Some More Recent Subject Lines
Thought I would put up a few sample spam subject lines. I hope this makes it easier for you to spot and delete the spam without opening it. There are some which are pretty obvious, but sometimes they...
View ArticleBuried in Spam
Warning: This is a little bit of a rant, sorry. It is great fun to watch the spam subject lines that people talk about on twitter. Just do a search on Twitter search for “spam subjects” (or click...
View ArticleUsing the President Elect
Well, the spammers are definitely up on their news. They do seem to do a pretty good job of keeping track of what is talked about and trying to use it to their advantage. Of course, if you haven’t...
View ArticleEmail Spam Subject Lines
Been awhile since I did a collection of email spam subject lines. I just put up the ones from very recently, might have fun to do a huge one, but that is too time consuming: How to communicate...
View ArticleGreeting Card Spam
With the large number of people saving trees and sending out electronic holiday cards rather than paper ones there is a lot of greeting cards flying through cyberspace. The spammers know this and are...
View ArticleMost popular celebrity “bait” in spam email
That honor goes to Angelina Jolie who is the most popular celebrity name used by spammers to tempt people into opening unsolicited email, according to new research. The other famous figures in the top...
View ArticleSpammers Don’t Proofread
It is true, those who send out spam do NOT proofread their messages (of course no one really thought they did, right?). I have seen a lot of twitter mentions for email spam which says: “It has been a...
View Article“Are you turning to Google instead of God” Spam
Been seeing a lot of complaints about this one, well not really complaints, more like amusement. Just another example of trying to use buzz words to get you to open a spam email. It is spam, no...
View ArticleSwine Flu Everywhere, Even on Your Spam Email
News about the swine flu is definitely everywhere. Can’t turn on the TV or read your news feed without seeing something about it. Of course, this means all those spammers who use current events (of...
View ArticleAre spammers trying to take advantage of the Olympics in their emails?
The better question is do Spammers try to take advantage of anything that captivates the American attention? The obvious answer: YES!!! Get the idea that these guys are like the evil underworld version...
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