[ale] OT: SPAM is winning

[Scott Castaline]

Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On Saturday 30 June 2007 09:16:12 pm Paul Cartwright wrote:
>> I've been getting a lot of fake bounce mails ( returned emails, supposedly,
>> but NOT), but at the bottom of them, they are a real spam email..
>> I'd forward one, but I cleaned out my trash today.
> 
> as soon as I said that, I got one in my email. It starts off like this:
> ------------------------------------------------
> Your message
> 
>   To:      Tom
>   Subject: how about learning each other
>   Sent:    Sun, 1 Jul 2007 02:30:39 +0100
> 
> did not reach the following recipient(s):
> 
> Tom on Sun, 1 Jul 2007 02:24:06 +0100
>     The recipient name is not recognized
>         The MTS-ID of the original message is: c=gb;a= ;p=natwest
> group;l=EXCORE0080707010124L9FCFAN3
>     MSEXCH:IMS:NatWest Group:CORE:EXCORE008 0 (000C05A6) Unknown Recipient
> felthamdave.robinson at rbsif.co.uk on Sun, 1 Jul 2007 02:24:06 +0100
> -----------------------------------
> then it goes into the encapsulated message ( the REAL message) with a whole 
> paragraph of CR at P like this:
> ----------------------------------------
> I feel like I am a little lost kitten. I don't have a strong man's shoulder
> to lay on. I am writing to you as I <SNIP>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> so, it looks like a real bounce,but they have a message for you...
> even the subject says:
> Undeliverable: how about learning each other
> 
> 
I have kept 2 of these mails even though these were easier to determine 
as spam. Unfortunately the ones I got earlier are gone and 
unretrievable. These had email addressess (the from field) of people 
that I normally receive email from. The subject would indicate something 
that I would be interested in. Such as some tech ref manual in PDF or 
other things that I've received before. I can send you one of the emails 
off list just to show you what I mean. This one the contents was the 
same as one I had received yesterday that had a from email that I was 
familiar with and the subject line indicated that the email was legit.