Heh. Just received a trojan "You have received a post card!" email

[thewayne]

Yahoo's spam filter identified it as spam and put it in the spam folder. The bolded part of the message was a link that pointed to the following url:

http://82.205.192.28/~carla/postcard.gif.exe

I guess this n00b hasn't gotten the word that for the most part this type of executable doesn't get through anymore, it's SO 90's. I don't think I know anyone who spells quite that bad, so unlikely that I'd click on it. BTW, the IP address resolves to NEDA Telecommunications in Afghanistan. ;-)

Hello friend !
You have just received a postcard from someone who cares about you!

This is a part of the message:
"Hy there! It has been a long time since I haven't heared about you!
I've just found out about this service from Claire, a friend of mine who also told me that..."
If you'd like to see the rest of the message click here to receive your animated postcard!

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Thank you for using www.yourpostcard.com 's services !!!
Please take this opportunity to let your friends hear about us by sending them a postcard from our collection !

Comments

[thedragonweaver.livejournal.com]

Do you get a lot of the Nigerian spam? You know, "I am looking for someone trustworthy who will give me their bank account info because they're so greedy they think I really have access to some dead guy's fortune."

A guy called zefrank did a hilarious deadpan rendition (http://www.zefrank.com/request/index_better.html) of one such email. It's a great little monologue.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

It's rare that I get 419 spam anymore, but the occasional one comes in. That Zefrank vid was great!