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Title: lets see your best "fake/spam" imitation
Post by: wellington1869 on Wed, 06 October 2010, 21:50:03

****
hey there - this is a little off-topic, but I found this website that pays $77/hour for you to work from home posting links!
Here's the link, lol:
www.gtr-media.com/secure-info/jobs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ)
Its helped pay my bills and put my daughter through college for 2 years!
good luck!
xoxo Erica xoxo
****

Title: lets see your best "fake/spam" imitation
Post by: TexasFlood on Wed, 06 October 2010, 22:11:34

For the past 5 years I've been writing a program to predict wining numbers of lower payout but better odds (adds up quickly) lottery games.  I am now ready to share it with selected franchisees with the agreement that I get 25% of net winnings.
For details and software download, please click on the following link: https://GetRich.TheEasyWay.com (http://karlomongaya.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/spam.jpg) and use the password "riches" to access the site.  For legal reasons, registration and $25 dollar fee to run a credit check is required.  Good luck!

*Please follow the suggested schedule so losses are minimal in case of software error.  If you follow the recommendations, I will fund 50% of any losses but if not following the rules I will pay nothing.

Title: lets see your best "fake/spam" imitation
Post by: wellington1869 on Wed, 06 October 2010, 23:13:28

lol!
I love how earnest and casual they try to sound. "Good luck!". They also do a lot of "lol"-ing. They're just looking out for you!

Then there's the "official" sounding ones. The fake names (always 'serious sounding') of various bank executives are hilarious. Like "William C. Johnston, III". Or "Rev. Emmanuel Okoro". He's a reverend!!!

I mean you see these now in comment sections on major sites like CNN and huffpo. Not just in my spam folder in my email.

Title: lets see your best "fake/spam" imitation
Post by: Hak Foo on Thu, 07 October 2010, 00:13:03

Quote from: wellington1869;230706

lol!
I love how earnest and casual they try to sound. "Good luck!". They also do a lot of "lol"-ing. They're just looking out for you!

Then there's the "official" sounding ones. The fake names (always 'serious sounding') of various bank executives are hilarious. Like "William C. Johnston, III". Or "Rev. Emmanuel Okoro". He's a reverend!!!

I mean you see these now in comment sections on major sites like CNN and huffpo. Not just in my spam folder in my email.

I am a man with a Korean name, who is strangely the director of a major bank in Hong Kong.  In spite of being in a country with its own currency, all the transactions involve TWELVE MILLION US DOLLARS ($12,000,000).

Title: lets see your best "fake/spam" imitation
Post by: wellington1869 on Thu, 07 October 2010, 01:07:58

Quote from: Hak Foo;230725

I am a man with a Korean name, who is strangely the director of a major bank in Hong Kong.  In spite of being in a country with its own currency, all the transactions involve TWELVE MILLION US DOLLARS ($12,000,000).

lol

I love when they helpfully even provide blank spaces in the email to fill out like a form and return to them.

Title: lets see your best "fake/spam" imitation
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Title: lets see your best "fake/spam" imitation
Post by: Senor_Cartmenez on Thu, 07 October 2010, 07:14:16

I was one of the "few" lucky people who received a business proposition from the prince of Nigeria once.

Unfortunately I didn't save the email, back then I was just pissed and it wasn't funny. Now I would frame it and put it on the wall :)

Title: You will find in the attachment
Post by: HaaTa on Thu, 07 October 2010, 07:29:07

Attachments: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONS UNITED KINGDOM.doc

Title: lets see your best "fake/spam" imitation
Post by: itlnstln on Thu, 07 October 2010, 07:32:11

Wanna bigger P3N15?

Title: lets see your best "fake/spam" imitation
Post by: Daniel Beaver on Thu, 07 October 2010, 19:18:03

Gold USB connectors for lower latency!

