester Internet Banking Service" <notifications@mybank.alliance-leicester.co.uk><br />To: undisclosed-recipients<br /><br />Dear Valued Customer,<br />We use the very latest industry-standard technology, plus multiple levels of security to safeguard your personal and transaction details, so that you can bank online with confidence.<br />We are committed to continually developing our security systems to ensure that Internet Banking remains safe and secure. We hope that you will also take the necessary precautions to protect your computer and your personal security details.<br />Internet Banking access blocked. For your protection Internet Banking access to your accounts has been blocked. Your security details have been incorrectly entered 3 times. Please follow the reference below and you will be guided to where you can instantly To re-establish access.<br /><a href="http://www.cv-ponyfarm.de/Spitz//assets/images/login.php">Log in to Internet Banking</a><br />it will only take about five minutes.<br /><br />Thank you. <br />Online Banking Security Team <br /> <br />"Service" means the Alliance & Leicester Internet Banking Service We provide which enables You to give Instructions to Us relating to Your Account by logging on at www.alliance-leicester.co.uk or alternatively https://www.mybank.alliance-leicester.co.uk<br />"We" / "Our" / "Us" means Alliance & Leicester plc</blockquote><br /><br />The domain they direct you, www.cv-ponyfarm.de, for sure isn't owned by a UK bank, but the German whois queries returned only MS server errors.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25531126.post-65746750867784969002009-02-01T02:30:00.000-08:002009-02-01T02:34:25.578-08:00Computer jobs...The global economy sucks so they must have a lot of jobless, brainless and greedy people working and interested in working with software right? Now if you would get a job offer from a computer company, wouldn't you think that they possibly might have a domain and not have to go as low as free email services and milking you out of money to "work" for them? And wouldn't you possibly do some google fu before you even think of applying?<br /><br /><blockquote>EMPLOYMENT REQUEST<br />From: "Xenex Navigation Inc" <scottny@livedoor.com><br />To: undisclosed-recipients<br /><br />Hello Sir/Madam<br /><br />My name is Tom Gabriel, I represent Xenex Navigation Inc, We are one of the fastest growing software company based in Florida (UNITED STATE). We design computer components and other related software products.<br /><br />At Xenex we specialize in exporting quality products at relatively low prices. But due to our ever-increasing customer base in Scotland and United Kingdom, we at Xenex are searching for representatives to assist us in establishing a medium to connect to our costumers more efficiently in Scotland and United Kingdom Region.<br /><br />JOB TASKS<br />If you choose to join Xenex as a representative, your basic task will consist of checking emails, processing orders and receiving payments from our customers on behalf of Xenex though basically payments are often made out on Money Orders, Certified Cashiers Check or a Personal Check.<br /><br />MAIN REQUIREMENT<br />*18 years or older,<br />*legally capable,<br />*Responsible,<br />*Ready to work 3-4 hours per week.,<br />*With computer knowledge,<br />*E-mail and internet experience (minimal),<br />*We are not requesting for your Bank information's, SSN or any other personal information from you, as what we need is a proof of seriousness.<br /><br />WHAT YOU EARN<br />Note that for every transaction processed, you will receive 10% of the total amount. Xenex product price range starts at 4,000pounds. At 10% you are guaranteed a minimum of 500 pounds per order. We guarantee that you can start making money as early as in 2 weeks once your job has been approved, and you don't need to invest your money, just your spare time to process orders via email<br /><br />Please fill or email the following information inside the employment application form in order for us to facilitate the conclusion of this proposal if accepted.<br /><br />EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION FORM<br />First Name ________Middle Name___________Last<br />Residential________________________<br />City _______State ______ ________Zip ______<br />Home /Work Telephone Number________<br />Personal cell phone Number__________<br />Gender _____Marital Status_______<br />Age ____ Nationality_________<br />Present Work_______<br /><br /><br />Please note: Only interested applicants should respond to this offer. We understand that this job position is very challenging and you should understand it. We are looking only for persons who satisfy our requirements and will be an honest assistant.<br /><br />If you feel that you are a serious, trust-worthy and honest person and you want to work for XENEX NAVIGATION INC., Please respond immediately with the requested information above.<br />Send Replies to: tomgabriell11@gmail.com<br /><br />Yours Truly.<br />Mr.Tom Gabriel<br />Marketing Executive<br />tomgabriell11@gmail.com</blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25531126.post-21037240888687508112009-02-01T02:19:00.000-08:002009-02-01T02:29:20.878-08:00Another not too personalized Nigerian scamIsn't it a bit odd that a Ms Marina with such an odd sounding first name that if I didn't see her use it as her first name, would have guessed that the lvovska part of her email address would only refer to some L Vovska but even that way it sounds too Polish, Russian or East European to be a kosher thing from Africa. And why the marshall.edu address? It maybe helps it pass your spamfilters better but why a lovely lady with such a first name as Lvovska who is studying at Marshall University, Huntington, WV would be involved with such amounts of money?<br /><br />Isn't it a bit odd that this Lvovska is also sending this to undisclosed recipients? That never means only you.<br />Isn't it a bit odd that the people you should be contacting in Nigeria have a free email service in UK and ... well, at least that phone number is for a Nigerian number.<br /><br />Anyone up to calling this Fedex courier with a free UK email address (but not a fedex one) and give them what this Ms Maryna asks for?<br /><br /><blockquote>ACT FEDEX COURIER SERVICE (NIGERIA) FOR DELIVERY<br />From: "Lvovska, Maryna" <lvovska@marshall.edu> <br />To: undisclosed-recipients<br /><br />Greetings.<br /><br />I am Lvovska Maryna. I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your<br />Confirmable Bank Draft of $950.000.00 United States Dollars, but I did not hear from you since that time.<br />Then I went and deposited the Draft with FEDEX COURIER SERVICE, West Africa, I traveled out of the<br />country for an asignment and I will not come back till end of Febuary 2009.<br />What you have to do now is to contact the FEDEX COURIER SERVICE as soon<br />as possible to know when they will deliver your package to you because of the expiring<br />date.<br /><br />For your information, I have paid for the delivering Charge, Insurance<br />premium and Clearance Certificate Fee of the cheque showing that it is<br />not a Drug Money or meant to sponsor Terrorist attack in your Country.<br />The only money you will send to the FEDEX COURIER SERVICE to deliver<br />your Draft direct to your postal Address in your country is ($390.00 USD) Dollars only<br />being Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far. Again, don't be<br />deceived by anybody to pay any other money except $390.00 US Dollars. I would have<br />paid that but they said no because they don't know when you will contact them and<br />in case of Demurrage.<br /><br />You have to contact the FEDEX COURIER SERVICE now for the delivery of<br />your Draft with this information below;<br /><br />Contact Person: Mr.Gary Albert<br />FedEx West Africa.<br />E-mail: fedexdelivery1975@live.co.uk<mailto:fedexdelivery1975@live.co.uk><br />Telephone: +234-702-518-8585<br /><br />Finally, make sure that you reconfirm the following:<br />(1) Full names<br />(2) Your Postal address<br />(3) and Direct telephone number<br />To avoid any mistake on the Delivery and ask them to give you the tracking number immediately you make the payment to them<br />to enable you track your package over there and know when it will get to your address.