A Spam Example
It never ceases to amaze me just how naive the spammers and fraudsters are. Below is a great example of an email that arrived in my in box that I just couldn't resist to shown people, and don’t worry, by reading this and the example below, it will not harm your computer!
This example truely shows just how stupid and un-educated some of these idiots are.
This example truely shows just how stupid and un-educated some of these idiots are.
First things first, let me explain a few things about this suspicious email. It masquerades itself as a legitimate job opportunity inviting me to join this apparent and “non-existent company,” who I might add, has absolutely no business or company name anywhere in the email. The example is exactly as I received it with only the names edited to XXXXX.
Here is the email:
Its' sender was titled, " something that sounded like a broken wing" and the subject matter was, "Part time job offer"
Our company has a vacancy of an Team Assistant to be filled in our Australia offices. It is a chance for all Team Assistant
who seek for a job in a global corporation.
The main functions of anTeam Assistant consist in providing services through global diary and travel management,
complex travel itineraries, maintaining contact with external agencies and arranging global team events.
If you have excellent IT and communication skills, knowledge of large teams support and would like to work for a company that
has world-known brands all over the world, please apply today.
We’re offering to work with our Global team as an Team Assistant and provide administrative support
to our Managers and Brand Manager’s assistants who work at our company.
We ensure:
- Excellent salary (weekly);
- Great Opportunities;
- compensation that involves uncapped earnings and bonuses;
– Initial period of stage at basic expenses recovery;
–Fast and substantial salary increase and an excellent incentive bonus scheme as well;
– Chance to join a group of successful professionals and businessmen who have made good progress.
To fill a vacancy of an Team Assistant you must be:
- an advanced computer user
-skilful in written and verbal communication
- have a good level of numeracy
You will also have a thirst for providing customers with high-quality service and the potential for upward movement.
Good attention to details and the ability to work on meeting deadlines is also a key.
If you are interested in this job please reply to: spammers email address with your CV.
Best regards,
XXXXXXXXXXXX
Assitant of HR Manager
who seek for a job in a global corporation.
The main functions of anTeam Assistant consist in providing services through global diary and travel management,
complex travel itineraries, maintaining contact with external agencies and arranging global team events.
If you have excellent IT and communication skills, knowledge of large teams support and would like to work for a company that
has world-known brands all over the world, please apply today.
We’re offering to work with our Global team as an Team Assistant and provide administrative support
to our Managers and Brand Manager’s assistants who work at our company.
We ensure:
- Excellent salary (weekly);
- Great Opportunities;
- compensation that involves uncapped earnings and bonuses;
– Initial period of stage at basic expenses recovery;
–Fast and substantial salary increase and an excellent incentive bonus scheme as well;
– Chance to join a group of successful professionals and businessmen who have made good progress.
To fill a vacancy of an Team Assistant you must be:
- an advanced computer user
-skilful in written and verbal communication
- have a good level of numeracy
You will also have a thirst for providing customers with high-quality service and the potential for upward movement.
Good attention to details and the ability to work on meeting deadlines is also a key.
If you are interested in this job please reply to: spammers email address with your CV.
Best regards,
XXXXXXXXXXXX
Assitant of HR Manager
*I have listed some suspect items too look out for?
It may look genuine but here are some common sense points to note:
- No business or company name or logo in the email?
- Companies generally do offer jobs to perfect strangers via email!
- No contact information except an email address
- No phone number anywhere
- Most likely fake names (although they will sometimes look legitimate)
- Spelling and typographical errors everywhere
- Senders name sounds like a broken wing!
- Contact email has a capital letter at beginning, almost always lower case with email addresses!
- It is asking for my personal information such as my CV
- This elicits all kinds of ID theft opportunities for fraudsters
- This particular email is ID theft just waiting to happen
- This spam mail may have possibly arrived from overseas as evident due poor English
- They quiet likely got my email address from my websites
- The author of this email really believes we are all that stupid!
- No business or company name or logo in the email?
- Companies generally do offer jobs to perfect strangers via email!
- No contact information except an email address
- No phone number anywhere
- Most likely fake names (although they will sometimes look legitimate)
- Spelling and typographical errors everywhere
- Senders name sounds like a broken wing!
- Contact email has a capital letter at beginning, almost always lower case with email addresses!
- It is asking for my personal information such as my CV
- This elicits all kinds of ID theft opportunities for fraudsters
- This particular email is ID theft just waiting to happen
- This spam mail may have possibly arrived from overseas as evident due poor English
- They quiet likely got my email address from my websites
- The author of this email really believes we are all that stupid!
When you see this example, it is very obvious that whoever wrote and sent it is not too bright. It is perhaps one of the worst attempts I have ever seen.
However on the other hand, there are a few brighter spammers, scammers, hackers and fraudsters out there that make “spoofed” emails, websites etc that really do look like the genuine article.
Once again, to avoid becoming a victim of these loser’s, exercise vigilance when opening your emails and while visiting suspect websites. If in doubt, do not open any attachments and Google its content for validity and credibility.