Category Archives: Spam

… you can be almost certain that it isn’t.  For instance, spam claiming to be “legal software sales”, but offering popular commercial software for pennies on the dollar.

Lately I’ve been getting more spam for internet gambling, promising that just for signing up I’ll get $2400 free.  If there was any doubt in my mind that many internet gambling operations are completely fraudulent, this has removed it.  Assuming … Continue reading →

I’ve started receiving spam text messages on my cell phone.  They are stock tips, obviously for illegal pump-and-dump operations.  It doesn’t appear that there’s any way to get rid of them, short of either having the carrier block all text … Continue reading →

I just received this death threat by email. I can’t imagine that anyone would actually be willing to spend $650K to kill me. I’m guessing that it’s an attempt at extortion; otherwise there would be no point to let a … Continue reading →

Yet another 419 scam.  No, there isn’t a lottery for Linux users.  And there aren’t any lotteries that pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to people who have not purchased lottery tickets.  The scammes count on their victims being so … Continue reading →

It continues to amaze me that anyone would fall for 419 scams (advance fee fraud).  Normally I don’t even bother looking at the few 419 emails that make it through my spam filter, but today I happened to read part … Continue reading →

I’ve been receiving 419 (advance fee fraud) email from Nigeria and other countries since 1998, and anyone with the slightest bit of common sense recognizes these emails as scams.  Normally I don’t give them a second thought, but today I … Continue reading →