Okay it seems I can get free movies from this spammer:
megpdfoff@hoodpick.com
Jun 092011
Jun 082011
Watch out for this email address:
PaydayMonster@yardrecklessly.info
Sending out info for payday loans from £75 to £1,000.
If I want a payday loan I’d probably go to the moneyshop just down the road.
Jun 082011
Now we move on to brochure spam. Again another spammer that cannot be bothered to change the first and last name fields in the mass emailer this company is using. This is to say that you are among a select few (most probably thousands) to receive an ipad2 in the colour of your choice.
Full email below, of course my own details removed:
from Brochures Direct with Selected Winner selected-winner@brochuresdirect.fagms.net
sender time Sent at 17:11 (GMT+02:00). Current time there: 00:31. ✆
reply-to Brochures Direct with Selected Winner <selected-winner-EMID0A603Q4111BDQU802HBQJ01VBA782@brochuresdirect.fagms.net>
to xxx@xxx
date 8 June 2011 17:11
subject Richard Arblaster, your postcode is selected
mailed-by brochuresdirect.fagms.net
Signed by brochuresdirect.fagms.net
hide details 17:11 (6 hours ago)
You are receiving this email as you have opted in to emails from Brochures Direct,
If you do not wish to receive any further emails, please click here
Dear {{firstname, surname}}!
Congratulations – your new Apple iPad 2 in your favourite colour!
We are delighted to announce that you are among a select few from your postal code region that have been chosen to enter the final draw for an Apple iPad 2:
1. <name removed>
2. <name removed>
3. <name removed>
Just confirm your postal code below and enter the draw:
LINK
Good Luck!
Your selected-winner Team
They claim I’ve opted in, if I had then it would have had my name and last name at the top of email.
I’ve left my name in the top part, as people already know who I am, I tweeted out I was doing this blog when I set the site up.
Congratulations to this latest lottery scammer:
ivan@wintaiwoo.com
The last time I checked my name isn’t Albert Smith, or is it just a gmail routing issue? I’m glad I received the email instead as he won’t have to worry about being scammed as the email may never reach him.
I’m also positive Albert Smith is savvy enough not to fall for your scam if he had successfully received your email.
Jun 082011
You will get loads of emails claiming to be from Blizzard Entertainment, especially if you have a World Of Warcraft account.
I never ever click the links inside, I always go straight to their support site to confirm whether they have taken any account against my account. You will see if they have when you try to manage the game, or if you try and log into the game itself.
Another thing to watch out for, they always seem to want you to visit the US battle.net site, if you are an EU customer and have only ever downloaded the EU client, then you will have never had a US battle.net account. So don’t even bother visiting the link.
There will be a list of valid emails that blizzard use on their support site. Scammers/Spammers will sometimes use one of these email addresses thinking they are being clever, so again, do check the official site and don’t click any links within the email. They are after your login details so they can try and sell your account or try and use your account to sell gold through.
Get yourself an authenticator and attach it to your account, then no way these scammers can get into your account. It has happened to be several times in the past until I attached an authenticator to the account.
So again if in doubt visit the official Blizzard Entertainment site and ignore the emails.
Jun 072011
It seems a lot of financial spam comes from any emails that end with domain name.
(update 08/06/11) – They also send out dating emails from this domain.
logrhythmsrule.com
Jun 072011
Another spammer offering rush loans, why would a company based in the US want to offer me a loan in pound sterling?
CashRushLoans@rewardsummon.info
BestMortgage@thoughtfullylip.info (updated 08/06/11)
P.O. Box 30 422 S Broadway, Hicksville, NY 11801
(update 09/06/11)
Another mortgage spam email address:
BestMortgage@whipfrantically.info
More loans:
MerlinMoney@shipas.info
Jun 072011
Okay here’s a list of email addresses to watch out for:
These emails are being used for pharmacy scams, these appear to be randomly generated email addresses, so if you were daft enough to reply you would most possibly get a bounceback and then who knows where your email address would end up after that
fchnvcls@yahoo.it
gcxfdtrt@yahoo.it
zbjglofkrx@kgpbxafy.org (updated 08/06/11)
zpwredcysf@wwjcbinc.org (updated 08/06/11)
fmziqananb@mfrillav.org (updated 08/06/11)
These ones are being used to sell fake designer watches: (updated 08/06/11)
ntpehobo@kjur.net
empzzjro@wxfp.net
qsofpzla@bwlr.net (updated 08/06/11)
fzqipcgx@xscs.net (updated 08/06/11)
I originally posted this piece of spam I received over at one of my other blogs. I thought I’d reproduce it over here for you.
They don’t even address me by name also I wouldn’t dream of getting a loan by just texting my details on a mobile phone. You just don’t know where your number is going to end up.
All links have been removed so you don’t accidentally click on anything you should do. Of course if spammers are reading this, my email address has been removed.
from Txt Loan mail@creditcrunchfix.co.uk
reply-to CCF <ccf@creditbenefitservices.co.uk>
to xxxxxxxxx
date 3 June 2011 13:00
subject Richard – Continue your application for instant approval
mailed-by creditcrunchfix.co.uk
Signed by creditcrunchfix.co.uk
hide details 13:00 (29 minutes ago)
Hello #FIRSTNAME#,
If you’ve recently been denied a personal loan or finance we may be able to help with your financial trouble.
This information is based on the application of xxxxxxxxxxxx
Txt Loan offers a new way to bank, simple register with them online then the next time you need emergency funds simply text your loan PIN to 60999 and you will receive up to £300 instantly.
Txt Loan can help you:
Sign up without the hassle
Receive money instantly into your bank
Pay for emergencies and bills as soon as they happen
Gain control of your payments
Continue Application
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Jun 072011
Welcome to “Spammers Be Gone”.
This blog will be an opportunity for you to share your tips and tricks for combatting spammers. Discuss the underhand tactics they use to fill your inbox. This blog will also give you the opportunity to name and shame spammers, share IP addresses and email address of known spammers.
There are plenty of legitimate ways to promote business, spamming isn’t one of them, together we can put a dent in their operations and get companies to clean up their act.