There was some discussion about making a 419-specific version of the phrases test.
I don't think anything came of it, though. Would probably be a worthwhile place to invest energy. On Thu, 23 May 2002, Skip Montanaro wrote: > The current SA tests don't seem to catch the very common Nigerian scam. You > know "The assets of dictator So And So are frozen. We need your help. Send > us your bank account number and we'll transfer a bunch of money there" (or > something like that). Have others developed better tests to catch them? > None of the hits the latest one I'm looking at seems to be particular > tailored to that scam (just the MENTIONS_AFRICA test). Some things that > caught my eye just looking at one instance: > > "... you a trustworthy person to provide an account ..." > > "... 30% will be for you for your assistance ..." > > "You are required to send by e-mail immediately your Telephone and fax > numbers and where this money will be lodged and your personal contact > address." > > I haven't looked closely at enough of these to know if these catch phrases > are common enough to provide reliable triggers, but I would think they all > have enough in common to fall into an appropriately set SA trap. > > -- > Skip Montanaro ([EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.mojam.com/) > "Excellant Written and Communications Skills required" - seen on chi.jobs > > _______________________________________________________________ > > Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference > August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm > > _______________________________________________ > Spamassassin-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk > -- Charlie Watts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Frontier Internet, Inc. http://www.frontier.net/ _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
