Spam is strange
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Today a spam message escaped GMails spam filter, a thing which almost never happens for me. Most spam messages I can understand. Either they're trying to scam you (like the Nigerian stuff), or trying to sell you something (like sex aids or medicine). But some messages seem more complex. Take for example the message I'm talking about. It reads: ------------- The buys today a,re a buzz and last trad-e was up almost 300% for the day. Sym traded: m_pix Firm Name: MindPix corporati on Latest Pricing: .098 UP 292% We told you it would rebuond, we predic,t another double Post a purchase of mpix, first AM Thursday . ----------------- First off it is amazing that the people behind this spam didn't even spend the time to word a proper email. Even the stock symbol is wrong. After some research I found this on spamnation.info: "Mindpix Corporation has issued a press release concerning unauthorized promotion of the company's stock by means of unsolicited email." And Yahoo! Finance has a page about it (Mindpix Issues Spam Alert and Corporate Statement Against Such Practices[^]. So basically it is someone trying to manipulate stocks by spam. But who in their right mind would take stock advice by such an email?!?! Wow. Just wow. What a world of spam we live in.
"When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
-Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand -
Today a spam message escaped GMails spam filter, a thing which almost never happens for me. Most spam messages I can understand. Either they're trying to scam you (like the Nigerian stuff), or trying to sell you something (like sex aids or medicine). But some messages seem more complex. Take for example the message I'm talking about. It reads: ------------- The buys today a,re a buzz and last trad-e was up almost 300% for the day. Sym traded: m_pix Firm Name: MindPix corporati on Latest Pricing: .098 UP 292% We told you it would rebuond, we predic,t another double Post a purchase of mpix, first AM Thursday . ----------------- First off it is amazing that the people behind this spam didn't even spend the time to word a proper email. Even the stock symbol is wrong. After some research I found this on spamnation.info: "Mindpix Corporation has issued a press release concerning unauthorized promotion of the company's stock by means of unsolicited email." And Yahoo! Finance has a page about it (Mindpix Issues Spam Alert and Corporate Statement Against Such Practices[^]. So basically it is someone trying to manipulate stocks by spam. But who in their right mind would take stock advice by such an email?!?! Wow. Just wow. What a world of spam we live in.
"When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
-Atlas Shrugged, Ayn RandStock "promotion" manipulation by email (and earlier and still by FAX and regular mail) has been going on for many, many years. Most of the "reporting agencies" inevidently have lots of shares of the really cheap stock and release fake press to get a jump in price so they can sell and make quick $$$). Most of the stocks are so called penny stocks. :sigh:
Steve
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Today a spam message escaped GMails spam filter, a thing which almost never happens for me. Most spam messages I can understand. Either they're trying to scam you (like the Nigerian stuff), or trying to sell you something (like sex aids or medicine). But some messages seem more complex. Take for example the message I'm talking about. It reads: ------------- The buys today a,re a buzz and last trad-e was up almost 300% for the day. Sym traded: m_pix Firm Name: MindPix corporati on Latest Pricing: .098 UP 292% We told you it would rebuond, we predic,t another double Post a purchase of mpix, first AM Thursday . ----------------- First off it is amazing that the people behind this spam didn't even spend the time to word a proper email. Even the stock symbol is wrong. After some research I found this on spamnation.info: "Mindpix Corporation has issued a press release concerning unauthorized promotion of the company's stock by means of unsolicited email." And Yahoo! Finance has a page about it (Mindpix Issues Spam Alert and Corporate Statement Against Such Practices[^]. So basically it is someone trying to manipulate stocks by spam. But who in their right mind would take stock advice by such an email?!?! Wow. Just wow. What a world of spam we live in.
"When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
-Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Randpump and dump is the most profitable spam scam on the market. Most of the suckers are people who buy the stock hoping to ride the wave from other suckers being conned into thinking it;s a good long term buy.
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
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Stock "promotion" manipulation by email (and earlier and still by FAX and regular mail) has been going on for many, many years. Most of the "reporting agencies" inevidently have lots of shares of the really cheap stock and release fake press to get a jump in price so they can sell and make quick $$$). Most of the stocks are so called penny stocks. :sigh:
Steve
Interesting. You learn something new everyday.
"When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
-Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand -
Today a spam message escaped GMails spam filter, a thing which almost never happens for me. Most spam messages I can understand. Either they're trying to scam you (like the Nigerian stuff), or trying to sell you something (like sex aids or medicine). But some messages seem more complex. Take for example the message I'm talking about. It reads: ------------- The buys today a,re a buzz and last trad-e was up almost 300% for the day. Sym traded: m_pix Firm Name: MindPix corporati on Latest Pricing: .098 UP 292% We told you it would rebuond, we predic,t another double Post a purchase of mpix, first AM Thursday . ----------------- First off it is amazing that the people behind this spam didn't even spend the time to word a proper email. Even the stock symbol is wrong. After some research I found this on spamnation.info: "Mindpix Corporation has issued a press release concerning unauthorized promotion of the company's stock by means of unsolicited email." And Yahoo! Finance has a page about it (Mindpix Issues Spam Alert and Corporate Statement Against Such Practices[^]. So basically it is someone trying to manipulate stocks by spam. But who in their right mind would take stock advice by such an email?!?! Wow. Just wow. What a world of spam we live in.