Title: lets see your best "fake/spam" imitation
Post by: keyboardlover on Thu, 07 October 2010, 19:23:09

Hello!!!! My name is Olga. When I saw your profile, I at once it has wanted to write you and find out you better. I have wanted to strike up with you acquaintance. I hope, that we can learn well each other. I live in Russia, in the city of Ekaterinburg. I'm 34 years old. My height is 168 cm. My weight is 62 kg. If I have interested you and you want to get acquainted with me, that write to me on e-mail: olyakiss@newmail.ru. I with pleasure shall answer your mail and I shall be glad to send you my the photos which I have. I hope, that you will also will send to me yours the photos. I hope, that our acquaintance will soon take place. Now I shall wait from you for the letter very soon. I hope, that you write to me soon. I would be very glad. Your Olga.

Title: lets see your best "fake/spam" imitation
Post by: didjamatic on Thu, 07 October 2010, 19:26:08

I honestly received an email once that the subject read:

"Illegal porn, drugs, rockets, bombs and ****"

I actually saved it.

Title: lets see your best "fake/spam" imitation
Post by: keyboardlover on Thu, 07 October 2010, 19:27:48

Hahahaha. I once got one that said in the title "Let's play stain the couch!"

Title: lets see your best "fake/spam" imitation
Post by: wellington1869 on Thu, 07 October 2010, 21:14:53

Quote from: keyboardlover;231073

Hello!!!! My name is Olga. When I saw your profile, I at once it has wanted to write you and find out you better. I have wanted to strike up with you acquaintance. I hope, that we can learn well each other. I live in Russia, in the city of Ekaterinburg. I'm 34 years old. My height is 168 cm. My weight is 62 kg. If I have interested you and you want to get acquainted with me, that write to me on e-mail: olyakiss@newmail.ru. I with pleasure shall answer your mail and I shall be glad to send you my the photos which I have. I hope, that you will also will send to me yours the photos. I hope, that our acquaintance will soon take place. Now I shall wait from you for the letter very soon. I hope, that you write to me soon. I would be very glad. Your Olga.

hahahahahaha perfect. love the grammar ;)

Title: lets see your best "fake/spam" imitation
Post by: wellington1869 on Thu, 07 October 2010, 21:15:39

Quote from: HaaTa;230794

Attachments: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONS UNITED KINGDOM.doc

hahahahahahahaha man we actually have people falling for this sort of title all the time at work.

Title: lets see your best "fake/spam" imitation
Post by: Konrad on Thu, 07 October 2010, 22:29:34

WARNING
Windows Firewall reports that your computer is not secure.
 Click here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8huXkSaL7o) to download Microsoft McNorton Labs F-Secure (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdpsfBsN_Dg&feature=related),
activation code a67d9e8fd79a93d2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITeuaqcpckc)

 

Feeling a little blue? No prescription needed (http://www.metacafe.com/watch/381089/asian_chick_eats_spam/).

:bounce:Your prize is waiting! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Br6dK5yZQk&feature=related):bounce:

If you do not wish to continue receiving mail from this sender, unsubscribe here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhmCVzrDmBU&feature=related).

Title: lets see your best "fake/spam" imitation
Post by: jpc on Thu, 07 October 2010, 22:58:30

(http://fascistsoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/bush-mission-accomplished-300x168.jpg)

Title: lets see your best "fake/spam" imitation
Post by: wellington1869 on Thu, 07 October 2010, 23:13:44

Quote from: Konrad;231157

WARNING
Windows Firewall reports that your computer is not secure.
 Click here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8huXkSaL7o) to download Microsoft McNorton Labs F-Secure (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdpsfBsN_Dg&feature=related),
activation code a67d9e8fd79a93d2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITeuaqcpckc)

 
 

Feeling a little blue? No prescription needed (http://www.metacafe.com/watch/381089/asian_chick_eats_spam/).

 

:bounce:Your prize is waiting! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Br6dK5yZQk&feature=related):bounce:

 

If you do not wish to continue receiving mail from this sender, unsubscribe here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhmCVzrDmBU&feature=related).

Lol!  There's this one super-annoying fake antivirus program which only malwarebytes can seem to get rid of. All the secretaries at work got that one at one time or another this year. They all basically panicked and clicked on the ad at some point. *facepalm*.

Title: lets see your best "fake/spam" imitation
Post by: Konrad on Thu, 07 October 2010, 23:37:53

I actually did find this link quite funny (after the annoying Youtube spam, lol).

