I don't know about you, but it appears to me that the spammers and hackers out there have definitely been brushing up on both their English language skills and their overall "cleverness". As you know, their purpose is simple; they want you to click on a particular link they have provided for your convenience, which once selected will usually result in your computer running slower than a 1979 vintage British Rail all-stops-to Bognor Regis train ride, while spyware is either turning your computer into a George Romero movie extra or extracting all personal data, right down to your hat size and pizza topping preferences.
but I digress...
Here was the standard message this crowd would normally send:
From: Michael Lang
http://pleaseclickhere.com/files/435120464/surprise.exe Simple without any covert tricks, if you click on the link, your next credit card statement will be maxed out with a very expensive evening of wining, dining and shopping in an Eastern European county that you have never heard of.
But here are two examples of the spam I found in my mail box this morning:
From: untangle@microease.com [mailto:untangle@microease.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 9:15 AM
Subject: Quarantine Digest
Quarantine Digest for xxxxxxxx.xx
“Click here to access your spam quarantine.”
The spam quarantine contains emails that are being held from your email account.
Quarantined emails can be released to your inbox or deleted using the spam quarantine link.
Wow, I am impressed! They found someone who can string together a sentence in English without sounding like a badly dubbed martial arts film. Also, those more trusting might be tempted to see what was blocked from their account, only to fall for this simple ruse and end up finding the FBI at your door asking why your computer is hosting wikileaks.
-----Original Message-----
From: Amanda Trevino [mailto:a.trevino@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 8:33 AM
To: Rich in Cincy
Subject: Amanda Trevino commented on your photo
Amanda Trevino commented on your photo.
To see the comment thread, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/photo.php&bid=155175754523620&set=a.145049682202894.23363.10&mid=7f9cbG9
Thanks,
The Facebook Team
This one is even better, I mean who doesn't have a friend named Amanda Trevino who comments on their photos! And she probably has some very important advice regarding your photos, how great you look and that you should be in the movies. However, for some strange reason, a week after clicking on this link a retired elderly Russian woman who speaks little English shows up on your doorstep claiming to be your new mother-in-law, and that Tatiana will be along shortly once you have provided her with a car to pick her up from the hotel she is staying at in New York city while shopping on.... well... you get the picture....
So, in summary, lets be careful out there....
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