<br /><br />Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this<br />mail to avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their Security<br />Keeping fee of $390 US Dollars for their immediate action.<br /><br />You should not bother to contact me as I will not be around to check my emails since I am on an asignment till the<br />end of Febuary 2009.<br /><br />Yours Faithfully,<br />Lvovska Maryna.</blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25531126.post-7120872137013455752009-02-01T02:08:00.000-08:002009-02-01T02:15:03.712-08:00European lotteries... never anything newWhen did we ever see anything interesting with the lottery scams?<br />Not even once even the email coming from the domain they claim to represent. Why would a <span style="font-style:italic;">Mrs Gloriakok</span> from an Italian free email address (and with its free default ads for alice messenger) contact you to tell you that you wont and should contact a Dr. Krugar which also isn't using his correct email address?<br />+31 countrycode resolves to Netherlands, and if anyone WAS contacting you from the Netherlands lottery office, their email address would end @lotto.nl. (Never mind that they wouldn't know you bought a ticket... or did you?)<br /><br /><blockquote> From: mrs_gloriakok@alice.it<br /> Subject: REF<br /> Date: January 29, 2009 8:45:32 PM GMT<br /><br />REF<br /><br />To claim your email prize of 1,000,000 Euros.<br />Contact Dr.Hans J. Krugar <br />TEL:+31-647269378 FAX:+31-847598766. <br />Reply To: claimfiles@i12.com<br />======================================<br /><br />Copyright 1994-2009 The Netherlands National Lottery Inc.<br /><br />Alice Messenger ;-) chatti anche con gli amici di Windows Live Messenger e tutti i telefonini TIM!</blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25531126.post-32607315753737024902009-02-01T02:04:00.000-08:002009-02-01T02:08:37.051-08:00Spam FAILA spam that can't even contain itself from the headers or doctype info = <span style="font-weight:bold;">FAIL</span>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25531126.post-2324726026303164502009-02-01T02:02:00.000-08:002009-02-01T02:03:58.790-08:00Mensaje de AnimoAh, sure - of course I will install all sorts of software on my 'puter just because some company I've never heard of tells me they have a message for me...<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">From: ventas@microalambre.com<br /> Subject: Mensaje de Animo<br /> Date: August 30, 2008 8:48:46 PM IST<br /> To: [my address]<br /> Reply-To: ventas@microalambre.com<br /><br />Tenemos un mensaje de animo para ti en<br /> <br />http://www.microalambre.com/comunicacion.html<br /> </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25531126.post-57128539066389139612009-02-01T01:57:00.000-08:002009-02-01T02:01:03.613-08:00VICTIM COMPENSATION OF $1,500,000.00Oh, this is a new one for me. And as always, all these bank and UN representatives use only free email addresses such as yahoo, for conducting their business. Even if Sarah Palin repeatedly does it, the emails coming from a non-corporate address shouldn't be dealt for business.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I have a new email address!<br />You can now email me at: alfred.watson93@yahoo.in<br /><br />- ATTN: Beneficiary ,SCAMMED VICTIM COMPENSATION OF $1,500,000.00 USD ,This is to bring to your notice that I the representative of Nigeria to the United Nations has been appointed by United Nation/International Financial & Economic Crime Unit to Nigeria in association with ECOBANK NIGERIA PLC to pay 150 scammed victims the sum of $1,500,000.00 USD each. You have been listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount in the second phase of the Economy Reform Project; I would like you to Provide/confirm your detail, so that your compensation would be paid out to you. On this faithful recommendations, I want you to know that during the last U.N./Economic Reform meetings held at Abuja, Nigeria, it was alarmed so much by the rest of the world in the meeting on the lose of funds by various foreigners to the scam artists operating in syndicates all over the world today. In other to retain the good image of the country, the President of the country is now paying 150 victims of this operators $1,500,000.00 USD each in accordance with the U.N. recommendations. Due to the corrupt and inefficient Banking Systems in Nigeria, the payment are to be paid by ECOBANK NIGERIA PLC.According to the number of applicants at hand, 114 Beneficiaries has been paid, Most of the victims are from the United States while the rest are Europeans, Asians and Australians. We still have more 36 left to be paid the compensations of $1,500,000.00 USD each. Your particulars was mentioned by one of the Syndicates who was arrested in Lagos, Nigeria as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him/anyone for any reason what so ever as the Interpol is already on trace of the criminals. So keep it secret till they are all apprehended. Other victims who have not been contacted can submit their applications as well for scrutiny and possible consideration. You are advised to contact Mr. Jim Lott OF ECOBANK NIGERIA PLC, E-mail: contact.jimlott@gmail.com as he is our representative in Nigeria, contact him immediately for your International wire transfer of $1,500,000.00 USD. Therefore, you should send him your full Name,telephone number, fax number,mailing address,your complete banking details and a copy of your identification , I shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you. Yours faithfully, Sir. Alfred Watson U.N REPRESNTATIVE( WEST AFRICA). United Nations (UN).</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25531126.post-7221138162984355712008-07-20T01:22:00.000-07:002008-07-20T01:45:46.926-07:00Aids spamThis is a new category of spam to me.<br /><br /><blockquote> From: <b>ndxk9@hotmail.com</b><br /> Subject: Please help ! -[some random letters and numbers here]<br /> Date: July 20, 2008 7:55:40 AM IST<br /> To: [some email alias of mine]<br /> Return-Path: <b>3embb@hotmail.com</b><br /><br />Honoured ladies and gentlemen,<br /><br />it is not to be turned my kind me on this way to you however the circumstances leave me no other possibility.<br />I want to tell no long stories however I search people to me perhaps help and something support.<br />My name is Jim Knopf are 45 years and are for 23 years of HIV Positive (Aids)!<br /><br />Now my problem!<br />I need approx. 2500.-Euros of every month for drugs.<br />I have lost my health insurance and is not to be raised in the position this sum every month.<br />I can allow to prescribe drugs of the doctor however I must pay this itself.<br />At the moment I live on 210.- Euros in the month this is only for food and for the everyday need.<br />I do not need ointments - oil baths with the low amount are payable<br />My savings are used up I can raise the money no more.<br />This is why I search people to me, perhaps with small sums can support.<br />Every amount is a welcome.<br />I would like to thank for her support!<br /><br />Here the Online payment systems !!<br />Paypal : https://www.paypal.com<br />Acc : <b>one-euro@Safe-mail.net</b><br />Reference : Thank You !<br /><br />---------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Alertpay: https://www.alertpay.com<br />Acc : <b>one-euro@Safe-mail.net</b><br />Reference: Thank You !<br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Paypay: https://www.paypay.com<br />Acc : 8100588105<br />Reference : Thank You !<br />_____________________________________________<br /><br />Bank :<br />Bankname : Raiffeisenkasse Guntramsdorf<br />Bankaccount : <b>Frank Laugwitz</b><br /> IBAN Nummer : AT163225000005000641<br />BIC/SWIFT : RLNWATWWGTD<br />Reference : Thank You !!<br /><br />_______________________________________________<br /><br />Greeting Jim Knopf</blockquote><br /><br />Well well. Dear Jim Knopf, why does your bank account say <b>Frank Laugwitz</b>?