Re: Pointless email spam

[Dennis Bohn <bohn () ADELPHI EDU>]

We have been seeing these sort-of literary ones, like your sample #2.  No
idea what purpose.
best,
Dennis Bohn
Manager of Network and Systems
Adelphi University
bohn () adelphi edu
5168773327


On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 7:34 AM, Gary Warner <gar () cis uab edu> wrote:

> 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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