Worldwide Slump Makes Nigeria's Online Scammers Work That Much Harder LAGOS, Nigeria -- Online swindling takes dedication even in the best of times, the scammer said earnestly. The spinal cord aches from sitting at a desk. The eyes itch from staring at a computer. The heart thumps from drinking bitter cola to stay awake for chats with Americans in faraway time zones. The wallet shrinks from buying potions that supposedly compel the Americans to pay. Succeeding in the midst of a worldwide economic meltdown? "We are working harder. Banjo is a polite young man in a button-down shirt, and he is the sort of guy on the other end of that block-lettered missive requesting your "URGENT ASSISTANCE" in transferring millions of dollars. U.S. authorities say Americans -- the easiest prey, according to Nigerian scammers -- lose hundreds of millions of dollars a year to cybercrimes, including a scheme known as the Nigerian 419 fraud, named for a section of the Nigerian criminal code. "My maga don pay/Shout alleluia!"
Cloaking to Stop Scraping | PlagiarismToday Cloaking is generally thought of as a black hat SEO tactic that involves tricking the search engine into believing that a page has one thing on it when, in fact, visitors will see something else, often completley unrelated. However, cloaking actually much more broad than that. Though the black hat use is the best known, it can also be used to offer different content to different browsers to ensure compatibility, different sized images to different screen resolutions or even display content in different languages based on country. Any time a page automatically dispalys different content to one person or one group of people than it does another, that is considered cloaking. White hats, recently, found another positive use for cloaking, the ability to stop scraping by providing different content to a scraper than to the rest of the world. The Ballad of RSnake RSnake is a blogger at ha.ckers.org , an Internet security site that has been in operation since May. How it Was Done (WordPress)
SpamWeasel SpamWeasel Free This freeware utility will delete or archive spam and place an optional warning notice on any suspect spam mail it allows through to your inbox. It has been superseded by SpamWeasel Pro which embodies feedback from the many thousands of users of the Free product who asked us for an enhanced utility to defeat the more sophisticated techniques used by spammers, and one that was easier to install. The low-cost Pro product has superior spam trapping ability, an installation Wizard that takes you through the installation and registration process, and it allows a free 30-day evaluation period. The Free program needs to be manually installed and, like the Pro product, is pre-configured to collect mail from multiple POP accounts using rules that permit passing, blocking, labeling, deleting, archiving, viewing, sorting and forwarding suspect spam. It works with any standard POP3 client. Features NB.
Phishing-Initiative just the basics "Spam" is defined as unsolicited commercial e-mail. It is sent to you by unscrupulous people trying to make a fast buck -- usually by ripping you off. Many spams say that you can get off the mailing list when you ask, but very often if you try it, it leads to more junk mail because you're confirming to these unscrupulous people that your address is good. The people who send spam are, by definition, unscrupulous criminals who either want to defraud you by selling you junk, or unscrupulous criminals who are trying to steal your money by identity theft. Most wonder how spammers got their e-mail address. There are some ways to keep your address from spammers, but it's not as easy as you may think! Once you start getting spam, it's too late: spammers won't "remove" you, and you will continue to get it forever until you get a new address that is not shown in any public place. There are, however, a few instances when you can reasonably safely ask to stop getting spam. There's a law, right?
Annoyance Filter Adaptive Bayesian Junk Mail Filter Business propaganda must be obtrusive and blatant. It is its aim to attract the attention of slow people, to rouse latent wishes, to entice men to substitute innovation for inert clinging to traditional routine. Based upon this wise observation, made more than half a century ago, we shall now undertake to put an end to the aggravation of being incessantly affronted, assaulted, and insulted by electronic mail we never requested and have no desire to receive. I'm not going to take it any more! Check, and mate. The Annoyance Filter is a program which exploits the indelible signature of advertising to identify it before it ever reaches the eyes of the reader, with a very low likelihood of junk mail being confused with legitimate messages. With this dictionary in hand, Annoyance Filter may now be used to classify incoming messages as they arrive. A brief history of Annoyance Filter In a real sense, this program has been twenty-five years in the making. Author
Bulk Email Software Superstore - Email Marketing Internet Advertising Spam Primer Spamgourmet Lettre de Jérusalem Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. L'expression lettre de Jérusalem désigne une escroquerie lancée en France à la fin du XVIIIe siècle et au début du XIXe siècle, et dont Vidocq démonte les mécanismes dans son ouvrage Les Voleurs. La plupart des auteurs de cette escroquerie étaient incarcérés au bagne de Toulon ou détenus à la prison de Bicêtre, à proximité de Paris. C'est de ce dernier endroit que viendrait le nom, car une « rue de Jérusalem » longeait les murs de Bicêtre. La fraude consistait en une série de lettres adressées à la victime non pas pour lui réclamer de l'argent, du moins dans un tout premier temps, mais pour feindre de lui en proposer selon un scénario d'une riche qualité romanesque qui ne manquait pas de se développer au fil des épisodes. Cette escroquerie s’apparente, par les ressorts psychologiques sur lesquels elle joue, à la prisonnière espagnole et au vol à la ramastic. Les origines[modifier | modifier le code] La lettre-type[modifier | modifier le code]
Stop spam and junk email in Microsoft Outlook using the InBoxer Bayesian antispam filter Eloge de l'escroc africain spammeur | Le systeme gesticulatoire Il y a peu encore, les escrocs africains, qui paraît-il pompent des fortunes au niveau mondial, jouaient sur la cupidité stupide du type qui voulait sa commission sur un rapatriement bancaire, vous envoyant des mails rédigés à partir de ce modèle : « Mon père est mort, l’argent est bloqué dans une banque, faites prête-nom pour moi, et Dieu vous garde, etc ». Ce type d’arnaque, ai-je appris d’un ami, existait déjà du temps de Vidocq : on nommait cela les « lettres de Jérusalem ». Plus subtil désormais, ci-dessous ce nouveau type de pourriel que je viens de recevoir (je n’ai aucun « bien immobilier ») : il incite clairement à tenter d’escroquer un Africain cherchant une location... Bien sûr, derrière, ils ont dû tout préparer pour embobiner le gros malin. ––– Message transféré De : yves dusoit Date : Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14 : 36 : 45 +0200 A : Francis Mizio Objet : DEMANDE DE LOCATION Bonjour Mr. et Mme,Je me nomme Mr. Quand l’escroc était « le Malien du ménage » Tout était en règle.