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What Wicked, Horrible, Evil Is In Your Email?

EvilUntil our company installed a Tiger Server with spam protection, some of us were getting a few hundred spam scam messages a day. There’s still wicked, horrible, evil in the email inbox.

I’ve gone from a couple of hundred highly offensive spam scam email messages a day to less than a couple dozen. That’s an improvement. Still, wickedness comes in email.

Take today. Please. This morning, two messages showed up among a dozen or legitimate messages. That’s a good ratio.

The first message subject was in all caps and.... (excerpted).

1 Reader Comments

http://www.missgullible.com said:

It’s amazing that 3 years on from when you posted this, I am still getting the same kind of email. Today alone, I received 2 emails with great news. Yes, I had won the lottery. You know that one in Austria I haven’t actually entered and all they needed was my bank details.
Oh the joys of spam. Off I go to plan my shopping trip. I am almost a millionaire after all.

Snow Leopard

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