they don't make spam the way they used to

This was in my Hotmail inbox the other day, and it made me kind of irritated. Talk about mailing it in...! Scammers and phishers used to take pride in what they were doing and would put in more than the barest minimum of effort required to get an email out. Not only is this one painfully obvious and transparent, it is equally obvious the sender doesn't care that it is.

I am so disappointed.

 

So sad. I knew Anthony. He would've wanted me to have some of that money. Send me your bank details Mimsy, I'll handle everything from here.

 

Holy crap!! Anthony's dead!! Oh no, I was only talking to him on Skype last month
Sounds like the big deal finally paid off
Now was he still living in Nigeria or had he already moved to Colombia :confused
Hey Mimsy can you put me in touch with Philip so I can get an address to send some flowers roflmao roflmao roflmao

 

The sad thing, Mimsy, is the fact there are people out there who are ignorant enough to fall for that e-mail, as laughable as it is. :-D

 

I stopped using Hotmail last year just because of all the spam that it lets through,after reading your post Mimsy i decided to check it out.
I had 168 in the inbox and 318 in the junk mail box and in reality all the inbox e-mails were junk as well mostly telling me i had been accepted for a loan (which i have never applied for) and a new slant on the payola scam telling me that a lottery winner was going to give me $1.56 million.

I personally find Hotmail one of the most un-secure applications on the planet.

 

O.M.G!....Anthony's DEAD!!! .http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g309/Zobor/jawdrop.gif


roflmao

 

Wait... this sounds like some sort of scam to me, how come you wer'nt given Anthony's last name? Security protection?... or something more sinister? :-D

 

OMG. Anthony is/was my cousin! Why wasn't I notified as being next of kin? :cry:cry:cry

 

Indeed, whatever happened to Old World Hand Crafted Spam? Pride in Workmanship?
The quality today would make a Viking turn over in his grave...

 

lol funny how you guys are making fun of anthony. no idea who will fall for this kind of obvious scams. why are they still doing this.

 

You would be amazed by the number of people who fall for things like this, every single day. They wouldn't keep doing it if it didn't work at least some of the time.

 

I have to disagree. I have 3 hotmail/live accounts and one yahoo account and I never get spam in my hotmail accounts (even the one I set up for spam :-D) but my yahoo has tons of spam (and it's the email, I never give out).

Has anyone see this? If this is right, then seriously shame on Google. Gives me another reason not to use it anymore (not that I really do anyway) but for some reason, I'm highly entertained by this entire website. :-D I can't explain why though.

 

Ahh proof positive-

Friends don't let friends use Hotmail.

 

Friends don't let friends use gmail either, if my link is correct.

 

I just can't believe Anthony is gone. Peace to Anthony and his Spamtastic family. :-D

 

so... RIP Anthony~~ thanks and no thanks for the $$

 

I do not understand it DY, how i can have almost 500 spam e-mails in my hotmail account and you don't get any????
Have you found a setting i have not seen?

 

Your gmail Scroogled link is a paid advertisement for outlook.com by ms lol. I would hardly consider ms a fair unbiased reviewer of google (there competition) email service.

 

Friends don't let friends be fooled by Outlook.com :-D

 

Not that I'm aware of. I've had this account (the spam one) for about 4 years now and I get all my email (accounts) on my phone and I can't remember the last time I got spam mail. Maybe they just like me? :-D

I'm sure there are "unbiased" sites that document the is same behavior from Google. The fact that's a competitor is kind of a moot point if it's true.

Friends don't let friends let Google read your email. Oh wait, you don't seem to mind. Don't say I didn't warn you :-D

 

Dy, just put your email address in a Craigslist ad. That'll get them rolling in.

 

Posting your e-mail address in any public source (Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.) is an open invitation to spammers and scammers.

The most creative (and potentially believable) spam starts flowing in when you post your resume on Monster.com or a similar job board. No matter what they claim, such sites sell open access to resumes (your name, address, phone and e-mail) to anyone who flashes the cash.

Examples of this are "job offers" to be a marketing consultant or broker for an overseas company. Naturally, if you take the bait, they'll send you a "job application" that includes spaces for your Social Security Number and banking references.

The best one I saw I almost fell for. Instead of asking for a response via e-mail, they directed the job seeker to a very professional looking website (nameofcompany.com) full of pictures of impressive office buildings and offices. In addition, it had "testimonials" from current "employees" who were only identified by their first name and last initial ("I made over $200,000 last year!" - John S.). All you had to do was click on a link to submit your application.

What gave the site away was what it didn't list - specifically any mailing address, physical address or phone numbers. When I searched the name of the company, "scam" came up in dozens of posts.

The moral: If you're going to apply for a job, be sure the company is legit first. If it is legit, you're much better off applying at the company's secure server website.