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Yancy Street Gang Nov 28 2005 01:14 PM

Here's a new twist on SPAM: I received an e-mail from "office@cia.gov" titled Your_IP_was_logged. Here's how it reads: Dear Sir/Madam, we have logged your IP-address on more than 30 illegal Websites. Important: Please answer our questions! The list of questions are attached. Yours faithfully, Steven Allison ++++ Central Intelligence Agency -CIA- ++++ Office of Public Affairs ++++ Washington, D.C. 20505 ++++ phone: (703) 482-0623 ++++ 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., US Eastern time Two ZIP files were attached, presumably containing the questions that the CIA wants me to answer. Of course, they almost certainly contain some kind of virus. One reason I know it's fake is that I don't visit 30 illegal web sites. The only illegal web site I visit is this one! I wonder if Steven Allison is really a CIA guy, though, and if that phone number is real. If he is real, he works long hours.

Yancy Street Gang Nov 28 2005 01:16 PM

I also got this e-mail, not as Spam, but as the nearest thing, one of those "fun" e-mails that gets forwarded all over the place. This one was kind of interesting though, and it seems to be true: How Smart is Your Right Foot? When you reach "7:00" with your hand, notice what your foot does. This is so funny that it will boggle your mind. And if you are anywhere near as stubborn as I am, you will keep trying at least a few more times to see if you can outsmart your foot, but you can't. 1. While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles. 2. Now, while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change direction. I told you so. And, there's nothing you can do about it!

cooby Nov 28 2005 01:20 PM

Don't open this, it's a virus. My husband got 50 of them on his laptop over the weekend and he just sent me a press release from the CIA about it

Edgy DC Nov 28 2005 01:36 PM

I logged into my yahoo account and got about 70 e-mails that were auto-responders and failure notices in response to an e-mail sent from my girlfriend's domain. I guess I can only conclude that her site got hacked and somebody is using it as a lauching pad to spam unsuspecting peeps. Woo-hoo! Traffic! Really, I don't know what to do about it.

cooby Nov 28 2005 01:48 PM

The only thing I could think of to do was to completely wipe out my email address books so that it wouldn't infiltrate and infect all my friends. Some of the ones I got over the weekend were from my husband's place of business, and some of their accounts. It was weird getting emails from places that were obviously shut down for Thanksgiving, but so goes a virus. Luckily, I have postini, so they were all caught and not delivered to my real mailbox. Other cool subjects were: You visit illegal sites Paris Hilton and Nicki Ritchie! smpf undeliverable Nothing there that would pique my interest and make me open it in the first place, even before I knew it was viral.

cooby Nov 28 2005 01:50 PM

Warning: http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/02/22/fbi.warning/

Yancy Street Gang Nov 28 2005 04:43 PM

You know, it really takes a lot of balls to spoof an e-mail from the FBI or the CIA's domain. Are those really the guys you want to piss off?

Elster88 Nov 28 2005 04:51 PM

LOL good point. Replace "balls" with "stupidity" and I think you're closer.

Nymr83 Nov 28 2005 06:45 PM

just don't go to www.AlQaedaOfIraq.org, www.WeLoveSaddam.com, or www.Hillary08.com and the feds will leave you alone.

Edgy DC Dec 19 2005 10:28 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Dec 19 2005 11:36 PM

Typical spam. Start off feigning familiarity, then hit me with a pitch that might make one sucker in 10,000 consider putting their home up. But then look what happens in the post-script. I understanded that we can also (if we want) get money too. Check out this host-site I found. Of all the ones I have looked at, It's the one I like best. I've studied up a lot of information, and it all confirms that now is the best time for you and me to get a new home-loan. This group will be on the phone with you and me in less than one hour after we fill out the form. http://geocities.yahoo.com.br/nolan_fenn/ My love, Kerensa come toward him. Instead they directly rose reaction as one, link shrieked "SAPRISTI!" he cried, step with and Xe before I was cold, and more powerless where before make volleyball I was weak. I whole tried Whole tried what?! Please let me know!

cooby Dec 19 2005 10:40 PM

Edgy, it's a home loan ad. Obviously it's banker talk. We were always doing shit like shreiking "SAPISTRI!!" at the bank where I worked.

Willets Point Dec 22 2005 10:03 AM

This is the subject line of my most recent spam: "some burley, Dianne and monoxide" What the ...?

