Archive for April, 2008

30
Apr

LA Bookstores Getting Punked

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While the Nigerian email scam can potentially be quite lucrative, it sucks having to wait some damn long. A good grift is a quick and dirty one, as pranksters in LA have started to learn. The LA Times is reporting on a recent spike in

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30
Apr

Big Brother jumps the shark [Big Brother]

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On the scale of boneheaded decisions this hovers somewhere between “Reuniting with Oafish Ex” and “Falling for Nigerian Email Scam”, but at least now we know why Corey’s kept his mug hidden behind sunglasses and hats.

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30
Apr

NOW CONTACT THE HOMELAND SECURITY NET-WORK email scam

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Following is text of - NOW CONTACT THE HOMELAND SECURITY NET-WORK email scam. This appears to be sent from - amhedmusa11@yahoo.fr. April 30,2008. If you recieve message like this one, add the sent from address to your denied senders

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30
Apr

THANKS email scam

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Following is text of - THANKS email scam. This appears to be sent from - kelvin kwame [k.kwame35@yahoo.co.uk]. April 30,2008. If you recieve message like this one, add the sent from address to your denied senders list,

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29
Apr

RE: AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION email scam

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The following post is text of - RE: AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION email scam . This appears to be sent from - THE NATIONAL LOTTERY [moodyglory@yahoo.com] . April 28, 2008. If you recieve message like this one, add the sent from address to

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29
Apr

Humorous Email scam /frauds

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Now to all you other folks, in the US we use the “,” for thousands deleniation right? Like $1000.23. I found it particularly humorous that the scammer was too dumb to put it in the proper format. Add any other recent funny/inept scams

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29
Apr

Beware Email Scam Paypal

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Hi cant believe what ive just done looking through emails there was 1 from paypal or so i thought saying my payment for leatherbound books $199 is been processed click on this link if you want to cancel stupidly i did and put paypal

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29
Apr

The Bizarre Bookstore Hoax Story Breaks

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This isn’t exactly the Spanish Prisoner (or even the Spanish Prisoner’s weak sister, the Nigerian email scam). The key mistake is trying this on indie bookstores. Clearly, we’re too savvy for that. Take that weak sh*t to Barnes & Noble.

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29
Apr

Look and Feel of HTML Emails: B-to-B (BusinessWeek) vs. B-to-C

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You can have the greatest product/service in the world but if your html email presentation makes it look poorly it can generate no reaction or can be viewed as a fake email (scam). Let me ask you this, pretend the two emails above were

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29
Apr

Email Scam

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Would you believe such things from emails? Dear Beneficiary : The Nestlé Foundation, would like to notify you that you have been chosen by the board of trustees as one of the final recipients of a

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