<br /><br />Since the bank account you are trying to scam money to is in an Austrian bank, I guess we can assume that you are trying to tell people that you are based in Austria. How about having a <a href="http://www.justlanded.com/english/Austria/Tools/Just-Landed-Guide/Health/The-Austrian-healthcare-system">look</a> <a href="http://www.wieninternational.at/en/node/5166">how</a> <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/06/26/entertainment/e153816D90.DTL">their</a> healthcare works?<br /><br />"<i>Top spot in Europe for Austria's health care system: nowhere else in Europe are patients treated more quickly and their medical needs better attended to. This has been revealed by a current study in the EU.<br /><br />According to this expert study, Austria not only has the most consumer-friendly health care system in Europe, but also performs better than countries like Switzerland or Luxembourg which spend considerably more money on medical care. Austria spends 2,186 euros per head per year, Luxembourg spends 3,526 euros, Switzerland and Norway roughly 2,820 euros.</i>"<br /><br />Even if all health care would not be free in Austria, spamming unknown people for scamming money out of them is never ok.<br />Oh, and if you are Austrian as you claim, why doesn't your bank account name match your name?<br />Why are you using an Israelian email?<br />And why do you spam unknown people with this fake story, Frank (which I don't believe is your name either)? Shame on you.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25531126.post-86972075914953453062008-07-16T16:18:00.000-07:002008-07-16T16:25:31.033-07:00Tourismania.info, flooding the inboxesTourismania is the only spam of a new type I've received recently. New, as in sense that after lastminutetours.com I have not been spammed by travel sites. Now tourismania.info is flooding my inbox daily, and the fact there is no blacklist on my server side deeply annoys me. I have also never been on their website, which makes this even more annoying.<br /><br />Typical spam of them:<br /><br /> From: <span style="font-weight:bold;">fasbadoo@hotmail.fr</span><br /> Subject: GRECE IDYLLIQUES<br /> Date: July 16, 2008 11:54:10 PM IST<br /><br />GRECE IDYLLIQUES<br />TRADITION TOURISMANIA<br />8 JOURS / 7 NUITS Vols + Hotel 3 * + 2 Excursions<br />10.990,00 DHS<br />Dйpart tous les jours de la semaine<br />Murs blanc, ciel bleu azur, vestiges antiques, champs d'oliviers, et partout, la mer: la Grиce est un hymne aux vacances.<br />En Crиte, plages idylliques et villages pittoresques composent le tableau enchanteur des vacances.<br />Tourismania vous invite а dйcouvrir cette destination et rend la Grиce plus accessible que jamais.<br />Chaque semaine, au dйpart de Casablanca, nous vous donnons rendez-vous pour une dйcouverte de ce merveilleux pays<br />grвce а un programme complet de circuits et de sйjours , minutieusement sйlectionnйs.<br />N’hйsitez pas а contacter notre йquipe pour plus d’informations.<br /><br />GRECE IDYLLIQUES [link to tourismania.info]<br /><br />Of which we can get<br /><br />Domain ID:D10838720-LRMS<br />Domain Name:TOURISMANIA.INFO<br /><br />Registrant Name:Cemil Fidanligul<br />Registrant Organization:Performans Iletisim ve Teknoloji Hizmetleri Ltd. St<br /><br />Registrant Email:<span style="font-weight:bold;">noc@performans.com</span><br />Admin ID:BB15D8B8008DE68E<br />Admin Name:Cemil Fidanligul<br />Admin Organization:Performans Iletisim ve Teknoloji Hizmetleri Ltd. Sti<br />Admin Street1:Halaskargazi Cad. No:48 Daire<br />Admin Street2:6 Kat:3<br />Admin Street3:<br />Admin City:Istanbul<br />Admin State/Province:-<br />Admin Postal Code:34373<br />Admin Country:TR<br />Admin Phone:+90.2122919816<br /><br />Whatever excuse they use for spamming daily without any "opt-in" even, this <span style="font-style:italic;">fasbadoo@hotmail.fr</span> deserves to get his/her/its mailbox flooded with proper porn spam.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25531126.post-21460650357034867052007-12-17T11:51:00.000-08:002007-12-17T12:16:49.252-08:00Spock.com - another creepy social network<blockquote>From: donotreply@spock.com<br />Subject: [a friend's name] has requested your trust on Spock<br />Date: December 17, 2007 4:18:21 AM GMT+00:00<br />To: [my email]<br /><br />Hi Future Spocker,<br /><br />[a friend's name] has added you as a trusted contact on Spock. By accepting trust, you will be able to search each others’ network, share contact information, and get news.<br /><br />Click here to get started. [had some URL incorporated to that]<br /><br />-<br />Unsubscribe: http://www.spock.com/do/public/request_unsubscribe</blockquote><br /><br />Another of the series of <a href="http://stupidspam.blogspot.com/2007/12/pulse-plaxo-spams-you-from-random.html">failures of the social networking attempts, just like Pulse Plaxo</a>. Is it so hard, really?<br /><br />1. Do not send me spam. One is enough.<br /><br />2. Do <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070808-spock-com-hopes-to-become-the-google-of-people-searches.html">not</a> spam the internet and digg about how you will become <em>the</em> google of the people searches. Know what? I'm happy to be found <em>using</em> google when I want to. <em>I sign up</em> for my profiles. There is a huge difference in spock or any other creepy failure social network creating automatically a profile for you or me, or we creating them ourselves. <em>I have no control</em> over who they claim I am. And I have zero desire to join spock, or any other spooky network. No, seriously, no, no, no. LinkedIn, and limited Facebook, that's it. No spock, pulse plaxo, hi5, tweety, orkut, schoolfriends, or anything else. No.<br /><br />3. What is it with the <em>unsubscribe</em>? Anything that I never subscribed to that is offering me the option to unsubscribe is nothing but spam, irregardless of who sends or appears to have sent it. The spock invites are from people I know, <em>but</em> these basic not understanding how the invites or social networking sites work really creep me out. <em>Don't create a profile by any spambot for me, thank you very much. And don't send me any unsubscribe option either.</em><br /><br />Surpise, I <a href="http://www.appscout.com/2007/06/spockcom_its_creepy_its_coolyo.php">am</a> <a href="http://www.wired.com/techbiz/startups/news/2007/08/spock_reputation">not</a> <a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Spock_com_Using_Spam_to_Get_New_Accounts">the</a> <a href="http://www.joeszilagyi.com/2007/09/19/spockcom-spam/">only</a> <a href="http://lisaamorao.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/did-i-spam-you-with-spock-invites/">one</a> <a href="http://saferemails.com/scamalert/2007/12/06/use-spockcom-to-find-information-about-real-people/">out</a> <a href="http://lydiaoquendo.blogspot.com/2007/12/spockcom-using-spam-to-get-new-accounts.html">there</a> <a href="http://www.fullcirc.com/wp/2007/12/17/dislikeing-spock-even-more/">annoyed</a> <a href="http://andrewzarick.dreamix.tv/sem/dear-spock">by</a> <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=spock.com+spam+privacy+annoyed&btnG=Search&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en">spock.com</a> <a href="http://hownow.brownpau.com/">invites</a>.<br /><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/answers/law-legal/criminal-law/LAW_CLW/137733-8687328">People are considering action against spock.com through CAN-SPAM act</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25531126.post-73869825339743235512007-12-10T12:22:00.000-08:002007-12-10T12:23:54.790-08:00How to survive Facebook, Beacon, and avoid Facebook spamIn a blog specialized in nothing but <strong>spam</strong>, how come there was no entry for <a href="http://www.facebook.com">Facebook</a> yet? <br />Well... it was a nice and tolerable website first, allowing one to keep in contact with the friends that are not in Linkedin or anywhere else that you'd actually care to join.<br /><br />But it keeps getting worse and worse, so it's time for a cumulative How to survive Facebook-post.<br /><br /><em>I have over 100 hundred invitations to add applications</em> in my profile. Each one is generating an email, and they are by friends, not by random spammers out there. Everyone finds something fun and wants their friends to add it, but ... well, friends don't always find it fun when you have hundreds of applications in there sending you uninvited spams. <br /><u>If you want to offer me a beer, please do it in a bar in real life</u>, not in Facebook. <br />And please keep superwall, sith and jedi, vampires, compare people, x-me and make a baby out of my email inbox, thank you...