"When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
-Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand -
The mis-spellings are a deliberate attempt to try and fool spam filters. A human can decipher the meaning of the message, just about.
Yes of course - that´s logical. Should have figured that out. So what they hope is that someone reading the mail will think "hey this is spam but maybe I can get on the ride as well"? One would have thought that about now everybody have learned that it's best to just stay away from all that spam crap. Oh well.
"When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
-Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand -
Today a spam message escaped GMails spam filter, a thing which almost never happens for me. Most spam messages I can understand. Either they're trying to scam you (like the Nigerian stuff), or trying to sell you something (like sex aids or medicine). But some messages seem more complex. Take for example the message I'm talking about. It reads: ------------- The buys today a,re a buzz and last trad-e was up almost 300% for the day. Sym traded: m_pix Firm Name: MindPix corporati on Latest Pricing: .098 UP 292% We told you it would rebuond, we predic,t another double Post a purchase of mpix, first AM Thursday . ----------------- First off it is amazing that the people behind this spam didn't even spend the time to word a proper email. Even the stock symbol is wrong. After some research I found this on spamnation.info: "Mindpix Corporation has issued a press release concerning unauthorized promotion of the company's stock by means of unsolicited email." And Yahoo! Finance has a page about it (Mindpix Issues Spam Alert and Corporate Statement Against Such Practices[^]. So basically it is someone trying to manipulate stocks by spam. But who in their right mind would take stock advice by such an email?!?! Wow. Just wow. What a world of spam we live in.
"When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
-Atlas Shrugged, Ayn RandWell, they got you curious enough to check out who they are. The difference being that you're not about to go buy it. There's millions of suckers that buy these stocks, mostly because they view it as a lottery ticket. What they don't realize is the game's rigged. Here's the company listing on pinksheets (where these penny scams trade): http://www.pinksheets.com/pink/quote/quote.jsp?symbol=mpix[^] The "company" has never disclosed any financial reports or anything so they've been basically labeled a scam. So of course they paid someone shares for the illegal spam tout! It's actually part of the routine that some companies play and then cry victim ;)
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Yes of course - that´s logical. Should have figured that out. So what they hope is that someone reading the mail will think "hey this is spam but maybe I can get on the ride as well"? One would have thought that about now everybody have learned that it's best to just stay away from all that spam crap. Oh well.
"When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
-Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Randnot everyone thinks it is spam...some believe it is an investment opportunity...these are the same people that accept the Nigerian banker's offer to help him transfer money out of the country for a percentage. :doh: There's a sucker born every minute...P. T. Barnum rival David Hannum
Steve
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Today a spam message escaped GMails spam filter, a thing which almost never happens for me. Most spam messages I can understand. Either they're trying to scam you (like the Nigerian stuff), or trying to sell you something (like sex aids or medicine). But some messages seem more complex. Take for example the message I'm talking about. It reads: ------------- The buys today a,re a buzz and last trad-e was up almost 300% for the day. Sym traded: m_pix Firm Name: MindPix corporati on Latest Pricing: .098 UP 292% We told you it would rebuond, we predic,t another double Post a purchase of mpix, first AM Thursday . ----------------- First off it is amazing that the people behind this spam didn't even spend the time to word a proper email. Even the stock symbol is wrong. After some research I found this on spamnation.info: "Mindpix Corporation has issued a press release concerning unauthorized promotion of the company's stock by means of unsolicited email." And Yahoo! Finance has a page about it (Mindpix Issues Spam Alert and Corporate Statement Against Such Practices[^]. So basically it is someone trying to manipulate stocks by spam. But who in their right mind would take stock advice by such an email?!?! Wow. Just wow. What a world of spam we live in.
"When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
-Atlas Shrugged, Ayn RandRohde wrote:
But who in their right mind would take stock advice by such an email?!?
Who in their right mind would really think they won a lottery in another country that they had never heard about let alone entered
"There are three sides to every story. Yours, mine and the truth" ~ unknown "All things good to know are difficult to learn" ~ Greek Proverb "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary" ~ Vidal Sassoon
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Well, they got you curious enough to check out who they are. The difference being that you're not about to go buy it. There's millions of suckers that buy these stocks, mostly because they view it as a lottery ticket. What they don't realize is the game's rigged. Here's the company listing on pinksheets (where these penny scams trade): http://www.pinksheets.com/pink/quote/quote.jsp?symbol=mpix[^] The "company" has never disclosed any financial reports or anything so they've been basically labeled a scam. So of course they paid someone shares for the illegal spam tout! It's actually part of the routine that some companies play and then cry victim ;)
Interesting. Is almost a sub-industry in itself. Everything for money I guess.
"When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
-Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand