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New Scam Email Indexing Method (again!)
It’s my third iteration on the same basic principle: take a carefully filtered and enhanced archive of 150,000 email messages and then sort, categorize and analyze them, then put them in a defanged, indexable/searchable list format so that people can browse them. The first was a program I wrote in perl back in 2004, it […]
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Worried about Identity Theft? Get a Million Dollar Protection
LifeLock, a provider of identity theft prevention services, has developed the nation’s first and only PROACTIVE identity theft solution designed to help PREVENT crimes before they occur. They back the service with a hefty $1 million guarantee. The services they provide break down as: They BLOCK your credit so only you can use it – […]
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Who owns Westpac-site.org?
Why do I ask? Well, I got a spam/scam email today that pretends to be an alert from Microsoft, via the Secret Service that a backdoor has been found in Windows XP and that a patch has been released which will ‘fix’ this vulnerability. Well, as you can imagine, the ‘patch‘ turns out to be […]
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‘Cost of Living’ Scam Email Warning from SSA
The Social Security Administration is warning consumers not to fall victim to a new email ID theft scam that seeks to pry personal information using the federal agency’s name and a phony website. The fake emails with the subject “Cost-of-Living for 2007 update” threaten consumers with the closure of accounts unless they provide updated personal […]
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Domain Name Search Hijack Scam
I love antique fairs, but have you ever had this happen to you: You pick up a lovely objet d’art and consider buying it but decide you’ll think about it. The second you put it back on the table, someone swoops in from behind you and snaps it up! Well, that’s exactly what has been […]
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Scamdex Database Search is AFU
(Yeah, you know what that means don’t you? :)) Anyway, I messed about with the indexer last night to try to improve the hit rate for my hand crafted index (as opposed to the HyperMail one). I guess I broke summat and it stopped working. Anyhoo, seems to be fixed now, but it’ll take a […]
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New Email offers Registration (with Virus Payload)
I’ve received several emails today, all matching the same pattern. The email comes iwth a range of subjected and from a range of senders but the enclosed web link, when clicked brings you to the same html, all located on different IP addresses. The few ip addresses I looked up seemed to be typical home […]
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Aussie Sheep Farmer in Mali Marriage Scam
Poor Des Gregor! Presumably no longer satisfied with sheep as romantic partners, Des, 56, flew to Mali in West Africa to meet his future wife, whom he had wooed on the net. A sweetener to the marriage was an $80,000 dowry of gold. Sadly, the marriage ended in him being attacked, tied up and robbed, […]