New email scam?

Just received this:

USPS.COM
Notification Your parcel has arrived at May 7th, 2014. Courier was unable to deliver the parcel to you. Print your label and show it in the nearest post office to get a parcel.
Print Shipping Label
Copyright 2014 USPS. All Rights Reserved.

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The link went to "http://92.60.118.68/en.php....."

If the "courier" (US SNAIL?) was unable to deliver, WHY should I have to print out a label?

Only the very naive would fall for this. 

Isn't the USPS' Postmaster General supposed to investigate mail fraud? How about using their initials in vain as a copyright?

Phishing?

Just received this:

From: sophia158@hosttrim.euSubject: Funny baby
Reply to: austin059@hosttrim.eu

Thanks for the gift
julia
067-055-9567

-lots of white space-

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Are they hoping for a reply to learn if this email address is live?

That's the only reason I can come up with, other than a desire to waste bandwidth.

I've seen a few messages from my email server lately - "can't deliver" - that are for messages apparently attempting to use me as a forwarder.

WTF?

Who responds to this stuff?

From: Vicky951@xxx.xxx


 ***SPAM*** Are you there?

 Reply to: Rosanna069@xxx.xxx

see you soon? Let me know if you are going to be around next Wednesday.
betty
743-548-5077

Update: I keep forgetting that putting comments in angle brackets counts as HTML - I put a comment here about "big white space", and Blogger processed it...

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon felt whip has withdrawn his invitation for Iran to participate stove ate slight lake in Syria peace talks, a spokesman said, after west bridge bank the invite spurred objections from point even smoke the United States and the renew doll Syrian opposition. The secretary-general's sink wet for bride original invitation threatened slave tomato bib to unravel the carefully pride sod darts thud planned meetings later this week in Switzerland, first boo seen smell in Montreux and then in Geneva. Though city fire sped eagle it was Secretary of State John Kerry knot swept who earlier this month floated the possibility of Iranian involvement -- with conditions -- Ban Ki-moon went danny drug day a step further. To the dismay of the Obama administration, he invited Iran without bug verse first demanding that it publicly accept the premise that i'm bait its ally Bashar Assad must leave power
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The From: and Reply to: addresses were the same domain.

Who gets an email from "betty", who uses an email address of "Vicky951", and wants replies sent to "Rosanna069" and an invalid area code phone number, and would either attempt to call or reply?

I can understand that certain persons - probably our jugeared CINC - would hit "reply" thinking they might get a quick thrill - and the receiving email then knows about a "live" email address they can use to lend verisimilitude to later spam.

I always get a kick out of the text attachment of random phrases. At lest this one put it down far enough that you had to scroll to see it.

Update - a quick Google search on the area code turned up nothing when I posted this - how quickly data gets outdated...

Spam

How dumb do you have to be to click on this one?

PG&E ENERGY STATEMENT				Account No: 836092152-2 Statement Date: 01/07/2014 Due Date: 02/01/2014
Your Account Summary Amount Due on Previous Statement Payment(s) Recieved Since Last Statement Previous Unpaid Balance Current Electric Charges Current Gas Charges		$344.70 0.0 $344.70 $165.80 49.20	To view your most recent bill, please click here. You must log-in to your account or register for an online account to view your statement.
Total Amount Due BY 02/01/2014 $559.7 The total isn't even right...

Scam? (Not really)

Just got this:

Dear State Association Leader, State Associations continue to serve in a critical role as the state-level delivery system for NRA programs. The NRA depends on State Associations to promote these programs within their states and motivate NRA-affiliated clubs and grassroots volunteers to activate these programs in their local communities. The NRA wants to identify the ways we can assist State Associations to accomplish this task. Please visit the link below to complete your state association's 2013 Annual Report no later than December 1, 2013 so that this information may be presented to the NRA Clubs & Associations Committee at the January 2014 Meeting. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/13SAAnnualReport Elizabeth M. Bush National Manager, NRA Sports 11250 Waples Mill Road Fairfax, VA 22030 (703) 267-1348 ebush@nrahq.org National Rifle Association of America, 11250 Waples Mill Road, Fairfax, Virginia 22030 If you would like to be removed from this mailing list, click here. ++++++++++++++++++ Small problem is - I'm not a "State Association Leader". Also, all the links go to emails at the domain "nramedia.org", which does not pull up a web site unless you append "www." at the front of the URL - and that pulls up a login page with the NRA logo. No idea if it's legit. Not about to click on any of those  links... Update - just got this: We sent out an email on this list earlier today regarding state associations. If you are not a member of the leadership of your state association, please disregard the message; it went out to several email addresses erroneously. Thank you for your continuing partnership with the NRA. National Rifle Association of America, 11250 Waples Mill Road, Fairfax, Virginia 22030 If you would like to be removed from this mailing list, click here.  ++++++++++++++++++ SO - not a scam...