<br /><br />First, let's jump to a solution. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7230287089">Block Facebook Spam</a> is a group that helps with links to how to block the most offending applications. <br /><br />After the solution, a quick <u>3 step how to survive Facebook</u>:<br /><br /><em>1. Add only people you consider to be your friends.<br />2. When you don't like to receive a notification from an application, block it, or <a href="http://www.facebook.com/privacy.php?view=platform">block them all</a> (or remove them, from the same link).<br />3. Disable Beacon (below).<br /></em><br />That's it - 3 steps. I could make it proper Web 2.0 style and lengthen it to 10 points but why bother? Here below rather how to block individual applications.<br /><br />Facebook itself does not send spam, but with one of the relatively recent changes in the platform it allowed all sorts of little applications that you can add to your profile to spam everyone in your contacts list. How nice... that added to the fact that 90 % of these applications in Facebook are pointless (<em>want to add vampires? Want to add vampires? How about pirates, yarr? Join quizes and spam everyone on your friendslist now? Join superwall? Someone sent you a gift or a message, click here and thisandthat to see it</em>).<br /><br />Facebook also <a href="http://www.wired.com/techbiz/startups/news/2007/12/facebook_apology">added</a> Beacon a month ago. A neutral name for an application that tracks what you do on external websites, and that you are supposed to <em>opt out</em> and not in, in case you would not like your friends to see what you purchased in Amazon etc.<br /><br /><u>To disable Beacon in Facebook</u>: Set your privacy settings to remove Beacon - <br />1. go to privacy<br />2. go to external sites (bottom of list)<br />3. check - "Don't allow any websites to send stories to my profile."<br /><br /><u>To disable individual offending applications</u> from sending you spam from your friends - more e.g. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=7230287089&topic=3652">here</a>.<br /><blockquote>* My personality:<br />http://www.facebook.com/apps/block.php?id=2490151219&action=block<br />* Hatching eggs:<br />http://www.facebook.com/apps/block.php?id=6702295930&action=block<br />* Friend wheel:<br />http://www.facebook.com/apps/block.php?id=2415325843&action=block<br />*Polls:<br />http://www.facebook.com/apps/block.php?id=2334088888&action=block<br />* Instant messaging:<br />http://www.facebook.com/apps/block.php?id=2603081069&action=block<br />* Boozemail:<br />http://www.facebook.com/apps/block.php?id=2360569570&action=block<br />* My questions:<br />http://www.facebook.com/apps/block.php?id=2363570816&action=block<br />* How Sexy Is Your Name Calculator:<br />http://www.facebook.com/apps/block.php?id=4673474311&action=block<br />* Name Analyzer:<br />http://www.facebook.com/apps/block.php?id=10939930426&action=block<br />* My Heritage:<br />http://www.facebook.com/apps/block.php?id=2528261089&action=block<br />* Jedi vs. Sith:<br />http://www.facebook.com/apps/block.php?id=2403689652&action=block<br />* Sticky Notes<br />http://www.facebook.com/apps/block.php?id=2384089789&action=block<br />* Naughty Gifts<br />http://www.facebook.com/apps/block.php?id=2412269324&action=block<br />* Free Condoms<br />http://www.facebook.com/apps/block.php?id=2410978396&action=block<br />* Are YOU Interested? (Yes in News Feeds):<br />http://www.facebook.com/apps/block.php?id=17091798008&action=block<br />* Entourage:<br />http://www.facebook.com/apps/block.php?id=4706620662&action=block<br />* Compare People:<br />http://www.facebook.com/apps/block.php?id=2433486906&action=block<br />* Superlatives:<br />http://www.facebook.com/apps/block.php?id=2372128250&action=block<br />* X-Me:<br />http://www.facebook.com/apps/block.php?id=2345673396&action=block<br />* Super Wall:<br />http://www.facebook.com/apps/block.php?id=2601240224&action=block<br />* Hot or Not:<br />http://www.facebook.com/apps/block.php?id=2252801962&action=block<br />* Likeness:<br />http://www.facebook.com/apps/block.php?id=4188419540&action=block<br />* Top Friends:<br />http://www.facebook.com/apps/block.php?id=2425101550&action=block<br />* Pirates:<br />http://www.facebook.com/apps/block.php?id=2342084241&action=block<br />* Vampires:<br />http://www.facebook.com/apps/block.php?id=2458301688&action=block<br />* Zombies:<br />http://www.facebook.com/apps/block.php?id=2341504841&action=block<br />* Werewolves:<br />http://www.facebook.com/apps/block.php?id=2721700161&action=block<br />* Slayers:<br />http://www.facebook.com/apps/block.php?id=17801732384&action=block<br />* Flixter/Movies:<br />http://www.facebook.com/apps/block.php?id=2558160538&action=block<br />* Funwall:<br />http://www.facebook.com/apps/block.php?id=2378983609&action=block</blockquote><br /><br />More:<br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2888049023">Stop sending me invitations to add shit applications</a> - Another interesting Facebook group with a lot of links.<br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5841663547">Facebook: Do not sell my private pictures! Change your terms of use, NOW!</a><br /><a href="http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/12/facebooks-is-al.html">Facebook Is Always Watching You</a><br /><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/26/sniffing_private_facebook_info/">How to sniff out private information on Facebook</a><br /><a href="http://www.wired.com/techbiz/startups/news/2007/12/facebook_apology">Facebook CEO Apologizes, Lets Users Turn Off Beacon</a><br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7061398.stm">15 reasons Facebook may be worth $15bn</a><br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6980454.stm">Facebook opens profiles to public</a><br /><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/16/social_networking_profiles_company_property/">Your boss could own your Facebook profile</a><br /><br />From Terms of Use - regarding user data, incl. e.g who owns the photos or <em>any</em> materials users have posted.<br /><br /><blockquote>When you post User Content to the Site, you authorize and direct us to make such copies thereof as we deem necessary in order to facilitate the posting and storage of the User Content on the Site. By posting User Content to any part of the Site, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to the Company an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, excerpt (in whole or in part) and distribute such User Content for any purpose on or in connection with the Site or the promotion thereof, to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such User Content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing. You may remove your User Content from the Site at any time. If you choose to remove your User Content, the license granted above will automatically expire, however you acknowledge that the Company may retain archived copies of your User Content.<br />{http://www.facebook.com/terms.php}</blockquote><br /><br />From a Facebook group:<br /><br /><blockquote>1. It's not your friends fault (except a few) - the application are constructed in a way that rewards invites etc.<br />2. It's facebooks fault - what was a really nice contact management/news system - is becoming spambook.<br />3. Where is the "ignore ALL invites" button? - shame on facebook.<br />4. Everyone using facebook has put effort and time into creating and maintaining a profile - in good faith that facebook wouldn't screw up the basic premise of the system - that is being ignored by facebook. Saying "if you don't like it leave it" - is stupid - if you don't like - tell them info@facebook.com - if they ignore it... you won't be the only one leaving.<br /><br />5. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7120916.stm - 50,000 users get facebook to change Beacon.