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Spam Examples & Analysis w/Pics

Please be sure to review my Spam, not SPAM® FAQ.

I am only including a few recently received (in 2-3 week period, ending around 06/2006), representative emails and their header information. These are REPRESENTATIVE EXAMPLES ONLY. The businesses and main companies may be valid, but the methods (spam) are NOT.

Most of the "hidden text" in spam emails (should be in HTML emails only) appears to be either randomly generated, or pulled "willy-nilly" from legitimate sites or emails. It is most likely that any names or email addresses within this hidden text should not be flamed or held responsible for the spammer's actions. While my page background is green, most emails received had a white background. I will try to "reproduce" the actual "look" of the email in my examples.

NOTE: The businesses and companies being advertised all appear to be legitimate advertisers. And I'm even willing to believe that in many cases, the "surrounding" image (in most of these) is from a legitimate direct-mail or direct-email business. However, the latter apparently are NOT legitimate or contracted with other direct-email services, But at least one of the direct-email services they (the latter, I would believe) contracted with is a SPAMMER.

Also note: Almost all of these have "program requirements." Many of these will be taking multiple surveys, or purchase a certain amount of other items from their sponsors. And, it will also put your name, and other information required on other lists. You HAVE NOT WON ANYTHING IMMEDIATELY in most cases. Be sure to read the fine print. (Save and view the picture, expanding it to do so, if you must.)

In the following:

  • Formatting:
    • Images may have been made to display smaller than they actually are/were.
    • Some "wrapping" may occur in the background text, depending on your window's width and screen's resolution.
  • Other changes:
    • I have removed my own email address from the following, leaving the spammers'. (I don't care if a spammer "troll" or "spambot" gets THEIR email address and starts spamming THEM! smiley - thumbs up
    • I have removed some blank lines (especially multiple blank lines) from the text
    • My notes and "internal changes" in background text are in blue, square-brackets ("[" and "]"), are highlighted and comments end with a "-bs"
    • I will change the text and HTML of the part of the email that actually shows to red (except in the email headers - Just know the "To", "From", "Date" and "Subject" appear in "Brief Headers", which is the way most people, except techies have their email clients set.)
    • Code for External links and email addresses in the background text have been changed, adding spaces in appropriate spots to keep them from "turning" into links. They will be non-highlighted blue and underlined.
  

Spam Example #1

Example Spam Email #1-Image #1
Example Spam Email #1-Image #2

While the email shows a number of places to "click", there are REALLY only two. The top (maroon background) image, and bottom (the "Anti-Spam" paragraph) image.

Despite the Anti-Spam paragraph fine-print at the end, I've received MULTIPLE emails advertising different products, services and locations with that SAME paragraph. Once, I even clicked on it and unsubscribed, AND entered the unsubscribe address from the original advertiser and unsubscribed. As you can see, it didn't work. (To be honest, I don't keep track of all those I attempt to unsubscribe from. It happens so rarely, anymore. But the exact same look? The exact same paragraph at the end? And I STILL get Spam from them? As I said before, UNSUBSCRIBE DOESN'T WORK WITH SPAMMERS, ONLY LEGITIMATE COMPANIES. Who are legitimate and who are not? It's just the way they do business, and it's hard to tell.

Spam Example #1, Behind the Images

Following is what was behind the above email.

[email headers]

X-Message-Status: n:0

X-SID-PRA: Awesome Family Adventure <chuckenzen913@lundestyhesh.getawayeasy.com>

X-SID-Result: TempError

X-Message-Info: LsUYwwHHNt2D+ia6WAn2ror/mHKsgNBTddQNp/yoPe4=

Received: from lundestyhesh.getawayeasy.com ([72.20.96.137]) by bay0-mc6-f14.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830);

Wed, 7 Jun 2006 03:19:38 -0700

From: "Awesome Family Adventure" <chuckenzen913@lundestyhesh.getawayeasy.com>

To: [my_email_address]

Subject: Blast Off With Theme Park Tickets! William

Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2006 02:24:24 -0700

Message-ID: <1149672264.4440144.20975@lundestyhesh.getawayeasy.com>

MIME-Version: 1.0

Received: from lundestyhesh.getawayeasy.com

X-MDRemoteIP: 5D5B531F5950550F470E58220852104353545956

Content-Type: text/html

Return-Path: [my_email_address]@lundestyhesh.getawayeasy.com

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

X-OriginalArrivalTime:

 

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NOTES:

Remember, the only "important" parts of this email are the email headers (which I only include in case someone wants to see them, or for search engines to catch phrases from), and the red text. Everything else is crap. (Well, technically, since it's spam, the whole email is crap, but... )

  • "lundestyhesh" is a sub-domain of getawayeasy.com. This is where the links go.
  • The top image takes you to the "sxflgs" folder in that sub-domain. It will open (usually) index.htm, index.html, default.htm or default.html, which will probably redirect you to another site.
  • The bottom image (the "Anti-Spam Paragraph") takes you to the sub-domain's main page. In many cases, it's simply a form where you will enter the email address you wish to "unsubscribe" from receiving these emails. See my Spam main page, FAQ question " Should I click the 'unsubscribe'?" (and others) for more.
  • ohsix23.jpg is the "Anti-Spam Paragraph" image. It is used by multiple spammers, as you will see in other examples, below. They apparently all got them at the same place, or they all work at the same place - servers can have multiple-domains - see my Spam main page, FAQ Question " Why is Spam included in this Section?"
    • Because they use the same image, it's possible that if I sent a snail-mail (postal) to the address listed, I MIGHT be removed all their mailing lists. I wouldn't count on it though, and don't plan on wasting the postage.
  • Note the "<!--" and "-->" paragraphs, above. EVERYTHING BETWEEN THEM IS AN HTML COMMENT, and therefore, doesn't appear in the email.
 

