It seems that I’ve finally found a way to block comment spam on the site that actually works. As it turns out, spammers use automated systems to stuff the comments box with their nasty spam messages and these automated messages need no time to write – they are instantaneous. So now if a user submits [...]
A few minutes ago I got a brand new version of a Citibank fraud in my inbox… The subject line says “Important Fraud Alert from Citibank”, and I actually almost clicked on that thing before I came to my senses… a quick check revealed that this mail came from a prodigy email address, so it’s [...]
Yep, that was the title of a piece of spam in my inbox… spam offering anti-spam software. Ha-ha… very funny. So after deleting thousands of spam emails since the last Daily Spam, this one caught my attention. The spam email itself is a straight text email with no unsubscribe, so it’s a piece of perfectly [...]
My wife got a fake citibank email today… Subject: Your Checking Account at Citibank. From: Citibank (Carroll_Karlotte@collegeclub.com) Well… the email address gave it away… Time to take out the magnifying glass and look a little bit closer at this specimen: The collegeclub email address is probably fake – there seems to be a wave of [...]
Subject: YOU DESERVE THE LOWEST MORTGAGE RATE! 4.375% From: nnv@google.com The from address intrigued me… I just had to take a closer look at this one. So here we go: Tracing the email originator IP ends very fast on a firewall, but the email contains a link to zquote.biz. I did a check on the [...]
Subject: .ws “Web Site” Domain Registry: #37 Fastest Growing Co. in USA From: Domain Hostmaster Haha… sure, all I need to make my live complete is a .ws domain, used by respectable spammers all over. So, who are those guys? The spam contains a link to NetLeads.ws, and it’s impossible to get reliable registry information [...]
Here is a new Category for my blog – the Daily Spam. Are you also amazed by the kinds of spam you receive? I just can’t figure out who falls for this stuff. More questions: How the hell did these guys ever get my email address? Where are they? Who are they? So from time [...]