Oh NO!

I'm a dead man! Just got this:

hello my name is killer demon am from china i've no other job than to kill to survive...you have been betrayed by some one 

very very close to you .I have been paid to  kill you. I don't know what your offenses might be  and i don't care to know..
but the person wants you dead and right now your life is in my hands.. If You want to live then make an offer, and right now

you have just 78hours to live after that me and my men shall come 

for your life and mark my word we shall not spare you.. And as am writing this mail to you my men are surrounding your house 
right now watching you and if you do anything stupid by going to the police or any force then you shall receive  a 

gun short from us.. but i can help you if you will pay me double of what i have been paid... then i can tell you who 

wants you dead..but that will be after you have paid to save your life..your life is in your hands now.

This is to Warn you that you must keep this as very confidential as possible the moment we find out that this information 
is been revealed then we shall take your life without any pity, right now let me inform you that your enemy is very close to you
as i'm sending this mail to you now.....remember do not tell anybody if i tell you who wants you dead... as soon as you tell anyone
then the information will spread and you will be dead.

you can contact me on this email( xyzabcedf098@aol.com

KILLER DEMON.

Anyone know the best way to respond to this? Is .44 Magnum too heavy for email assassin? I don't want to ruin the pelt...

Highly intelligent and sneaky spam artist

Got six "PayPal" emails all in a row in the spam folder that I just couldn't pass up:

RE:You just sent a payment to Teddy Peterson
FW:You just sent a payment to Allan Peterson
RE:You just sent a payment to Ulysses Peterson
RE:You just sent a payment to Harrison Peterson
RE:You just sent a payment to Darrell Peterson
RE:You just sent a payment to Robin Peterson

All for $80 to $140. The amount due and the amount paid were both randomly different.
All the sending email addresses were of the form "wcFIRST_NAME22@hotmail.com"
All show the same shipping address.
All refer to "Thad Peterson".


The links all go to a non-functional URL. So - what was the point?

If you want to get someone to click on your spam email's links, perhaps you ought to write the robot script so it sends only ONE email to each recipient - and perhaps you could make it look like the charge actually was paid by the person receiving the email.

If you are smart enough to write the script that generates this, how much extra work would it be to make it less obviously a scam?

Duh.

I wonder if PayPal bothers to attempt prosecution of these idiots if they are ever caught. It would be a slam-dunk copyright infringement, not to mention interstate fraud.

Update:

This morning I got two more:

FW:You just sent a payment to Deirdre Peterson - paid $60 toward the $100 billed.
FW:You just sent a payment to Shawn Peterson - paid $100 toward the $120 billed.

What's the point, if the links don't turn up someone's Viagra store or try to phish for your data?

I forgot I ordered this!

Good thing there's email:

Your order for our air commuter services has been received and processed. The helicopter will be at your disposal from 0.00 p.m. monday to 6.45 friday. Once again, our rates are:
1 hour in the air: 597$
Takeoff / Landing: 239$
1 hour down time on the ground: 158$
Longest fly-time is 4 hours.
When flying for longer distances, a second pilot is needed, and the cost accordingly increases by 88$ an hour.

Bill you will be find in the attachment.(Open with Internet Explorer Only)

With Best Regards
Elnora Xiong
MD5 check sum: a5f294680a5f2ba5f2baf2b7d1c4680a

Order_N85442.htm

Loading. Please wait. 

The attachment didn't open, of course. Thanks Firefox!

Email from Hillary

Now I know why Osama sent those troops to Africa. He's got to protect this great resource of cash to pay for all the "benefits" he's conferred on us.

The email in its' entirety:
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Mrs. Hills.txt

Office Of The U.S. Secretary Of State
Committee On Foreign Payment
Resolution Panel On Payment
Washington Dc

Attention: Beneficiary

I wish to use this medium and my office to inform you that your CONTRACT/INHERITANCE Payment of USD10,500,000.00 only from CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA has been RELEASED and APPROVED for onward transfer to you via ATM CARD which you will use in withdrawing your funds in any ATM SERVICE MACHINE in any part of the world, but the maximum you can withdraw in a day is USD$10,000 Only.

