[ale] Strange spam

Michael D. Hirsch mhirsch at nubridges.com
Thu Jan 8 15:10:55 EST 2004


On Thursday 08 January 2004 02:56 pm, Michael D. Hirsch wrote:
> People have been asking about the strange spam.   I just got one which
> shows:
>
> contest garrett attempt l's bridgehead beltsville flock
> jittery prophetic dressmake mineral compose fledge inoperative erode
> impenetrable
> praiseworthy cheese applejack bausch level anaerobic avert dominican buteo
> rheumatic
>
> But that is only in text mode.  There is an HTML part of it as well which
> I've included below.  Conclusion--it's just another penis enlargement spam
> trying to mask itself from spam killers by including lots of words that are
> usually in spam.  Sneaky.

And I just received 3 more that all follow this pattern.  Different ads 
(viagra, and a lotion, and something else similarly disgusting), but the same 
methods.

I'm filtering with spamassassin and they are getting through.

Michael



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