<br /><br />Block the worst applications:<br />http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7230287089 - Block Facebook Spam</blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25531126.post-82695702168470317572007-12-10T11:42:00.000-08:002007-12-10T11:43:58.450-08:00Subject: What does the Bible say about homosexuality?<blockquote>From: Jan Grimm [akstcadamsmotorcompanymnsdgs@adamsmotorcompany.com]<br /><strong>Subject: What does the Bible say about homosexuality?</strong><br />Date: November 5, 2007 6:02:13 PM GMT+00:00<br />To: [someone else's email]<br /><br />Save money and buy your prescription*s online<br /> <br /><a href="http://www.geocities.com/heleniuuchdx">press right here</a> <br /> <br />them to work immediately.<br />learned by those</blockquote><br /><br />Oh, what a disappointment. For once at least an interesting title. This is really such a disappointment (even if I would not care about religion). With this headline it's such a loser solution to have 2 lines of meaningless text and a link to a geocities homepage.<br /><br />At least you could have been selling discounted and counterfeit Bibles or something.<br /><br />Well well. For a miracle a <a href="http://www.imylateyno.com/p/?&pid=1571">forward of that link was still valid.</a><br /><em>Canadian</em> pharmacy, eh? <br /><br /><blockquote> Domain Name: IMYLATEYNO.COM<br /> Registrar: SCHLUND+PARTNER AG<br /> Whois Server: whois.schlund.info<br /> Referral URL: http://REGISTRAR.SCHLUND.INFO<br /> Name Server: NS2.POLACREPOX.COM<br /><br />registrant-firstname: Mark<br />registrant-lastname: Kinevan<br />registrant-street1: 7844 Troy Hills Ln<br />registrant-pcode: 32256<br />registrant-state: FL<br />registrant-city: Jacksonville<br />registrant-ccode: US<br />registrant-phone: +1.9045380494<br />registrant-email: motorbus@tokyo.com<br /><br />tech-c-firstname: Hostmaster<br />tech-c-lastname: ONEANDONE<br />tech-c-organization: 1&1 Internet Inc.<br />tech-c-street1: 701 Lee Rd.<br />tech-c-street2: Suite 300<br />tech-c-pcode: 19087<br />tech-c-state: PA<br />tech-c-city: Chesterbrook<br />tech-c-ccode: US<br />tech-c-phone: +1.8774612631<br />tech-c-fax: +1.6105601501<br />tech-c-email: hostmaster@1and1.com</blockquote><br /><br />Schlund.info <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=schlund.info+spam&btnG=Search&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en">gets a few hits</a> on google. The registrant itself is based in Germany, despite a few fishy details (Registrant ID:C5261-LRMS, schlund.de, but referral etc details missing) schlund itself won't get a tag of its own until I get a few new and annoying spams from them again. Which I hope won' happen anytime soon.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25531126.post-2266244074190940822007-12-10T11:25:00.000-08:002007-12-10T11:26:28.848-08:00Liu hui or cncliup@21cn.com, again and again<blockquote> From: Betty Longoria [flatatom@yahoo.com]<br /> <strong>Subject: Weapon</strong><br /> Date: November 6, 2007 5:37:56 PM GMT+00:00<br /> To: [someone else's email]<br /><br />buy all kind of med on a very cheap price.<br /><br />pharmstopmachine.com.<br /><br />Remove the dot from the end of the link to use it, thanks.</blockquote><br /><br />This is only entry #2 for Ivy, or Liu Hui or whatever he wants to be called, so he's still far behind Leo Kuvayev aka Alex Rodrigez. At least Liu Hui does not seem to have his own biography information on rokso.<br /><br />But I have had dozens of these spams on my private and very private email address, several of them daily, and that has the tendency to piss me off very much. The style is always the same, much more repetitive than Kuvayev's.<br /><br /><blockquote>Received: from [88.231.255.223] by e.mx.mail.yahoo.com</blockquote><br /><br /><blockquote>Domain Name: PHARMSTOPMACHINE.COM<br /> Registrar: TODAYNIC.COM, INC.<br /> Whois Server: whois.todaynic.com<br /> Referral URL: http://www.NOW.CN<br /><br />Name: liu hui<br />Organization: liu hui<br />Address: nan chang<br />City: NanChang<br />Country: CN<br />Postal Code: 321000<br />Phone: +86.7913219002<br />Fax: +86.7913219002<br />Email: <strong>cncliup@21cn.com</strong></blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25531126.post-6825619632419576432007-12-10T11:17:00.000-08:002007-12-10T11:19:41.536-08:00The next big Chinese version of Alex Rodrigez?<blockquote> From: Toni Bernal [flames102587@yahoo.com]<br /><strong> Subject: Window</strong><br /> Date: November 8, 2007 7:42:37 AM GMT+00:00<br /> To: [some other person's email address]<br /><br />purchase all kind of pharmacy on a very less price.<br /><br />onlinemedicalkey.com. Remove the dot from the end of the link to use it, thanks.</blockquote><br /><br />At least the flames part of the email address looks appropriate.<br /><br /><blockquote>Domain Name: ONLINEMEDICALKEY.COM<br /> Registrar: TODAYNIC.COM, INC.<br /> Whois Server: whois.todaynic.com<br /> Referral URL: http://www.NOW.CN<br /><br />Registrant: <br />Name: liu hui<br />Address: nan chang<br />City: NanChang<br />Country: CN<br />Postal Code: 321000<br /><br />Administrative Contact/Technical Contact:<br />Name: liu hui<br />Organization: liu hui<br />Address: nan chang<br />City: NanChang<br />Country: CN<br />Postal Code: 321000<br />Phone: +86.7913219002<br />Fax: +86.7913219002<br />Email: <strong>cncliup@21cn.com</strong><br /><br />Create: 2007-10-31 00:40:34<br />Update: 2007-11-06<br />Expired: 2008-10-31<br />QueryTimes: 63</blockquote><br /><br />The mathematician Liu Hui must hate you for poisoning his name.<br /><br />Not new to <a href="http://spamvertised.abusebutler.com/whois.php?dom=weddlkke.com">abusebutler</a>, or <a href="http://groups.google.com.bd/group/news.admin.net-abuse.email/browse_thread/thread/fee2632a1151d331/bbba86ed4988378c?lnk=raot">news.admin.net-abuse.email</a>, or <a href="http://www.castlecops.com/Prestige_Replicas_spam47054.html">Sirt</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25531126.post-63319880205535346052007-12-10T10:42:00.000-08:002007-12-10T11:04:32.393-08:00Pulse Plaxo - spams you from random people and offers opt-out (don't you expect something more from a "social networking site"?)Alright, oh please <em>not again one more social networking site</em>?<br />Justonemoredamnsocialnetworkingweb2.0website.com?<br /><br />Let's have a look.<br /><br /><blockquote> From: pulse@mx.plaxo.com<br /> Subject: Dipl. Detlef Käding added you as a connection on Pulse<br /> Date: December 10, 2007 2:51:11 PM GMT+00:00<br /> To: [my email]<br /> Reply-To: pulse@plaxo.com<br /><br />Dipl. Detlef Käding wants to add you as a connection on Plaxo Pulse.<br /><br />To accept this connection request, go to: <br />http://pulse.plaxo.com/pulse/invite/?i=somerandomnumber<br /><br />Thanks! <br />The Plaxo team <br /><br />---<br />What's Pulse? <br /><br />It's the first networking tool to span business and personal life. <br /><br />Your family, friends, and business connections are using lots of different sites to find and share content. Some are writing blogs. Others write restaurant and product reviews. And many are uploading photos and videos. Until now, finding that stuff has been really hard - and staying on top of it, even harder. Let Pulse bring it to you - automatically - in your own personal stream of news. <br /><br /><em>Don't want to receive emails from Plaxo any more? Opt out: <br />http://www.plaxo.com/opt_out</em> </blockquote><br /><br />1. I don't know anyone called Detlef Käding.<br /><br />2. I have never subscribed or <em>even been to</em> pulse.com.<br /><br />3. I absolutely don't want to join one damn more failure of social networking site that someone that I have never heard of in my life invites me to.<br /><br />4. The biggest failure of them all: considering the above, you are <em>offering me an opt-out</em> for your spam site? <em>I never opted in, so I should not have to opt out</em>. <em>Quit flooding my inbox</em>.<br /><br />Let's have a look.<br /><br /><a href="http://broadcast.blogdns.com/2007/11/07/plaxo-pulse-random-connections/">Plaxo Pulse Random Connections </a> - I'm not the only one ...<br /><a href="http://www.tomrafteryit.net/does-plaxo-flood-your-inbox-with-connection-requests/">Does Plaxo flood your inbox with connection requests?