The United States government has mandated the CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, to send you the ATM CARD and PIN NUMBER. Therefore You are advised to contact the Head of ATM CARD Department of the CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA for further instructions on how to dispatch your ATM CARD to you.

Name: REV.EDWIN JONES
Phone number:  +234-706-964-3751
Email: infoconsultancy2010@e-mail.cz

NOTE: Tell REV.EDWIN JONES that you received a message from OFFICE OF THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE to send you the ATM CARD and PIN NUMBER you will use in withdrawing your funds. Please make sure you send him your direct phone number and contact address where you want him to send the ATM CARD and PIN NUMBER. Note that you will have to take care of the shipment charges for the delivery of your Atm card to your address which its cost will be informed to you by REV.EDWIN JONES. Most importantly, i will like you to understand that the charges cannot be deducted from your fund because it had been endorsed by Nigerian and American government. SO do not expect them or even ask them to conduct any kind of deduction.
 
I am very sorry for the delay you have gone through in the past years. This office was obliged to intervene in this matter after receiving a notice from the logistics department of the CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA regarding the irregularities on the release of your funds to you.

Thanks for adhering strictly to these instruction and once again accept my congratulations.

Best Regards,

Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton

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$10,500.000.00 / $10,000 = over two years @ $10K / day. I'm gonna be rich!

Interesting that Rev. Jones has a Czech Republic email address, huh? The "reply to" email is infoconsultancy003@one.co.il - Israel.

They are straightforward about the "shipping charges", anyway.

Time is of the essence!

My good buddy Bob Mueller, FBI director, sends this:
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THIS IS THE (F.B.I)

http://www.fbi.gov

ROBERT S. MUELLER

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FBI

Direct Line: 206-888-4277

Email: fbidpt_federalbureau9@hotmail.com

Federal Bureau of Investigation

J. Edgar Hoover Building

935 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW Washington,

D.C. 20535-0001, USA

                                                                              

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SEEKING TO WIRETAP THE INTERNET

 

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I) write to you in correspondence to the meeting we recently had with the Federal republic of Nigeria Government on the ERADICATION of SCAMS on the internet. Federal bureau of investigation (FBI) Washington, DC in conjunction with some other relevant Investigation Agencies like Internal Revenue Service here in the United states of America have recently been informed through our Global intelligence monitoring network that you presently have a transaction with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as regards to your over-due contract payment which was fully endorsed in your favor accordingly. After the meeting held on Friay 14th of Oct 2011 at the Bank Auditorium Center, the whole conflict of SCAMS was revealed to us by the Board of Trustee of Federal Republic of Nigeria mostly by the three arms of Government.

 

The Judiciary, the Legislature and the Executive).

 

These three arms of Government has made Us realize that the ramped of SCAMS over floating around the United State of America and some other part of the world was been set up by the root of some CBN Ex-Workers that have been suspended for sometimes due to their dubious characters of initiating people to impersonate the Government Workers to receive peoples hard earn money from them, mostly with the Executive Governor identity.

 

For these reasons, the New Central Bank Executive Governor was invited to this office to defend the allegation against Him. While he made complain that his office was not in charge of foreign transfer of funds, that the accredited office was Federal Ministry of Finance Department (FEDMINAP) in person of EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR: MR. LAMIDO AMINU SANUSI as the New appointed Accountant General in charge of all foreign transfer Payment files.

 

They also told us that the only problem they are facing right now is that some unscrupulous element are using this project as an avenue to scam innocent people off their hard earned money by impersonating the Executive Governor that is why the Federal Government has appoint EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR: MR. LAMIDO AMINU SANUSI as the Payment Director of the Central Bank office.

 

The Federal government of Nigeria has approved that all overdue outstanding payments must be paid on or before Friday 21st of Oct 2011, before the upcoming Local Government Electorates which might leads to recalling of funds back to the Bank Treasury. Meanwhile, we are also informed that a Man with an America passport number (3028882234) came to the Central Bank affiliated bank office in U.K few days ago with a letter, claiming to be your true representative.

 

Here are the man information below:

 

Name: Denis Marion

Bank Name: City Bank

Bank Address: Arizona, USA

Account Number: 6503809008.

                                                                                                                                   INSTRUCTION/WARNING FROM ROBERT S. MUELLER III.

