Posts tagged “email”

One of the most convincing spams I've seen in agesJul 6, 2005

Got a frighteningly convincing PayPal phishing email today. The tone, look, and serial numbers were spot-on. Only caught it because the recipient address was a spam honeypot, which prompted me to inspect the link more carefully. Stay vigilant.

Meta-spamApr 12, 2005

Received a brilliantly clever piece of spam today: the message is hidden entirely in the whitespace between random characters. The text itself is harmless gibberish. Good luck filtering that one.

Gmail is expanding againDec 23, 2004

I've got 10 Gmail invites to give away. Hit me up if you want one.

Enough already!Sep 14, 2004

3,000 spam emails in a single day to one address. I've had enough.

I think I'm going to respond to them all like thisFeb 16, 2004

I received a Nigerian scam email and replied in kind: I'm also a dictator's son with locked funds, and if Simeon sends me $1000 to unlock my money, I'll send him the $4000 he needs. Everyone wins!

Microsoft TNEF file decoderSep 19, 2002

Found a web tool that unpacks Microsoft TNEF files. The internet is wonderful.