The stupidest spam I ever received
 

Very funny spam. I realize that it is fully off topic. This is a letter
from the "Head of US Homeland Security". ;-)

http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/spam016.txt

The stupidest spam I ever received
 

On 2015-09-18, Ignoramus22966 wrote:
Very funny spam. I realize that it is fully off topic. This is a letter
from the "Head of US Homeland Security". ;-)

http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/spam016.txt

I've seen lots of similar ones. In particular, the fact that
they did not even attempt to disguise the "From" address
, and of course the hotmail address for
"www.home_landsecurrity".

Lots of evidence that is is English as a second (or third)
langauge. (Including "WAIVED AWAY". :-)

And the all upper case -- which no real correspondence would
use.

Even without the headers to examine for the IP address from
which it *really* came, it is very obviously a scam.

And -- for what it may matter, if *I* were to receive this one,
I could not reply anyway, because hotmail will not accept e-mails from
my system at all. :-)

Enjoy,
DoN.

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The stupidest spam I ever received
 

On 2015-09-18, DoN. Nichols wrote:
And -- for what it may matter, if *I* were to receive this one,
I could not reply anyway, because hotmail will not accept e-mails from
my system at all. :-)

OK, why is it that you cannot relay emails to hotmail?

i

The stupidest spam I ever received
 

On Thu, 17 Sep 2015 21:24:13 -0500, Ignoramus22966
wrote:

Very funny spam. I realize that it is fully off topic. This is a letter
from the "Head of US Homeland Security". ;-)

http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/spam016.txt

What a lovely example of a 419 email, sir. g

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--Duke Ellington

The stupidest spam I ever received
 

I read somewhere that they are deliberately written that way so that only the
most stupid and gullible will reply.



On 9/17/2015 10:38 PM, DoN. Nichols wrote:
On 2015-09-18, Ignoramus22966 wrote:
Very funny spam. I realize that it is fully off topic. This is a letter
from the "Head of US Homeland Security". ;-)

http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/spam016.txt

I've seen lots of similar ones. In particular, the fact that
they did not even attempt to disguise the "From" address
, and of course the hotmail address for
"www.home_landsecurrity".

Lots of evidence that is is English as a second (or third)
langauge. (Including "WAIVED AWAY". :-)

And the all upper case -- which no real correspondence would
use.

Even without the headers to examine for the IP address from
which it *really* came, it is very obviously a scam.

And -- for what it may matter, if *I* were to receive this one,
I could not reply anyway, because hotmail will not accept e-mails from
my system at all. :-)

Enjoy,
DoN.

The stupidest spam I ever received
 

On 2015-09-18, gray_wolf wrote:

I read somewhere that they are deliberately written that way so that only the
most stupid and gullible will reply.

What is really difficult is finding someone who is so stupid and
gullible, and YET still has money.

i



On 9/17/2015 10:38 PM, DoN. Nichols wrote:
On 2015-09-18, Ignoramus22966 wrote:
Very funny spam. I realize that it is fully off topic. This is a letter
from the "Head of US Homeland Security". ;-)

http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/spam016.txt

I've seen lots of similar ones. In particular, the fact that
they did not even attempt to disguise the "From" address
, and of course the hotmail address for
"www.home_landsecurrity".

Lots of evidence that is is English as a second (or third)
langauge. (Including "WAIVED AWAY". :-)

And the all upper case -- which no real correspondence would
use.

Even without the headers to examine for the IP address from
which it *really* came, it is very obviously a scam.

And -- for what it may matter, if *I* were to receive this one,
I could not reply anyway, because hotmail will not accept e-mails from
my system at all. :-)

Enjoy,
DoN.

The stupidest spam I ever received
 

On 2015-09-18, Ignoramus22966 wrote:
On 2015-09-18, DoN. Nichols wrote:
And -- for what it may matter, if *I* were to receive this one,
I could not reply anyway, because hotmail will not accept e-mails from
my system at all. :-)

OK, why is it that you cannot relay emails to hotmail?

Because hotmail refuses to allow my MTA to connect to deliver
e-mail. (Including attempts to send to "postmaster". :-)

Enjoy,
DoN.

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The stupidest spam I ever received
 

On 2015-09-18, gray_wolf wrote:

I read somewhere that they are deliberately written that way so that only the
most stupid and gullible will reply.

Kind of like the calls I get typically once every week or two,
telling me that my Windows computer is sending error messages to
Microsoft about malware infections.

I usually keep them on the phone for a quarter hour or so,
playing stupid.

"Is your computer on?"

"Yes."

"Look on your keyboard. See the "Windows" key near the bottom
left."

