There is also the possibility that simply having an e-mail delivered could
trigger an exploitable behavior in your e-mail client, e.g. code that runs when
a meeting invite arrives, displaying an image, etc.
On 8/17/19, 9:07 AM, "Friam on behalf of Nick Thompson"
<friam-boun...@redfish.com on behalf of nickthomp...@earthlink.net> wrote:
Eric, Glen,
There are two moments when I am vulnerable to pfishing. Yes, the first is
when I am bored. Stipulated. But the second, and worst, is when I am
extraordinarily stressed. So, if, on such a day, a message comes which says
that "my mastercharge account has been breached", the "leetle voice in my head"
says, "You better deal with this immediately" and then I start doing stupid
things.
Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology
Clark University
http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/
-----Original Message-----
From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Eric Smith
Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2019 10:42 AM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com>
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Archangel Michael's Message For You
So, being technically only semi-literate, here is the main response I have
to the spam-ocean in which we now all seem to be adrift.
As for Michael below, I cannot imagine anyone would deliberately follow up
anything like this, except bored people who click on a link to see what kind of
entertainment lies at the other end, and who are computer-senior enough to
think there won’t be any undue trouble they have to deal with as a consequence.
So what, then, is the mechanics of the angle? If there are embedded URLs
for tracking, the “text" could be a random space-filler to check which emails
are active. It probably is not yet all that common for people to turn off
autoloading of remote content to reduce the number of channels through which
they are tracked, but it is presumably becoming more common.
Is there timing in the way that remote content is loaded, so that somebody
can compile the rate at which readers sift through the text? Or are there
other completely unrelated mechanisms for which the email is a distraction
while a pickpocket works in some other direction?
Eric
> On Aug 17, 2019, at 9:10 AM, glen <geprope...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This is the best spam I've received in a long time! And it's all thanks
to my broken spamassassin config. Am I alone in finding spam and phishing email
fascinating? I'm procrastinating fixing SA because my spam is more interesting
than my "ham".
>
> Maybe the most interesting was the one claiming there was a bomb threat
at "your office building". Of course, I was immune to it because I work from a
shed in the back yard. But I can imagine that scared a lot of people. I never
looped back to see if they caught any of those jerks.
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> From: 7 Day Prayer Miracle <7dayprayermira...@miraclle.pro>
> Sent: August 17, 2019 5:49:01 AM PDT
> To: c...@tempusdictum.com
> Subject: Archangel Michael's Message For You
>
> Dear lbu...@energynewengland.com,
>
>
> Today, Archangel Michael has a life-changing message for you.
>
>
> He’s about to teach you a mysterious prayer that drops you into the
> ocean of abundance, where boundless blessings flow:
>
>
> My good friend Amanda Ross has a special connection to Archangel
> Michael. Through his divine intervention Amanda successfully restored
> her marriage, reclaimed her joy and even won the lottery.
>
>
>
> Click here for her astonishing story:
>
>
> Best,
> Barbara L. Martin
>
>
> P.S. You want to know something that will blow your mind and open your
> heart? Archangel Michael is the guardian angel that fights for you.
> If you are struggling with any form of conflict -- big or small -- then
saying this 4-sentence prayer holds the key to your victory.
>
>
> Heaven is smiling over you and cheering you on to win your breakthrough.
Receive it here:
>
>
> 77 Petunia Way
> Birmingham, AL 35209 If these updates do not interest you please end
> them click here
>
>
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>
> --
> glen
>
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