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New Flavour of Spam - MP3 Stock Scams
An anonymous reader writes "Spammers are back with a new trick, this time round sending messages with MP3 attachments that contain the latest pump-and-dump stock scams. One sample identified by Sophos was a heavily distorted 30-second MP3 file. A synthetic female voice was used to promote a particular stock. Says Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos: 'Although the spammers seem to have a fair bit to learn about machine-generated sales patter, some companies might consider blocking all MP3s in email as a matter of course. So many music files infringe copyright, and it can be hard for a company to establish which ones are legal and which are not after they have arrived. Blocking MP3s, or at least quarantining until requested by the user, can be a good way for a company to take a proactive stance against the use of email for illegal file sharing. It also has the benefit of neutralizing this sort of spam at the same time.'"
Let's not get hasty. Some of us rely on those daily pump-n'-dump stock scams to support our families.
Won't you think of the shady day-traders?
Although the spammers seem to have a fair bit to learn about machine-generated sales patter, some companies might consider blocking all text in email as a matter of course. So many text files infringe intellectual property and patented business methods, and it can be hard for a company to establish which words are legal and which lemmas are not after they have arrived. Blocking all letters, or at least the letters J-M and all the vowels until requested by the user, can be a good way for a company to take a proactive stance against the use of email for illegal and/or infringing message sharing. It also has the benefit of neutralizing this most spam at the same time.
They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security - Ben Franklin
So, who thinks the RIAA is behind this?
-- What you do today will cost you a day of your life.
... sound so rich you can almost see the pink and taste the meat.
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed H
Geez, you finally release a product, and people complain that they weren't on the beta testing team.
I'm waiting for a "-1 somepeoplejustshouldn'tgetmodprivileges" meta-moderation.
Ok, you know that ramen noodle commercial where we see this hawt japanese chick bobbing her head up and down, slurping on something that's just below the bottom of the screen, we all think it's wang but we then see it's an instant ramen cup? Just imagine if it wasn't ramen and the symbol of the stock in question was written on her forehead. Five minutes of knob-slobbing action, brought to you by the fine folks at ABC Corp. Spam this out to a hundred million people and just see the results you'll get!
Wow, that spam plan is so evil, I think the Russian mafia is coming to kill me.
Kwisatz Haderach
Sell the spice to CHOAM
This Mahdi took Shaddam's Throne
Such a stance reminds me of this old Polish joke (for some reason, we've got quite a lot jokes about a shepherd): The police enters shepherd's house and finds moonshine-making equipment. - Well, shepherd, we're going to charge you with illegal moonshine production! - But I'm not making it! - But you have the equipment. - Well, then, charge me with rape as well. - Why, did you rape someone? - No, but I've got the equipment!
This is Slashdot. Common sense is futile. You will be modded down.
Arg, why didn't I rename the zip? Duh.
W..w..W - Willy Waterloo washes Warren Wiggins who is washing Waldo Woo.
I received one of these, except instead of a stock spam, it was some annoying woman repeating over and over, "What the fuck do you think you're doing?"
Oh, say does that Star-Spangled Banner entwine / The myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's vine?
You have a fine taste for audiophiles? ;)
A whole new meaning to the term "pump n dump"
Hopefully I didn't put any [] around my words.