Submission + - Really lame spam: Dear [name]
vhfer writes: Try the amazing new [english_random_word]!
Is it just me, or is spam is heading in two directions simultaneously? On the one hand, I see more and more sophisticated schemes to get through your hand-tooled, Bayesian, or other kinds of filters. On the other hand, I see amazingly lame junk, as if hundreds "Get rich now! Send spam to thousands of people!" kits were available to every script kiddie on the planet.
Here's today's example. I just LOVE the obviously unconfigured/misconfigured tool they used, just like the old paper form letters that mistakenly got sent out in years gone by. You know, the Dear $FIRSTNAME $LASTNAME sort of thing.
I reproduce this email intact (except for the TO:) for your reading pleasure.
From: "[from]"
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
To: me@here.org
Subject: [patch_subjects] [eng_random_word]
Hey man, ok I had to send you this site [eng_random_word], I ordered a Gold package and these things work amazingly [eng_random_word]!
For real, I've tried a bunch of other ones but they don't work- these ones are the real deal though [eng_random_word].
[click_here]
http://a_words80.bothosting_domains/p/
[shipping_guarante]
Is it just me, or is spam is heading in two directions simultaneously? On the one hand, I see more and more sophisticated schemes to get through your hand-tooled, Bayesian, or other kinds of filters. On the other hand, I see amazingly lame junk, as if hundreds "Get rich now! Send spam to thousands of people!" kits were available to every script kiddie on the planet.
Here's today's example. I just LOVE the obviously unconfigured/misconfigured tool they used, just like the old paper form letters that mistakenly got sent out in years gone by. You know, the Dear $FIRSTNAME $LASTNAME sort of thing.
I reproduce this email intact (except for the TO:) for your reading pleasure.
From: "[from]"
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
To: me@here.org
Subject: [patch_subjects] [eng_random_word]
Hey man, ok I had to send you this site [eng_random_word], I ordered a Gold package and these things work amazingly [eng_random_word]!
For real, I've tried a bunch of other ones but they don't work- these ones are the real deal though [eng_random_word].
[click_here]
http://a_words80.bothosting_domains/p/
[shipping_guarante]
