{"id":573,"date":"2005-07-15T19:51:37","date_gmt":"2005-07-15T23:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=573"},"modified":"2009-04-12T20:42:43","modified_gmt":"2009-04-13T00:42:43","slug":"spam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2005\/07\/15\/spam\/","title":{"rendered":"Spam"},"content":{"rendered":"

You gotta give ’em credit for trying. Here’s a sample of some memorable spam emails I’ve noticed in the past few days. If only they knew that I<\/strong> am the administrator for starkeith.net..<\/p>\n

From: administrator@starkeith.net
\nTo: josh@starkeith.net
\nSubject: Your password has been updated
\nDate: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 12:12:36 -0400<\/p>\n

Dear user josh,<\/p>\n

You have successfully updated the password of your Starkeith account.<\/p>\n

If you did not authorize this change or if you need assistance with your account, please contact Starkeith customer service at: administrator@starkeith.net<\/p>\n

Thank you for using Starkeith!
\nThe Starkeith Support Team . <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If only my system actually sent emails like this when you change your password. But then again, what would be the use?<\/p>\n

From: register@starkeith.net
\nTo: paul@starkeith.net
\nSubject: Members Support
\nDate: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 12:04:18 -0400<\/p>\n

Dear user paul,<\/p>\n

It has come to our attention that your Starkeith User Profile ( x ) records are out of date. For further details see the attached document.<\/p>\n

Thank you for using Starkeith!
\nThe Starkeith Support Team\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

User Profile ( x ) records? <\/p>\n

From: info@starkeith.net
\nTo: linda@starkeith.net
\nSubject: Important Notification
\nDate: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 11:54:53 -0400<\/p>\n

Dear Starkeith Member,<\/p>\n

Your e-mail account was used to send a huge amount of unsolicited spam messages during the recent week. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and confirm the attached document so you will not run into any future problems with the online service.<\/p>\n

If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to cancel your membership.<\/p>\n

Virtually yours,
\nThe Starkeith Support Team <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I like the “Virtually yours” closing. Too bad that this message really aught to go back to the person who sent it. All three of these messages (received over the past 3 days) have the following source:<\/p>\n

Received: from starkeith.net (pool-141-154-72-28.bos.east.verizon.net [141.154.72.28])<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So some poor sap on Verizon’s network is sending out spam. Tsk tsk tsk. And to make matters worse, all of these messages had viruses in their attachments (which were removed by my excellent virus scanner<\/a>). <\/p>\n

Ah well, they were at least good for a laugh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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