Comments on: Spam Wiki http://mjtsai.com/blog/2002/12/07/spam_wiki/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:48:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Seramar http://mjtsai.com/blog/2002/12/07/spam_wiki/#comment-794 Seramar Wed, 22 Sep 2004 17:10:13 +0000 /?p=105#comment-794 Sorry, last message didn't post my image. Moderator, fix it maybe? img located at http://seramar.thedoublezero.org/files/nastyspam.jpg Sorry, last message didn't post my image. Moderator, fix it maybe? img located at
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]]> By: Seramar http://mjtsai.com/blog/2002/12/07/spam_wiki/#comment-793 Seramar Wed, 22 Sep 2004 17:09:19 +0000 /?p=105#comment-793 I was browsing my junk mail folder when I noticed an email from aw-confirm@ebay.com This is what i found. <img src="http://seramar.thedoublezero.org/files/nastyspam.jpg"> I use detailed headers, so aside from the fact that ebay was asking me for a password, let alone a user AND pass, I was 100% sure that this was some sort of nasty spam. Chances of a regular/average user catching this as a fake, if their spam filter didn't catch it? Probably 0%. So make sure you remind everyone you know to never give their username and password unless they are supposed to. When they are supposed to may need a bit of explanation :( Either way, do what you can to keep people from being victimized. This was a very very tricky spam, especially seeing as I coincidentally recieved it the same day that I changed my ebay password. P.S. Yeah. I use yahoo! email. Their spam filters are great. I was browsing my junk mail folder when I noticed an email from aw-confirm@ebay.com This is what i found.

I use detailed headers, so aside from the fact that ebay was asking me for a password, let alone a user AND pass, I was 100% sure that this was some sort of nasty spam. Chances of a regular/average user catching this as a fake, if their spam filter didn't catch it? Probably 0%. So make sure you remind everyone you know to never give their username and password unless they are supposed to. When they are supposed to may need a bit of explanation :(

Either way, do what you can to keep people from being victimized. This was a very very tricky spam, especially seeing as I coincidentally recieved it the same day that I changed my ebay password.

P.S. Yeah. I use yahoo! email. Their spam filters are great.

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