New Spam Trick
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I think I heard about this a while ago, but my Inbox is just beginning to be affected by it. I am recieving mail that has apparently been sent by myself to spam companies but not accepted. The Spammers rename the email FROM field to "MAIL DELIVERY SUBSYSTEM" which makes it even more entertaining. Since they then send you a subsequent couple of emails claiming that your email couldn't be delivered. Naturally the email contains the attachments you "were" sending "Make your Boobs bigger" "Wall Street Secrets". What these spammers are relying on is the social interaction of the Dupes, similar to how the "I Love You" virus worked. Anyone else been recieving this crud ? Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining. Said by Roger Wright about me.
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I think I heard about this a while ago, but my Inbox is just beginning to be affected by it. I am recieving mail that has apparently been sent by myself to spam companies but not accepted. The Spammers rename the email FROM field to "MAIL DELIVERY SUBSYSTEM" which makes it even more entertaining. Since they then send you a subsequent couple of emails claiming that your email couldn't be delivered. Naturally the email contains the attachments you "were" sending "Make your Boobs bigger" "Wall Street Secrets". What these spammers are relying on is the social interaction of the Dupes, similar to how the "I Love You" virus worked. Anyone else been recieving this crud ? Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining. Said by Roger Wright about me.
Colin Davies wrote: Anyone else been recieving this crud ? Yes. :mad: Welcome to the club. :)
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I think I heard about this a while ago, but my Inbox is just beginning to be affected by it. I am recieving mail that has apparently been sent by myself to spam companies but not accepted. The Spammers rename the email FROM field to "MAIL DELIVERY SUBSYSTEM" which makes it even more entertaining. Since they then send you a subsequent couple of emails claiming that your email couldn't be delivered. Naturally the email contains the attachments you "were" sending "Make your Boobs bigger" "Wall Street Secrets". What these spammers are relying on is the social interaction of the Dupes, similar to how the "I Love You" virus worked. Anyone else been recieving this crud ? Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining. Said by Roger Wright about me.
Yeah, I've got some like that too, not too many though. I am currently getting a lot of WORM_Sobig.A[^] from big@boss.com:mad:
CPUA 0x5041 Sonork 100.11743 Chicken Little "So it can now be written in stone as a testament to humanities achievments "PJ did Pi at CP"." Colin Davies Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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Yeah, I've got some like that too, not too many though. I am currently getting a lot of WORM_Sobig.A[^] from big@boss.com:mad:
CPUA 0x5041 Sonork 100.11743 Chicken Little "So it can now be written in stone as a testament to humanities achievments "PJ did Pi at CP"." Colin Davies Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
PJ Arends wrote: big@boss.com Hey, I'm on that idiots list as well. My Spam filter "spam weasel" collects a lot of stuff, but quite a few proper emails I miss now. Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining. Said by Roger Wright about me.
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I think I heard about this a while ago, but my Inbox is just beginning to be affected by it. I am recieving mail that has apparently been sent by myself to spam companies but not accepted. The Spammers rename the email FROM field to "MAIL DELIVERY SUBSYSTEM" which makes it even more entertaining. Since they then send you a subsequent couple of emails claiming that your email couldn't be delivered. Naturally the email contains the attachments you "were" sending "Make your Boobs bigger" "Wall Street Secrets". What these spammers are relying on is the social interaction of the Dupes, similar to how the "I Love You" virus worked. Anyone else been recieving this crud ? Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining. Said by Roger Wright about me.
Thats not a new trick, thats someone trying to spam on your behalf. I have actually got emails to myself using my own account! Unfortunately, if your email is anywhere on a site indexed by search engines, you are a huge target for spam :(
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Thats not a new trick, thats someone trying to spam on your behalf. I have actually got emails to myself using my own account! Unfortunately, if your email is anywhere on a site indexed by search engines, you are a huge target for spam :(
Another recent development is spam that contains
graphics that includes your e-mail address as a parameter in the image source string. That lets them automatically validate you e-mail when you click on the message in your inbox. They no longer have to rely on their supplied "remove" link to do it. Maybe we can avoid this by selecting "read all messages in plain text" (in Outlook Express). Steve
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Another recent development is spam that contains
:)hi all, i was also recieving the same thing. It is a virus probably W32-KLEZ's some type. i guess H. What it does is it just picks any address from your address book and sends random emails with any of such subjects like Hi this is a new game. or japanes lasse etc. If these mails are returning from any ids you know then clean out your system by downloading a patch from www.symantec.com or just search for this virus. there is another possibility that there is no reciever i mean there is no one in the address from where mails are returning to. this is also some kind of virus of W32-KLEZ type. But in that case if your email is with a person whose system is afftected by this virus it will send you emails with same subject as mail delivery system sort of. It's solution i duuno. as i guess is when the person whose system is affected will know then only solution can be found. cheers.. Himanshu
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PJ Arends wrote: big@boss.com Hey, I'm on that idiots list as well. My Spam filter "spam weasel" collects a lot of stuff, but quite a few proper emails I miss now. Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining. Said by Roger Wright about me.
Colin Davies wrote: My Spam filter "spam weasel" collects a lot of stuff, but quite a few proper emails I miss now. You're not using the right solution... ;P --------------- Tired of Spam? Introducing InboxShield® for Microsoft® Outlook® http://www.edovia.com