Monday, August 20, 2007

Nice Try, Spammers, But No!

Return-path: iser@autograf.pl
Subject: Welcome New Member
From: "Web Cooking" iser@autograf.pl

-I did create a membership account on a web site today, but this isn't it.

Welcome Member,

-If I was a member and you were a real site you would've welcomed me by the
username I signed up with. But I'm not, and you're not. So I don't buy it.

Thank You for Joining Web Cooking.

-Don't thank me for something I didn't do.

Confirmation Number: 4697935727481
Your Temp. Login ID: user5394
Your Password ID: zq422

For security purposes please login and change the temporary Login ID and
Password.

-Hahahahahahahahaha, "security reasons" coming from you that's a hot one! Oh
yeah, like I'd go to a site you specify, enter in those tracking,
hacking/cracking codes you put in the above, so that if I did change the
temporary password, your bots, malware, whatever could monitor everything I
do on my computer - NOT!

This link will allow you to securely change your login info:

http://71.204.185.185/

-And allow you to securely manage to steal my info, identity, and kill my
computer. Nope, not clicking your stupid link.

Welcome,
Technical Services
Web Cooking

-Bullshit.

Blacklisted.

-The next one is exactly the same, only they call themselves "Fun World" in
this email.

Return-path: brent@co.dakota.mn.us
Subject: Login Verification
From: "Fun World" brent@co.dakota.mn.us

Dear Member,

Thank You for Joining Fun World.

Membership Number: 4181471936
Login ID: user1358
Temp Password ID: dt797

Your temporary Login Info will expire in 24 hours. Please login and change
it.

Follow this link, or paste it in your browser: http://85.211.139.87/

Welcome,
Technical Services
Fun World

-Hogwash. You can call yourself whatever you want, beg, plead, shout, wax
nice all you want, but you spammers will never get me to click on your dumb
links. So, you might as well give up. I don't like you.

Blacklisted.

-For anyone else who receives email thanking you for joining some service
you never heard of, giving you bogus confirmation numbers, passwords, and
telling you to click a numbered link, don't do it unless you want to ruin
your computer or possibly your life. It could be anything from malware and
spybots harvesting your ip address and other information to sell to other
spammers, to malicious beasts such as hackers, identity thieves and other
frauds on the other end of that numbered link.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Seen it, no way am I gonna click. But am curious, has anyone dared to click?

If such a "brave" soul exists, what did (s)he find?

Did their e-mail client buzz with activity, or their bank account suddenly get emptied?

Did some graduates paper on dumb internet users get another dot on the graph?

Was it just another stupid add about trying to get them to enlarge something?

Would be grateful for any insight :D