Quote from: Konrad

:bounce:Your prize is waiting! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Br6dK5yZQk&feature=related):bounce:

I've tried to explain to a fellow nerd* that if his computer (firewall, antivirus, antispyware, windefender, update manager, browser security, etc) is all updated and secure and perfectly happy - and a test at an "unauthorized" site like GRC reports that everything is secure and happy ... how can a web page (which sometimes isn't even finished loading) claim with any authority that your computer is at risk?
 
* Not a true nerd. More like a quasi-nerd or soft nerd. Not much brighter than his dog, actually.
 
[Edit]
 
Secretaries shouldn't be able to install that ****.  GPEDIT.MSC can fix that problem when configured properly.  And all software updates should source straight off a local server, not the cloud.

Title: lets see your best "fake/spam" imitation
Post by: wellington1869 on Fri, 08 October 2010, 00:26:18

Quote from: Konrad;231189

Secretaries shouldn't be able to install that ****.  GPEDIT.MSC can fix that problem when configured properly.  And all software updates should source straight off a local server, not the cloud.

that means centrally administering the lot of them, whcih is an option, but not currently done.

There's some talk about that though. Also someone mentioned a 'white list' client of some kind.  Problem with that is, those secretaries love to install all kinds of zany but pretty harmless stuff (weather gadgets, kitten gadgets, etc) and there will be a huge outcry...

another option is to buy a site-license for malwarebytes (also on the table) and set it to scan like twice a day in the background...

all i can say is symantec blows chunks.

Title: lets see your best "fake/spam" imitation
Post by: wellington1869 on Fri, 08 October 2010, 00:28:10

heck, my mom clicks on **** like this too, no matter how hard I try to explain she cant seem to distinguish between real vs fake.  Even when the fakes are so charmingly fake.

Title: lets see your best "fake/spam" imitation
Post by: Konrad on Fri, 08 October 2010, 00:48:31

Symantec's Corporate/Enterprise stuff is much better than their Home/Personal stuff. But still not so great and too bloated.
 
http://www.av-comparatives.org/ is a nerd forum dedicated to - you guessed it - comparing antivirus (and other security) software. They have a systematic methodology, and they compare everything - including what the AV vendors don't advertise - things like scan times, run delays, performance hits, false positives, actual effectiveness against new/unknown threats, time from virus introduction to widespread AV database innoculation.
 
The products themselves vary from version to version, even update to update, so the hierarchy tends to shuffle around a little. F-Secure and Kaspersky tend to always jostle each other at the top; McMicrosoft and Symantec usually rank somewhere around Fifth Place (or worse) in every category. AVG and Avast do well in most categories but sometimes have an epic fail. Other products (like Sophos and Trend) tend to score strongly in some categories but are pathetic in others.
 
Symantec works, sure, but it's clunky. You'd spend the same (maybe less) money and get better (more secure, smaller, faster) software from F-Secure or Kaspersky.  I'd use it if it came "free" with a computer, but I wouldn't renew it or ever buy into it.
 
Two low-cost solutions: Firewall/proxy and training. Simply scanning every new file (downloaded or from removable media) before installing/running/opening will work. Some AV software can be configured to do this automatically. (lol, unsavvy secretaries will be confused by distinctions like "executable" vs "data" files, just scan it all to be safe) ... of course Windows reliability can be eroded by installing too much safe junk over time, but that's another problem entirely. Hopefully a fresh image can be installed whenever necessary.
 
Configuring browser security settings can help a lot too, especially if you restrict ActiveX stuff. GPEDIT.MSC can be used to preconfigure or even "lockout" user ability to change these settings.

Title: lets see your best "fake/spam" imitation
Post by: microsoft windows on Tue, 12 October 2010, 16:12:16

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Title: lets see your best "fake/spam" imitation
Post by: Konrad on Tue, 12 October 2010, 16:39:24

(http://weeklyworldnews.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/bigfoot_diet3_full.jpg)

Title: lets see your best "fake/spam" imitation
Post by: microsoft windows on Wed, 13 October 2010, 19:12:19

First, a trip to Geocities...

