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Spammers Announce World War III
schliz writes with the stub of a disheartening article at IT News: "Hackers are deluging web users with malware-laden spam claiming that World War III has started following a US invasion of Iran. Security experts warned [yesterday] that spam emails with subject lines including 'Third World War has begun,' '20000 US Soldiers in Iran,' and 'US Army crossed Iran's borders' have been intercepted. The emails contain links to a malicious webpage that displays what appears to be a video player showing the mushroom cloud of a nuclear explosion."
I can tell from the text and seeing quite a few spams in my time.
World War III is starting? Oh god, I still haven't received my check from that Nigerian prince! And where's my viagra?
Not with a bang but a can of luncheon meat.
Reviewing just the first hour of video games.
Be sure you filter out any email about Iran to help out Uncle Sam. Oh yeah, buy war bonds and get back to wark.
This gives me a new hope.
Now we can divert some of the resources from the Global War On Terror (GWOT) and fight the Global War Against Spam, Terror, & Erectile Dysfunction (GWASTED).
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WWIII isn't scheduled to begin for another two weeks, and it's going to involve a fake attack on the US by "Iran" (actually the CIA) followed by a massive "retaliatory strike", not an invasion by any US forces. Can't these spammers get anything right?
It's amazing how people can be tricked by something that is on its surface so laughable that it should be dismissed outright!
After all, how could World War III possibly have started when World War II hasn't even ended yet?! Just because there's no obvious troop movements or visible battles doesn't mean that merged ghosts of Churchill and Roosevelt along with their dark ally Zombie Stalin don't yet wage war against the forces of Hitler's Head and the demon-animated armor of Hirohito! No, you can see the effects of this conflict every day in the fluctuations of the price of milk to the record of the Essex cricket team. So don't believe anything you read about some ludicrous World War III until you see the purple flag of the Undying Allies flying over the White House, indicating our inevitable triumph!
After that, though, it's fair game.
The enemies of Democracy are
Slashdot posts article containing the words "World War III" in it's headline, hoping this attracts attention. Once users click to "read more" they are ambushed by trolls masquerading as insightful or funny comments, but in fact containing insidious messages....
It has to be a really slow news day if we get an article explaining what is in specific pieces of spam.
I'm a fan of the subjects. Here's a handful I've received recently:
It's basic marketing / copywriting.
"The fight for freedom has only just begun." - Geert Wilders
One if by Spam,
Two if by sea.
Crap, that's where I keep all my stuff.
http://xkcd.com/331/
Natalie Portman spam ... you lucky bastard.
It only takes one man to change the Wisdom of the Crowd to Tyranny of the Masses.
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1 Satify your spouses bed needs easier
2 Obama found dead in shock accident
3 shaman like skills
4 Love package at a low price
5 Please your lassie like never before!
6 Girls will be shocked at your new size
7 Bang her till she passes out
8 Have the pecker of her dreams
9 Natalie Portman shaves again
10 Bomb her womb from your huge cannon!
1. 50% off Serta Mattresses at Mattress Warehouse?
3. Learn to levitate?
4. Box o' Chocolates?
5. I would do no such thing with a dog...
6. So go to the god damn gym.
7. If she's had that much to drink, you should probably cut it out.
Natalie Portman shaves again
I'm glad to hear that, I never really liked her with the beard.
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I've never seen that one before -- and it's simultaneously the funniest euphemism for that I've heard in a while, and the most shockingly wrong way to put that!
This just in: The US and its allies, having established the capacity to censor the entire middle east during the recent destruction of undersea cables, is now sowing misinformation across the internet coupled to a malware payload. Billions of emails sent in this fashion will create enough noise to render all information that doesn't come through official highly suspect.
-1 Uncomfortable Truth
*sigh*
My spam is praying on my low self-esteem. Here's a couple I received in the past week:
*sigh*
Strong Bad must be ramping up his spammertisments again.
This just in, the US invades Iran with 12,000,000 troops and nuclear bazookas. Click here to see exclusive footage!
Because this dreadful front-page topic is quite frankly the last straw with this place. Goodbye....
Here is the link from the email.
'Louder screaming is only the beginning'
That may be the one and only spam that made my day better.
Natalie Portman shaves again
I'm glad to hear that, I never really liked her with the beard.
especially the downstairs beard
free cheddar
As long as you have a plan to stop the barbarions from dyeing it yellow, you have my full support.
Repeal the 17th Amendment TODAY! Also Please Read http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html
That's why we need to get the Government out of the Economy. Things like that would not happen in a free market!
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The other interesting thing is that would anyone educated enough to have the vocabulary to required understand that subject be ignorant enough to respond?
An interesting question, undoubtedly the forte of many an erudite scholar, but by this point in your post I was far to enthralled by my quest for illicit viagra to ponder its myriad complexities.
Then, I take it you're a big fan of Spamusement.
What political reasons? Do you think the US government gets its intelligence from Spam?
Hell, I would think that the paranoid position is that they just go ahead and make it up...
Nerd rage is the funniest rage.
That's no spam, that's your girlfriend.
There are two rules for success:
1. Never tell everything you know.
> Global War Against Spam, Terror, & Erectile Dysfunction (GWASTED).
Yeah, but then the KDE folks will drop everything and release a kWasted as soon as possible...
the most shockingly wrong way to put that
yeah, cannons don't shoot bombs.
Just another thought, what if they were to start using marketing buzzwords like "Total interactive throughput"? Not only could they bypass your filter but most executives wouldn't be able to tell it from legitimate communication.
Me lost me cookie at the disco.
It was that sort of day. Then I got this spam, which simply said:
'Louder screaming is only the beginning'
That may be the one and only spam that made my day better.
Days like that you need Garfield Minus Garfield: http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/
I think Iran would be well aware of an attack, what with all the bombs going off... ;)
Obviously, there are countries out there that would like the US&As reputation damaged, and this may help do that.
Where have you been for the past seven and a half years? The US's reputation has been shot for some time now.
The most wtf spam I've been sent so far is: "I know what females do on a farm. NEVER leave them there abandoned!"
It's turtles all the way down!
Hopefully it wiped out their computers. Should keep them off the forums long enough for some intelligence to seep back into online discussions...