Spam Gallery–Your New Contact

The Spam Gallery is a series of posts that give examples of spam messages, explaining telltales signs of how they are spam.

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This one should be easy.  It’s pretty unlikely that the recipient really did meet at a café, but the curiosity is there to see exactly what this is all about.  Don’t be fooled.  The link doesn’t download a DOC file.  It directs to a malicious web page.  Notice:

  • The FROM name is different than the signature
  • The spelling and grammar is terrible for a supposed business communication
  • There is no personal greeting

Be careful of emails that sound intriguing or juicy.  The spammers want you to click that link.

A slight variant:

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