(http://fraudo.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/image.png)
(http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/photos/uncategorized/2007/12/06/digg_10k_thumb.jpg)
(http://www.talktomykids.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/PopUpSpyware.jpg)


Now, going a little more modern...
(http://tonylopes.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/evony-ad-6.jpg)
The standard "Ad for an MMORPG containing pictures of females the stereotypical MMORPG-playing nerd has no chance at".
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2639/3943059995_9faa3a57b6.jpg)
Then the boring old "I can whiten my teeth" ad.

Title: lets see your best "fake/spam" imitation
Post by: Hak Foo on Wed, 13 October 2010, 20:50:42

I never got that whole series of Evony ads; I saw them about 200 times a day for a month.  How do breasts have to do with gaming?

(Unless your G5 is situated on something like http://www.hlj.com/product/MRM01186 - mildly NSFW

Title: lets see your best "fake/spam" imitation
Post by: wellington1869 on Wed, 13 October 2010, 21:42:56

Quote from: Hak Foo;233579

I never got that whole series of Evony ads;

those were some busty medieval wenches in those ads.

Title: lets see your best "fake/spam" imitation
Post by: Tr0j4nM4x1mus on Wed, 13 October 2010, 21:55:07

(http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj71/doesntplaywell/spam.jpg)

Title: lets see your best "fake/spam" imitation
Post by: EverythingIBM on Wed, 13 October 2010, 21:59:57

Quote from: Tr0j4nM4x1mus;233601

Show Image

(http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj71/doesntplaywell/spam.jpg)

(http://www.zgeek.com/forum/gallery/files/1/1/5/8/0/monty_python_spam.jpg)

Title: lets see your best "fake/spam" imitation
Post by: wellington1869 on Wed, 13 October 2010, 22:16:42

lol, but its your final notification! hurry! ;)


I got this gem in the mail today.

Subject line reads: "Your Tax Payment ID 010372811 is failed. Update Information."

Oh no! I wouldnt want to get in trouble with the guv'ment! I better update my information right away.

The email reads:

Quote

Your Federal Tax Payment ID: 010375930 has been rejected. Return Reason Code R21 - The identification number used in the Company Identification Field is not valid.pysu
Please, check the information and refer to Code R21 to get details about your company payment in transaction contacts section:ksywfifal

http://eftps.gov/R21 buygygdv
In other way forward information to your accountant adviser. cyryuxin
EFTPS: daiaxey
The Electronic Federal Tax Payment System b
PLEASE NOTE: Your tax payment is due regardless of EFTPS onlineogex
availability. In case of an emergency, you can always make your taxto
payment by calling the EFTPS.  

There are several things i appreciate here, in the effort they've put into this.
Note that the "return reason" has a "code" of "R21." !  What attention to detail!

And then there is the immaculate English: "In other way forward information to your accountant adviser."  Yes, I better get my accountant involved pronto!

And then the reminder: my taxes are due, error or no error! Oh no!

Title: lets see your best "fake/spam" imitation
Post by: Hak Foo on Wed, 13 October 2010, 23:07:24

Quote from: wellington1869;233596

those were some busty medieval wenches in those ads.

I saw, but I didn't comprehend, I meant.

I'd like to get a real Nigerian spammer.

I want to say to him

"I can tell a 419 scam.  However, I will make you an honest offer for honest money.  I'll send you $5 US for one of the new 50-naira commemorative notes introduced recently."

just to see the reaction.  It would be funny to see some of these scammers getting into the coin business.  I've often paid several times face for recent foreign notes which aren't obtainable locally.

Title: lets see your best "fake/spam" imitation
Post by: keyboardlover on Thu, 14 October 2010, 06:04:58

Anyone ever heard of this website: 419eater.com (http://419eater.com)? It contains tons of cases of people fighting back and messing with nigerian scammers. Some of the stories are priceless =)

Title: lets see your best "fake/spam" imitation
Post by: hoggy on Thu, 14 October 2010, 17:00:05

Dear Friend,

I need your help.  I have just come into a sum of money from selling keyboards that don't exist...

Title: lets see your best "fake/spam" imitation
Post by: msiegel on Thu, 14 October 2010, 17:11:11

geekhackers! i have cargo container full of nib model f's, stuck at the border!! need $20,000 to get thru customs... quick or their going to send back!!!
pls hurry!!!! i give u free models f's, for every1 !!!!! :(