Yancy Street Gang Dec 22 2005 10:13 AM

That kind of stuff always perplexes me, too. I know that sending spam is essentially free (nobody would spend 37¢ to mail a first-class letter that said "some burley, Dianne and monoxide") but even if it doesn't cost anything, what's the point? I suppose it's because a lot of spam filters are set to toss aside messages with words like "viagra" in the subject, but no one probably filters out "burley" or "monoxide". But you're left with a subject that's so obviously randomly generated that almost nobody's going to open it. And if I was looking for a home loan, I wouldn't get it from a stranger who sends me an e-mail with a subject of "I miss you sweetie" or who signs it, "My love, Karenna." It's true that if these people get one sucker for every three million messages sent, the spamming is cost-effective. But I'd think they'd get better responses if their messages weren't such obvious junk. Are the spam filters so hard to fool that only nonsense can get by?

Yancy Street Gang Jan 05 2006 10:49 AM

I just got this one from "Freddy Huggins": Urgent Notification #3807804961780884525 If Freddy has sent out 3,807,804,961,780,884,525 urgent notifications, I think he's doing a lot of crying wolf. If I ignored his first 3.8 quintillion messages, why does he think I'll pay attention to this one?

Yancy Street Gang Jan 12 2006 02:31 PM

Am I the only one who's getting dozens of spams a day from Mark Hansen?

KC Jan 12 2006 02:38 PM

I got a couple of repeats today of "enhance your main penis" in the subject line. I don't open them, but are there people out there with secondary and perhaps thirdsies?

Willets Point Jan 12 2006 02:40 PM

What, you only have one? <chuckle>

cooby Jan 17 2006 10:12 PM

my husband just got one that says "make your wardrobe complete with a new accessory"

OlerudOwned Jan 17 2006 10:23 PM

http://spamusement.com/ you were wrong cabinet sanchez

Edgy DC Jan 27 2006 12:16 PM

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soupcan Jan 27 2006 12:40 PM

A new twist on the Nigerian Minister of Finance scam... Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 14:40:03 +0100 (GMT+01:00) From: Suha Arafat <mrssuha_arafat11@virgilio.it> Subject: HAPPY NEW YEAR HAPPY NEW YEAR Dear Friend, This mail may not be surprising to you if you have been following current events in the international media with reference to the Middle East and Palestine in particular. I am Mrs. SUHA ARAFAT,the wife of YASSER ARAFAT, the Palestinian leader who died recently in Paris. Since his death and even prior to the announcement, I have been thrown into a state of antagonism, confusion, humiliation, frustration and hopelessness by the present leadership of the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the new Prime Minister. I have even been subjected to physical and psychological torture. As a widow that is so traumatized, I have lost confidence with everybody in the country at the moment. You must have heard over the media reports and the Internet on the discovery of some fund in my husband secret bank account and companies and the allegations of some huge sums of money deposited by my husband in my name of which I have refuses to disclose or give up to the corrupt Palestine Government. Infact the total sum allegedly discovered by the Government so far is in the tune of about $6.5 Billion Dollars. And they are not relenting on their effort to make me poor for life. Before my husband died he deposited the sum of US$105 MILLION DOLLARS with a security firm in Europe whose name is withheld for now until we open communication. I shall be grateful if you could help in claiming this funds and thereby deposit it into your bank account for safe keeping and any Investment opportunity. This arrangement is known to you alone.You might not be able to call me for security reasons as the case may be. In view of the above,if you are willing to assist for our mutual benefits, we will have to negotiate on your Percentage share of the US$105,000,000 that will be kept in your position for a while and invested in your name for my trust pending when my Daughter, Zahwa, will come off age and take full responsibility of her Family Estate/inheritance. Please note that this is a golden opportunity that comes once in life time and more so,if you are honest, I am going to entrust more funds in your care as this is one of the legacy we keep for our children. In case you don't accept please do not let me out to the security and international media as I am giving you this information in total trust and confidence I will greatly appreciate if you accept my proposal in good faith. Please expedite action. Yours sincerely, Mrs.Suha Arafat

cooby Jan 27 2006 12:54 PM

Hasn't this broad figured out yet that you can walk into any bank in America with $105 million dollars and a current ID and open a basic checking account? Sheesh. We used to get that fax (from the Nigeran guy) at the one bank at I worked at, it was really funny to us Soupcan, I am impressed that Mrs. Arafat chose you of all people

Rockin' Doc Jan 27 2006 06:05 PM

The truly sad part is that people actually fall for this scams and end up getting suckered into giving out their bank account and social security numbers to these crooks.