 

NB: You are urgently advised to please reconfirm the below following information to the Office of the New Accountant General, as a matter of urgency if this Man is from you so that this office will not issue your fund and be held responsible, If this man isn't of your true representative, you are requested to contact for your inheritance claim valued of US$10,000,000.00M (Ten Million United State Dollars) only will be remitted into your nominated bank account or any other way you which to receive it.

 

1) Your full name..

2) Home, fax and mobile #.

3) Residential address.

4) Company name,

5)Company address.

6)Office position and

5) Age and marital status.

6) Working I'd / Int'l passport.

 

And should in case you are already dealing with anybody or office claiming to be From the Central Bank of Nigeria, you are further advised to STOP further Contact with in person from Africa in your best interest and as you already know that prof Soludo is no more the acting Gov of the (CBN) and then contact the real office of the New (GOV) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) only with the Below information's accordingly:

 

EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR: MR. LAMIDO AMINU SANUSI

OFFICE ADDRESS: Central Bank of Nigeria,

Central Business District Cadastral Zone,

Abuja, Federal Capital Territory Nigeria.

Direct Line: + 234 802-410-4101

Email:-remittancepaycentbangn@hotmail.com

 

IMPORTANT NOTI! CE.

Note: we are on investigation and security watch over any message with Central Bank, to benefit the satisfaction of all the United States Citizen by seeking to Wiretap scams on the internet with the help of Nigeria Government and also with The assistance of all United states Citizen, by listening to the instructions we give out to avoid falling for SCAMS on INTERNET.

All modalities has already been worked out even before you were contacted and note that we will be monitoring all your dealings with them as you proceed so You don't have anything to worry about and All we require from you henceforth is an update so as to enable us be on track with you and the Central Bank of Nigeria. Without wasting much time, will want you to contact them immediately with the above email address so as to enable them attend to your case accordingly without any further delay as there is limit of validity on this transaction and further delay might make you lose this transaction as the rightful Beneficiary.

Should in case you need any more information's in regards to this Notification, be free to get back to us so that we can brief you more as we are here to guide you during and after this project has been completely perfected And you have received your contract fund as stated. Thank you very much for your co-operation in advance as we earnestly await your urgent response to this matter.

Regards,

Robert S. Mueller,

Federal Bureau of Investigation

J. Edgar Hoover Building

935 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW Washington,

D.C. 20535-0001, USA
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The most detailed one I've seen yet - and from the FBI's official Hotmail account, no less

Email from me to me

I must have a split personality - I keep sending myself emails. Two new ones today:
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From: Chuck Kuecker
Subject: I am really here
To: Chuck Kuecker

Greatings my dear!

The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being even to God, this is love.

Hello Honey! I would like to tell you a bit about myself.
I'm tall with a middle figure.
I have long blond, very beautiful hair, small nice nose, perfect lips and big blue eyes. 
I am a sociable easy going person, so I like meeting friends, going out, have fun and new something interesting.
I'm looking for a strong relations with a caring and smart man!

I am really tired of all these temporary relations. 
I would like to find a man who will be able to estimate not only my beauty, but also my brain and my soul...
I want him to kind and handsome, brave and tender, romantic and honest.

my site: www.*****.ru

 my precious darling, kisses

Vally

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Another one:

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From: Chuck Kuecker
Subject: So you are a rocket scientist
To: Chuck Kuecker

hello people!

The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being even to God, this is love.

Hello Honey! I would like to tell you a bit about myself.
I'm tall with a middle figure.
I have long blond, very beautiful hair, small nice nose, perfect lips and big blue eyes. 
I am a sociable easy going person, so I like meeting friends, going out, have fun and new something interesting.
I'm looking for a strong relations with a caring and smart man!

I am really tired of all these temporary relations. 
I would like to find a man who will be able to estimate not only my beauty, but also my brain and my soul...
I want him to kind and handsome, brave and tender, romantic and honest.

my site: www.*****.ru

 dear stranger, I am going now, bye

Nastya 

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How did they know I AM a rocket scientist?

"hello, people!" - what a romantic salutation. I suppose it's better than "Greatings my dear!".

WTF does that opening sentence mean?

What is a "middle figure"? Middle finger, I get.

I estimate your brain is a microprocessor program somewhere in .ru-land, "honey". I wonder if the author of these wrote a love note in Russian and ran it through Google Translate to English.

I also note that neither of these specifies the SEX of the sender...

