Re: Pointless email spam

[Roger A Safian <r-safian () NORTHWESTERN EDU>]

We haven't seen this here....yet.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
> [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Gary Warner
> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 6:35 AM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: [SECURITY] Pointless email spam
>
> Are other schools seeing a big uptick in "no purpose" spam messages?
> Wondering if this is an enormous email address list cleanse/harvest? or what
> other motives anyone might theorize on this?
>
> Here are three sample email bodies.  No attachment, no links.  Can't PROVE they
> are related, just coincidence of timing and pointlessness.
>
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++
> (received from myschoolemail.net 173.246.104.97)
> (from: hilda.barrett () myschoolemail net)
>
> Denise,
>
> I wanted to know if you understand that you can't come to the super deli next
> Friday.
>
> Cheers,
>
> H.
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++
> (envelope from waggishy08 () acm org)
> (x-sender: ultrasug9 () gil com au)
> (X-PHP-Script indicates it was sent via "afes.com/sendmail.php" at request of
> 186.87.28.58)
> (Return-Path: suicidaloa53 () afes com)
>
>
> CHAPTER XLI, Nor from ME, neither.
> Why HE? I stopped.
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++
> (received from heattreatmentchina.ru (37.255.60.4)
> (from: stonehengeqq40 () trinity edu)
>
> Bofe un you claims it, But we didnt wait.
> So Tom was satisfied.
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++
>
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>
> Gary Warner
> Director of Research in Computer Forensics The University of Alabama at
> Birmingham Center for Information Assurance and Joint Forensics Research
> 205.422.2113
> gar () cis uab edu
>
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