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I work for MessageLabs [messagelabs.com] in Toronto, ON, Canada. I write spam filters, MTA software, high performance network software, string matching algorithms, and other cool stuff mostly in Perl and C.
Spam Predictions
On Friday I sent an email to our PR agency regarding some predictions for 2005. In it I said the following:
The 419 scammers will become more targeted, collecting more details
about the recipients they send to and customising mails appropriately.
They have the manpower to do this due to their use of cheap labour, and
the customised messages will make people more likely to respond to
them. This is a case where google may work against you - if your email
address can be found in google it is likely that a spammer can find out
more details about you.
And today I got the following 419 in my inbox:
From: support@promoagency7564.org
Subject: Urgent letter to Sergeant Matt
Date: 20 December 2004 02:01:08 GMT
To: msergeant@startechgroup.co.uk
Reply-To: customerservices@joburgpromotions.comGood day . Sergeant Matt
Address : 9 Yarrow CloseGloucester Gloucestershire GL4 6SR - UK
E-mail address: msergeant@startechgroup.co.ukFrom the desk of Jessica Khumalo
Joburg Bright water Foundation.
www.joburgpromotions.com
customerservices@joburgpromotions.comRe: Contact Mr. John West Immediately
My name is Jessicca Khumalo , from Bright water
foundation Johannesburg.....
The interesting thing is that there are no web pages out there linking that email address to my home address (well, I guess there's one now!). So they must be googling for the full name. That sure is a lot of effort to go to!
--Larry Wall in stab.c from the perl source code
Spam predictions overrun by events (Score:2)
Re:Spam predictions overrun by events (Score:2)
Fortunately markov chains are so far used in subjects I already know to avoid, and if they start using markov chains in the subjects I can spot and delete them as easily.
yes, this is all by hand - about 400 mails a day (after trivial filters, list filters, etc)
@JAPH = qw(Hacker Perl Another Just);
print reverse @JAPH;
Its from your DNS contact details (Score:2)
The only place it could have got my address from was DNS records. I assume you have your address in some DNS records somewhere too.
I guess they just munge each domain, looking for email and post addresses.. ick.
@JAPH = qw(Hacker Perl Another Just);
print reverse @JAPH;
Re:Its from your DNS contact details (Score:2)
Note that all the details can be found separately, but they *do* require google searching to put them together.
The Same Mail... on 12/30/2004 (Score:1)
What I Have to do?? does any body call to their telephone numbers ?
P.D. All my name and all my entire address was in the email and and I'm in the whois of networksolutions.com too.
(Happy New Year).
AMILKAR CALLES
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Letter to Amilcar Calles Arriaga
Address: *****
From the desk of Jessica Khumalo
Joburg Bright water Foundation.
No 547 Krius drive,North Gate Johannesburg
Re: Contact Mr. Charles Morgan