If I was going to send out spam, I would at least write code to use a generated email address that at least looked like it came from the person signing the message, and from the same domain as the link.

Duh.

OMG! The lawyers are after me!

Just got this right after posting the Black Panther pictures:

	help center | e-mail options | report spam
Administration has sent you a message: Terms of Use violation To:ckuecker@ckent.org Your video has been rejected due to terms of use violation You can reply to this message by visiting your inbox.
© 2011 YouTube, LLC 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066

All the links went to someplace other than YouTube.

Not only that, but I don't own equipment necessary to MAKE a video, let alone ever have posted one to YouTube.

Careful of the phishers out there...

Why do they bother?

Just received this:

Заработок в интернете - миф или реальность?

Сегодня интернет делает богатыми и даже очень богатыми тысячи людей.

Каждый день создаются новые проекты;
Авторы удачных идей становятся известными;
Тысячи людей используют готовые схемы ведения бизнеса.

Наш сайт раскроет секреты заработка в интернете для новичков и не только.

Заходите: http://www.somedomain.ru 

Are there enough Russian speakers in America to make spam like this worthwhile?

It is good to see that the former USSR is now a hotbed of people looking to "get rich quick".

I'm gonna be rich!

I've always looked askance at the Federal Reserve and lately at it's new Osama-appointed head, Ben Bernanke, but I guess I have to change my mind. Just got this email:

LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10038

CONTRACT FUND CREDIT FROM BANK FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD NEW YORK,

ATTN: SIR/MADAM,

THIS IS TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE RECEIVED A PAYMENT CREDIT INSTRUCTION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA TO CREDIT YOUR ACCOUNT WITH YOUR FULL INHERITANCE FUND OF US$10.5MILLION FROM THE NIGERIAN RESERVE ACCOUNT WITH OUR BANK.

HOWEVER, WHAT WE REQUIRED FROM YOU IS YOUR BANKING PARTICULARS WHERE YOU WANT YOUR FUND TO BE TRANSFERRED.

{1}. YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS:.............

{2}. YOUR TELEPHONE, AND FAX: ..............

{3). YOUR BANK NAME AND ADDRESS:........

{4). YOUR A/C NAME AND NUMBERS:.................

(5). YOUR SWIFT CODE / ROUTING NUMBERS:...........

(6) .YOUR CURRENT OCCUPATION:................

BE INFORMED THAT TRANSFER WILL COMMENCE IMMEDIATELY WE HEAR FROM YOU WITH THE ACCOUNT INFORMATION. ONCE MORE, BANK FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD WILL NOT HESITATE TO CREDIT YOUR ACCOUNT WITHIN 24HOURS IN ACCORDANCE WITH FUND RELEASE ORDER REGULATIONS.

YOUR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE IS HIGHLY NEEDED TO ENABLE US COMMENCE FOR THE TRANSFER.

THANKS FOR BANKING WITH FEDERAL RESERVE BANK WHILE WE LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING YOU BETTER.

CONGRATULATION TO YOUR INHERITANCE FUND.

THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOU.

REGARDS,

MR. BEN S. BERNANKE

DIRECTOR FEDERAL RESERVE BANK NEW YORK,

You know it's gotta be real - it's in ALL CAPS - and it has Mr. Bernanke's real email address:
bens.bernan@yahoo.cn

Ben Bernanke wants to send me money!

Just got this email:

NOTIFICATION OF CREDIT FROM  BANK OF AMERICA.
 
Attn: Beneficiary:
 
We have this 1th day of  APR, 2011 received a payment credit instruction from the Federal Government of Nigeria to credit your account with your full Inheritance fund of US$10.5Million from the Nigerian reserve account with our bank, Bank of America
 
However, you shall required to provide the followings data below:
 
{1}. Your Full Name and Address.: 
{2}. Your Confidential Tel, Cell and Fax.
{3). Your Bank name and address.: 
{4). Your A/c Name and A/c Numbers.:  
(5). Your Swift Code / Routing Numbers.:
 
Please do provide the above information accurately, because this office cannot afford to be held liable for any wrong transfer of funds or liability of funds credited into a ghost account.
 
Thanks for banking with Bank of America while we looking forward to serving you with the best of our service.
 
Thanks and God bless you.
Regards,
Yours in Service,
 Mr.Ben S. Bernanke
A/C officer B O A Georgia Branch.

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Nigeria is sure rolling in unclaimed cash. Maybe Mr. Osama could ask them to bail us out!