"I don't see one."

"Look for the CTRL key." It should be right next to that."

"The only key next to my CTRL key is the letter 'A'."

It has taken as long as a half hour for them to get around to
asking either whether my computer is a Windows one, or how old the
computer is. Both mean that whatever they were going to talk me into
doing would not work, anyway, and at that point they hang up. :-)

Even when I start out by saying that there is no way a Windows
virus could infect my computer, they don't get the clue that it is not a
Windows box. :-)

(And no -- it is not a Mac, either. FWIW. :-)

Sometimes I try to get them to tell me the IP address of the
machine which is supposedly infected and spewing out error messages and
malware. ("After all, I'm running thirteen computers, and I need to
figure out which it is.") (True that I typically have at least that many
systems running at once. *None* are running Windows. :-) They *never*
give me the IP address.

Oh yes -- There is also a constant background of others talking
on the phone to other potential victims. And the accent suggests that
the calls are originating in India.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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Email: | (KV4PH) Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564
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The stupidest spam I ever received
 

On 2015-09-19, DoN. Nichols wrote:
On 2015-09-18, Ignoramus22966 wrote:
On 2015-09-18, DoN. Nichols wrote:
And -- for what it may matter, if *I* were to receive this one,
I could not reply anyway, because hotmail will not accept e-mails from
my system at all. :-)

OK, why is it that you cannot relay emails to hotmail?

Because hotmail refuses to allow my MTA to connect to deliver
e-mail. (Including attempts to send to "postmaster". :-)


Are you on a dynamic IP range at your isp?

The stupidest spam I ever received
 

Ignoramus22966 writes:

Very funny spam. I realize that it is fully off topic. This is a letter
from the "Head of US Homeland Security". ;-)

http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/spam016.txt


Lessee..." UNITED STATES DOLLAR BILLS WORTH US$11.5 MILLION DOLLARS"
in your "BOX" which he proposes to bring you as carry-on luggage.

A mil in hundreds fills a medium-sized suitcase. $11M in hundreds
would be 11 similar suitcases. $11M in dollar bills would be 1,100
suitcass -- call it an even 1,000 if they're packed with an industrial
baling press. Cool. I want to watch him carry that off the plane.

--
Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada

The stupidest spam I ever received
 

On 2015-09-19, Ignoramus4424 wrote:
On 2015-09-19, DoN. Nichols wrote:
On 2015-09-18, Ignoramus22966 wrote:
On 2015-09-18, DoN. Nichols wrote:
And -- for what it may matter, if *I* were to receive this one,
I could not reply anyway, because hotmail will not accept e-mails from
my system at all. :-)

OK, why is it that you cannot relay emails to hotmail?

Because hotmail refuses to allow my MTA to connect to deliver
e-mail. (Including attempts to send to "postmaster". :-)


Are you on a dynamic IP range at your isp?

I have a class-C of static IPs.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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Email: | (KV4PH) Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564
(too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html
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The stupidest spam I ever received
 

On 19 Sep 2015 01:17:40 GMT, "DoN. Nichols"
wrote:

On 2015-09-18, gray_wolf wrote:

I read somewhere that they are deliberately written that way so that only the
most stupid and gullible will reply.

Kind of like the calls I get typically once every week or two,
telling me that my Windows computer is sending error messages to
Microsoft about malware infections.

I usually keep them on the phone for a quarter hour or so,
playing stupid.

"Is your computer on?"

"Yes."

"Look on your keyboard. See the "Windows" key near the bottom
left."

"I don't see one."

"Look for the CTRL key." It should be right next to that."

"The only key next to my CTRL key is the letter 'A'."

It has taken as long as a half hour for them to get around to
asking either whether my computer is a Windows one, or how old the
computer is. Both mean that whatever they were going to talk me into
doing would not work, anyway, and at that point they hang up. :-)

Even when I start out by saying that there is no way a Windows
virus could infect my computer, they don't get the clue that it is not a
Windows box. :-)

(And no -- it is not a Mac, either. FWIW. :-)

Sometimes I try to get them to tell me the IP address of the
machine which is supposedly infected and spewing out error messages and
malware. ("After all, I'm running thirteen computers, and I need to
figure out which it is.") (True that I typically have at least that many
systems running at once. *None* are running Windows. :-) They *never*
give me the IP address.

Oh yes -- There is also a constant background of others talking
on the phone to other potential victims. And the accent suggests that
the calls are originating in India.

Enjoy,
DoN.
My approach is that my computer is the one in my car and my mechanic
looks after that.
---

Gerry :-)}
London,Canada