</a> - definitely not the only one... and there are a huge number of others out there. I think I'm happy enough to forward every single pulse or plaxo (by the way, does plaxo come from the word plague?) to my isp spamfilter. And possibly remove the people that I would know sending me that spam from my professional networks in the other services that I already use.<br /><br />A comment from Tom's blog (above) probably sums it better than a good googling around:<br /><br /><blockquote>In a previous iteration, Plaxo was notorious for spamming the contacts you had listed on it to get them to sign up for Plaxo service - after many complaints the publicly renounced this policy and promised to be on their best behaviour.</blockquote><br /><br />Dear Real Life friends and business contacts, in case you want to ever add me, let's make a deal? Keep it in <a href="http://www.linkedin.com">linkedin</a>. That said, if I don't know who you are and you make no effort in introducing yourself to me, I will click the "I have no clue who this person is" button.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25531126.post-32984840229913433202007-12-10T10:41:00.000-08:002007-12-10T11:05:14.262-08:00FROM CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA -style score: -227 points<strong>Subject: FROM CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA</strong><br /><br /><blockquote>X-Apparently-To: [my email] via 206.190.48.155; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:47:36 -0800<br />X-Originating-IP: [64.71.41.45]<br />Return-Path: tunde@sunlight-company.biz <br />Authentication-Results: mta164.mail.re3.yahoo.com from=; domainkeys=neutral (no sig)<br />Received: from 64.71.41.45 (EHLO lvs01-n06.chi.affinity.com) (64.71.41.45) by mta164.mail.re3.yahoo.com with SMTP; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:47:35 -0800<br />Received: ("??"@ams06.chi.affinity.com) by ams06.chi.affinity.com id S374514AbXLJLrU for [my email]; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 05:47:20 -0600<br />From: "Dr Tunde Lemo" tunde@sunlight-company.biz Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert<br />Reply-to: tlemo101_0000@yahoo.com.hk<br />Message-Id: S374514AbXLJLrU/20071210114720Z+21059@ams06.chi.affinity.com</blockquote><br /><br />Yea, right, not again. <strong>Central Bank of Nigeria</strong>? The start of this scam should receive negative 50 points for the total lack of originality.<br /><br /><em>Dear Nigerian scammers</em>, make your kids enjoy the XO laptop at school to learn everything about The Internet....<br />Based on your content, may I just assume you are using the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7116881.stm">1 per child laptop</a> and you are way underaged? Otherwise, you might want to consider to learn e.g. about the grammatics...<br /><br />Oh, and would any<em> "manager"</em> from the Central Bank of Nigeria for once bother to explain me a few things?<br />1. Why you are not using your official email address? Do you really think that a yahoo Hong Kong address with some other repty-to email address (that again isn't your cenbank address) will do it?<br />2. You are telling me that you are sending a box worh $ 75 million and I need to send you a deposit? I'm sorry, you have probably never even been in a bank, let alone any central bank, unless central village bank of Dogbutt, Suburbia of Lagos counts. First, for money transfers you don't send a box. Wired transfer, hello? Second, remove the damn deposits from that. Third, you send this email to a list of people without bothering to specify who you are faking to send all this cash to? <br /><br />You fail as a scammer, Tunde. And really big time.<br /><br />No love,<br /><br />me.<br /><br /><blockquote>FROM CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA<br />HEAD OF BANKING OPERATIONS<br />Tinubu square - Lagos <br /><br /><br />Attention <br /><br /> CONTRACT PAYMENT BY CASH CALL SYSTEM <br /><br />Sequel to the secret arrangement in regards to the Shipment of your <br />totalcontract sum(US$55.5m), I wish to inform you that all necessary <br />modalities have been automatically concluded and the fund has left<br /> C.B.N <br />office through the Diplomatic Courier Services today by Express Cargo <br />Flight to your home country. <br /><br />Note carefully that the content of the box are your total contract <br /> value <br />but the CBN did not disclose the content to the Courier Services,<br /> rather it <br />was registered as Vital "DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS" belonging to the CBN<br /> client <br />(That’s you). <br /><br /><em>Furthermore, the box is (1) in number and about 75kg. However, you are <br />advised not to disclose the content of the box to the Courier Services<br /> to <br />avoid Betrayal in any circumstances In the mean time, you are kindly <br />advised to furnish us with your direct<br />telephone/mobile number, your valid I.D/Drivers License and your <br />office/house address or where ever you wish to receive the diplomat to <br />enable him identify you when he arrives to your address with the box</em><br /> For <br />more information, <em>we advise you to contact this office as soon as you <br />receive this mail to enable us fax you the necessary documents which<br /> you <br />will<br />need to deposit your funds into your bank account. </em><br /><br />Congratulations and remain blessed.<br />Sincerely, <br /><br />Dr Tunde Lemo<br />C. B .N HEAD BANKING OPERATIONS </blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25531126.post-48471048089060299902007-09-13T23:14:00.001-07:002007-09-13T23:18:53.988-07:00Blessing Goodluck - so poor Central Bank of Nigeria fake that no one would have falled to taht even in 1990<blockquote>From: <strong>blessing2007@web2mail.com</strong><br /><strong>Subject: Notification Message</strong><br />Date: September 14, 2007 4:30:12 AM GMT+01:00<br />To: [me]<br />Reply-To: goodluck2007@web2mail.com<br />Return-Path: <apache@jouy.inra.fr> [..]<br />Received: from topaze.jouy.inra.fr (topaze [138.102.22.1]) by adm3.jouy.inra.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id C02A36F8ACfor [email]; Fri, 14 Sep 2007 05:30:12 +0200 (CEST)<br />Received: by topaze.jouy.inra.fr (Postfix, from userid 48)id B7EAF104DD9; Fri, 14 Sep 2007 05:30:12 +0200 (CEST)<br />Message-Id: <20070914033012.B7EAF104DD9@topaze.jouy.inra.fr><br />X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.6 (diorite.jouy.inra.fr [<strong>138.102.119.178</strong>]); Fri, 14 Sep 2007 05:30:12 +0200 (CEST)<br /><br />FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA<br />CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA<br />CORPORATE HEAD QUARTERS TINUBU SQUARE,<br />MARINA LAGOS NIGERIA.<br />Our Ref: CBN/IRD/CGX/NNPC/021/05<br />ATTN: contractors,<br /><br />During the Third Quarter Payment Shedule of the financial records of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) it was discovered from the records of outstanding Foreign contractors due for payment with the Federal Government of Nigeria on 14th Sept. 2007 that your name is next on the<br />list of Those who will receive their fund. I wish to officially notify you that your payment is being processed and will be released to you as soon as you respond to this letter.<br /><br />Also once we receive the information's from you for the President of Federal Government of Nigeria will Approve it to enable us release the fund to your account. Note that from the record in our file, your outstanding contract payment is US D$9.000,000.00(Nine Million United States Dollars). Kindly re-confirm to me if this is inline with what you have in your Record and also re-confirm the information below to enable this office Proceed and finalize your fund remittance without further delays.<br /><br />1) Your full name.<br />2) Phone, fax and mobile #.<br />3) Company name, position and address.<br />4) Profession, age and marital status.<br /><br />As soon as the above information are received, your payment will be Made available to you via an international certified bank draft, which will be delivered to your doorstep for your confirmation or through Bank ransfer.<br /><br />You should Email: <strong>blessinggoodluck1@yahoo.com</strong> as soon as you receive his letter for your payment approval and also for further Discussion and ore clarification.<br /><br />YOURS SINCERELY,<br />Ms. Blessing Goodluck<br />Dep. Governor CBN</blockquote><br /><br />Uh oh. Dear Ms Blessing Goodluck, you have a very fake name.<br /><br />If you are faking to be communicating to anyone from Central Bank of Nigeria, quit using these shady emails. <br /><br />In fact, if you <em>were</em> working for Central Bank of Nigeria, I am pretty sure their webmail access policies would be at least as anal as I've heard they have at Morgan Stanley. No webmail for you, if you need that spelled out. <br /> <br /><em>If</em> I was supposed to be paid $9 million USD by CBN, I think you would have honestly called me.<br /><br />Dear Blessing Goodluck, you have just managed to provide me the least original Central Bank of Nigeria scam that I have read in years. Even in 1990 no one would have fell for it.<br /><br /><blockquote>IP 138.102.119.178 is located in Paris, IL, FR<br />netname: FR-INRA-ILE-DE-FRANCE<br />descr: Institut National de Recherches Agronomiques<br />descr: 147 rue de l'Universite</blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25531126.post-63596942742586190872007-09-09T03:19:00.000-07:002007-09-09T04:24:17.112-07:00Another dying African with millions to give you for some charity<blockquote>From: florence.henshaw@orangemail.es<br />Subject: MAY GOD BE WITH YOU.<br />Date: September 9, 2007 5:01:25 AM GMT+01:00<br />To: florence@shuf.com<br />Return-Path: <florence.henshaw@orangemail.es><br />Received: [...] by smtp.latinmail.com (Postfix, from userid 65534) id C073AD650D5; Sun, 09 Sep 2007 06:01:25 +0200 (CEST)<br />Received: from unknown (unknown [172.17.224.57]) by smtp.latinmail.com (Postfix) with SMTPid A5650D5E666; Sun, 09 Sep 2007 06:01:25 +0200 (CEST)<br />Message-Id: <20070909040125.A5650D5E666@smtp.latinmail.com><br />Mime-Version: 1.0<br />Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=orangemail.es_dam08.wnet_9bcf6f59d8ea449d982b4b854f5e0319<br />Importance: normal<br />X-Bogosity: No, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.539907, version=0.15.13<br />Original-Recipient: <some email><br /><br />My Dear Friend<br />May Almighty God be with you, and how are you doing?. My intention of contacting you is to solicit your assistance for a project, which will be mutually beneficial. Though I know my decision to contact you is to a large extent unconventional, the prevailing circumstances necessitated my action. I am Mrs. Florence Henshaw from Seychelles. I am married to late Johnson Clarke Henshaw of blessed memory who was an oil explorer in Libya and Kuwait for twelve years before he died in the year 2000. We were married for twelve years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days before his death we were both devoted Christians. Since his death I too have been battling with both Cancer and fibroid problems. When my late Husband was alive he made a huge deposit in millions of US dollars with a Deposit Company in overseas. (I will tell you the amount as we proceed).<br />Recently, my doctor told me that I have only six months to live due to blood cancer problem. Though what disturbs me mostly is my stroke sickness. Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to either a Christian's organization or devoted individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein. I want this Christian organization or individual to use this money in all sincerity to fund churches, orphanages, widows, and also propagating the word of God and to ensure that the society upholds the views and belief of the Holy Bible.<br />The Holy Bible emphasizes so much on GOD benevolence and this has encouraged me to take the bold step. I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are into some radical Organizations and I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an unholy manner. Hence the reasons for this bold decision. I know that after death I will be with Bosom of our Lord the most beneficent and the most merciful I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health, because of the presence of my husband's relatives around me always. I don't want them to know about this development. With God all things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply on Email: (florence.henshaw1@ozu.es) I shall give you the contact information of the Deposit Company in oversea where the money was deposited. I will also issue a letter of authority to the Deposit Company authorizing them that the said fund have being willed to you and a copy of such authorization will be forwarded to you. I want you and the Christian community where you reside to always pray for me. My happiness is that I lived a true devoted Christian worthy of emulation. Whoever that wants to serve God must serve him in truth and in fairness. I will not stipulate any precise amount to reward you, as it will have to be on pre-negotiated terms, based on your level of involvement.<br />Please always be prayerful all through your life. Any delay in your reply will give room in sourcing for a Christian organization or a devoted Christian for this same purpose. Until I hear from you by email, my drea,s will rest squarely on your Shoulders.<br />May the Almighty God continue to guide and protect you.<br /> God Bless,<br /><br />Mrs. Florence Henshaw</blockquote><br /><br />And that repeated 5 times in the same email. <br /><br />If anyone had these millions of dollars, they would hopefully be smart enough to first, cure themselves in hospitals that can help them, and secondly, use a lawyer or someone to take care of their finances while they are alive and when they will not be any more. Seriously. What kind of millionaire, even if they had a famine starved brain, would go to internet to spam unknown people to give them millions of dollars?<br /><br />Dear Mrs Henshaw or whatever you want to be called, if you indeed have millions of dollars that you don't want and need, I don't think you would be very smart spamming random people in the internet to help you. How do you know if random recipient of your emails care about your christian values? If you however exist and have these millions, how about drop a half a or a million of dollars for <a href="http://stupidspam.blogspot.com/2007/09/sick-children-can-make-nice-profit.html">Joshua</a> as <a href="http://www.payitforwardforhope.org/info/joshua.asp">he will need it when he grows up</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25531126.post-25276367826865448752007-09-06T10:06:00.000-07:002007-09-06T10:12:02.083-07:00Pfizer zombies send Viagra spam, Wired reports<blockquote><strong>Zombie Pfizer Computers Spew Viagra Spam</strong><br /><br />By Ryan Singel 09.06.07 | 2:00 AM<br /><br />Computers inside pharmaceutical giant Pfizer's network are spamming the internet with e-mails touting the company's flagship erectile-enhancement drug Viagra, along with ads for knockoff Rolexes and shady junk stocks.<br /><br />But the e-mails are not part of Pfizer's official marketing efforts.<br /><br />Pfizer's computers appear to have been infected with malware that has transformed them into zombie computers sending spam at the behest of a hacker. Oddly enough, they are spamming the public's inboxes with ads for the company's own product.<br /><br />"There is a disaster inside this company, and they don't know it," says Rick Wesson, CEO of Support Intelligence -- a small San Francisco-based security company that alerted Wired News to the problem.</blockquote><br /><br /><br /><blockquote>The flood of spam adds to Pfizer's recent computer security woes. This summer, the company revealed that it had suffered three breaches of sensitive data, cumulatively affecting more than 50,000 individuals.<br /><br /><em>In one breach, a Pfizer employee exposed personal information on 17,000 employees after installing peer-to-peer software on a laptop. In another breach, confirmed Tuesday, a former employee downloaded sensitive data, including social security numbers and credit-card information for about 34,000 Pfizer employees.</em><br /></blockquote><br /><br />Full story at <a href="http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2007/09/pfizerspam">Wired</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25531126.post-49347492658305463612007-09-05T11:55:00.000-07:002007-09-09T04:08:49.781-07:00True or false : Joshua needs your helpUpdate : the information I had found in the Internet regarding this illness was not even nearly complete to estimate the whole story, so I have updated the bits and pieces provided in the <a href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25531126&postID=4934749265830546361">comments</a> section, striking over pieces here, and have to update the category. <em>Not scams</em>.<br /><br />This is a real child, and with a real disease, of which the costs to cure him or to help him get as normal as possible life are not cheap, so the gala evenings are a way to help them be able to afford the treatment. Which they cannot have done closer to where they live due to the rarity of disease, as the Irish hospitals are not prepared for treating it.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.payitforwardforhope.org/info/joshua.asp">Here a link for ways for helping his family</a>.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://rahina.info/blog/2007/09/poika-jolla-ei-ollut-jalkoja-palaa/">This</a> as a piece of email may be <strike>scam and spam</strike> questionable regarding companies email acceptable use policies. <strike>Not the blog post itself - but the points <a href="http://rahina.info/blog/">Rahina</a> makes in it.</strike> This is how I run to it.<br /><br /><blockquote>Come join us on Sat September 29th for a Drinks Reception, 4 Course Banquet, Goodies Bag for everyone worth €150!! Live music and dancing and an auction!!<br />Every single penny goes to Josh Huffy Duff from Castletownroche, who is 20 months old and has a rare medical condition which necessitated both his legs being amputated. This money will fund his medical treatment in Shriner Hospital, Chicago as well as prosthetic limbs.<br />For more details on the night planned and Josh & family see the offical email below from my friend Gerry, formerly of RTÉ Radio 1.<br />Tickets are €100 per person - so when you think of it, you actually *make* €50 by going and getting the goodie bag alone<br />I know we’re all short of cash these days, but I think something like this really puts things in perspective - please pass this on to as many people as you know, we really need a big turn out for this event to help Josh and his family.<br />If you can go, we require a minimum of 50% deposit (or if possible the total amount) — Cheques made payable to “For Josh.” — Their second son has autism but is responding very well on the one to one teaching method. However, the costs involved with Josh are horrendous.</blockquote><br /><br />1. It was sent out to him in company email (not where I work for, nevertheless)<br />2. It underlines, not only in this email but also in the whole country wide media coverage how this is a sick child and how they want to raise money for it.<br /><strike>I'm not saying this child would be fake - the newspapers on national level <em>probably</em> would have noticed by now if it was. I'm not saying the kid would not be sick either, or that getting new prosthetics etc would be cheap either. It for sure isn't. BUT a few things ..</strike> The story seemed odd as the medical details provided did not seem to match. The things that seemed particularly odd :<br /><br /><strike><em>They live in Ireland, in a country where their some sort of national health insurance should cover the costs of it. The system should be closer to the UK NHS style than the wild range US market.</em></strike><br />Where the hospitals are not prepared to deal with this disease. Where they <em>should</em> cover it. <br /><br /><strike><em>Why does a under 2 years old need 2 prosthetic legs? He will grow so fast out of them </em>- good point (in Rahina's post)</strike><br /><br />From comments:<br /><br /><blockquote>2. Children are given prosthetic lower limbs at the same age they would be starting to learn to stand and walk. They get adjustments made as they grow, and get new ones as they outgrow them. The earlier they start, the better they learn to use them. Weight bearing and walking helps shape the hip sockets in the toddler years, so if they don't walk early enough, they may end up with deformed hips that will make it more difficult to wear prostheses as an adult. </blockquote><br /><br />The exact disease of this child is <a href="http://www.dailytribune.com/stories/120106/loc_prosthetic001.shtml">not really</a> mentioned in the articles in the national newspaper. The event mentioned is not organized by RTE but by a private person. Or they do mention <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthrogryposis">arthrogryposis</a> as the disease, but that can't be it.<br /><br /><blockquote>Arthrogryposis, also known as Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita, is a rare congenital disorder that causes multiple joint contractures and is characterized by muscle weakness and fibrosis. It is a non-progressive disease.</blockquote><br /><br /><strike>Since when is amputation a cure for congenital, <em>non-progressive</em> muscle and joint wasting disease?</strike><br /><br /><blockquote>1. <u>Children with severe arthrogryposis sometimes have legs amputated, when the severity of the contractures are such that they cannot be corrected to any kind of functionality.</u> Severe contractures can be painful as a child grows. It is not common, but it happens. There can also be complications from previous surgeries that make it the best option.</blockquote><br /><blockquote>Brave Joshua Duffy-Huff was born with a rare condition which meant he had to have emergency surgery when he was just one month old.</blockquote><br /><br /><strike>That is <a href="http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20070121/ai_n17145770">over 1,5 years ago</a>? </strike> This is unfortunately one of the serious cases about AMC. And far from fun for a small child, or a person of any age.<br /><br /><blockquote>Due to complications and limited medical resources in Ireland, doctors have amputated his legs and now there is discussion of his hands or arms. </blockquote><br /><br /><a href="http://www.payitforwardforhope.org/info/joshua.asp">This</a> <strike>looks identical to the scam email Rahina received. Same $ 100 food deal.</strike><br />It is better in this case if they actually DO manage to organize more people for the dinners and other help, so that the child will be able to have as normal and happy life as possible.<br /><br /><blockquote>Shriners Hospitals for Children is a network of 22 pediatric hospitals in the U.S., Canada and Mexico providing specialized care for orthopaedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries and cleft lip and palate. <strong><em><u>All services are provided at no charge.</u></em></strong></blockquote><br /><br />Is on <a href="http://www.shrinershq.org/Hospitals/_Hospitals_for_Children/">big bold letters on Shriners hospital webpage</a>.<br /><br />Again, from comments clarified :<br /><br /><blockquote>3. Shriners hospitals do provide treatment free of charge. And parents are offered places in Ronald McDonald houses if they need them. However, they do not pay for airfare, for incidentals, or for loss of wages and babysitters for the other children while a parent is at the hospital with the child. The RM houses are sometimes full, and the hotels that you are bumped to can be more expensive. You can usually only get a visa to come to the US for treatment if you can get everything done in one shot, meaning some serious time away from home. I researched this on behalf of a parent from Pakistan who was hoping to bring his child to Shriners. </blockquote><br /><br />Living months there to be with the child to get him back to health will be far from cheap. <br /><br />I hope this will help to convince anyone else running to the story of Joshua and wondering if it is a real story or a made up one. Now that it is debusted as a made up story, consider <a href="http://www.payitforwardforhope.org/info/joshua.asp">helping him</a>.<br /><br />Thank you for the information priovided additionally in the comments. My apologies.<br /><br />I would like to see this kid grow up keeping the happy smile he has in the only picture that I've seen of him in the internet.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7