New emails from Twitter!

I'm so happy to be noticed! I can't wait to readed my new tweets!

Hi, ckuecker

You have 4 unreaded message(s) from Twitter.
First Four Showdown: USC vs. VCU - Cover The Number
Click this link:
http://twitter.com/account/confirm_email/ckuecker/33333-3333A-801364
Once you confirm, all future email from Twitter will be sent to this address.

The Twitter Team

If you received this message in error and did not sign up for a Twitter account, click not my account.

Please do not reply to this message; it was sent from an unmonitored email address. This message is a service email related to your use of Twitter. For general inquiries or to request support with your Twitter account, please visit us at Twitter Support. 

Hi, ckuecker

You have 6 information message(s) from Twitter.
Climate change is real, humans cause it, and we must act - ABC Online
Click this link:
http://twitter.com/account/confirm_email/ckuecker/EF6E8-059E8-928685
Once you confirm, all future email from Twitter will be sent to this address.

The Twitter Team

If you received this message in error and did not sign up for a Twitter account, click not my account.

Please do not reply to this message; it was sent from an unmonitored email address. This message is a service email related to your use of Twitter. For general inquiries or to request support with your Twitter account, please visit us at Twitter Support.

The only problem is that all the links go to shady domains in 'cz', and I don't have a twitter account.

It's good to know, however, that climate change is real. I was worried that Algore had slipped from godhood...

Who says spammers don't have a sense of humor?

Just got an email - subject line "Michelle Obama shows her warmer side"

I think it's a penis enlargement ad - not clicking the link to find out...

I got an email!

Found in my junk folder

First, how it appeared flagged by Thunderbird as "junk"

From "Olga Harmon" (email from MARJORY Harmon):

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Now, with the "junk" flag turned off. Select the light text to see it better:

target Trouble another with screamed links wind or images daughters? View Indexes this message tree online.

Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:35:24 +0300 Dear ckuecker, baseballs Olga Harmon Viewed your profile

Copyright (c) 2010 toll myspace.com | All Rights Jordan Reserved.

We robber are freezer committed View to protecting Probation your swimmers privacy, so your email officer address will No NEVER be sold,bathroom rented, or Whats exchanged. Grace This Podcasts message was sent Hi to ckuecker@redacted. Schedule Visit Detox your subscription management page to modify Transcripts your email truck communication Trial preferences or update your personal profile. To stop ALL gifts email crews from us, click here (or reply unexpectedly via email modern with "remove" but in the subject Play line).

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All four links went to different addresses in the .ru domain.

Has anyone else noticed a huge drop in spam volume since that guy in Milwaukee got nailed for running a spam robot network?

Reply from Comcast

I've gotten this reply before:
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Comcast.net Blocklist Removal Response

Thank you for contacting Comcast Customer Security Assurance. We have received and reviewed your RBL removal request.

Below each IP address you submitted in your request, we have included the result of our research. Please do not reply to this message.

xx.xx.xx.xx

We have received your request for removal from our inbound blocklist. After investigating the issue, we have found that the IP you provided for removal is currently not on our blocklist.

We need the IP address currently blocked to further investigate this issue. The IP address is a number separated by decimals and is located in an error code starting with "550" in the returned email from Comcast. You can learn more about how to identify a blocked IP by visiting our Frequently Asked Question page at :
http://www.comcast.net/help/faq/index.jsp?faq=SecurityMail_Policy18667

Please verify the IP(s) and resubmit your request to http://www.comcastsupport.com/rbl

Sincerely,
Comcast Customer Security Assurance

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Well, if my IP is not in their blasted database, why in hell am I getting those "550" messages referring to that same IP?

Assholes.

Chuck

Getting sick of Comcast

I don't have Comcast - but I've got a bunch of contacts I can't talk to who DO have them.

Comcast considers me to be a spammer, simply because I host my own email. It's a secure server on a fixed IP. I've sent them numerous requests to their customer service web site, with never a reply. Their "un-blacklist" URL is http://www.comcastsupport.com/rbl

Here's the latest one I sent them:
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You guys are preventing me from communicating with friends and customers because I run my own email server on my own machine. This has been going on for literal years, and I've requested you fix this situation numerous times.

I've implemented security on both incoming and outgoing email now - it makes no difference.

Occasionally, an email I send gets through your system, then subsequent emails get bounces. Please get your act together!
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For what it's worth...
Chuck