Spam Example #2

Example Spam Email #2-Image #1
Example Spam Email #2-Image #2

[Top image shrunk to fit page -bs]

Again, you can see it shows a number of places to "click", even though there are REALLY only two. The top (blue background) image, and bottom (the "Anti-Spam" paragraph) image.

Note that the Anti-Spam paragraph is EXACTLY the same as the on in Spam Example #1.

Again, I've received MULTIPLE emails advertising different products, services and locations with that SAME paragraph (therefore, supposedly the same company), DESPITE unsubscribing in at least two different ways.

Spam Example #2, Behind the Images

Following is what was behind the above email.

[email headers]

X-Message-Status: n:0

X-SID-PRA: Its A BestBuy Gift <allenyoung129@cadiocesimesh.suncaliber.com>

X-SID-Result: TempError

X-Message-Info: LsUYwwHHNt1KrLczoNVRwiIEqIyWjnK9R5IXeydm1CI=

Received: from cadiocesimesh.suncaliber.com ([72.20.96.136]) by bay0-mc6-f6.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830);

Tue, 6 Jun 2006 04:13:40 -0700

From: "Its A BestBuy Gift" <allenyoung129@cadiocesimesh.suncaliber.com>

To:  [my_email_address]

Subject: Your BestBuy Gift Card Is Waiting!William

Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 03:18:11 -0700

Message-ID: <1149589091.33301787.20975@cadiocesimesh.suncaliber.com>

MIME-Version: 1.0

Received: from cadiocesimesh.suncaliber.com

X-MDRemoteIP: 5D5B531F5950550F470E58220852104353545956

Content-Type: text/html

Return-Path: [my_email_address]@cadiocesimesh.suncaliber.com

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NOTES:

Remember, the only "important" parts of this email are the email headers (which I only include in case someone wants to see them, or for search engines to catch phrases from), and the red text. Everything else is crap. (Well, technically, since it's spam, the whole email is crap, but... )

  • As you can see, it appears they Spammers don't care what's in the "crap" text. There are a number of email addresses in there, meaning other spammers will be able to "grab" them. These addresses may also be used by those who don't understand, to demand that spam stop being sent to them (using every email address they can find in the source.) Spammers have simply "cut-and-pasted" text from a website and/or website source to balance out the images.
  • "cadiocesimesh" is a sub-domain of suncaliber.com. This is where the links go.
  • The top image takes you to the "bbgc" folder in that sub-domain. It will open (usually) index.htm, index.html, default.htm or default.html, which will probably redirect you to another site.
  • The bottom image (the "Anti-Spam Paragraph") takes you to the sub-domain's main page. In many cases, it's simply a form where you will enter the email address you wish to "unsubscribe" from receiving these emails. See my Spam main page, FAQ question " Should I click the 'unsubscribe'?" (and others) for more.
  • ohsix23.jpg is the "Anti-Spam Paragraph" image. It is used by multiple spammers, as you will see in other examples, above and below. They apparently all got them at the same place and didn't change the name, or they all work at the same place - servers can have multiple-domains - see my Spam main page, FAQ Question " Why is Spam included in this Section?"
    • Because they use the same image, it's just possible that if I sent a snail-mail (postal) to the address listed, I MIGHT be removed all their mailing lists. I wouldn't count on it though, and don't plan on wasting the postage.
  • Note the "<!--" and "-->" paragraphs, above. EVERYTHING BETWEEN THEM IS AN HTML COMMENT, and therefore, doesn't appear in the email.
 

Spam Example #3

Example Spam Email #3-Image #1 Example Spam Email #3-Image #2

And, again, you can see it shows a number of places to "click", even though there are REALLY only two. The top (white background) image, and bottom (the "Anti-Spam" paragraph) image.

ANOTHER email from my "favorite" (<--- That there's "sarcasm"! smiley - wink) spammers, based on the "Anti-Spam" paragraph.

Spam Example #3, Behind the Images

Following is what was behind the above email.

[email headers]

X-Message-Status: n:0

X-SID-PRA: Victoria's_Secret_Gift <staceyjefferson814@compareirritant.juskonn.com>

X-SID-Result: TempError

X-Message-Info: LsUYwwHHNt3cSAJ9yaRWvSwQkfowGJbD+dFTOPBg9HA=

Received: from compareirritant.juskonn.com ([72.20.96.138]) by bay0-mc11-f10.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830);

Thu, 8 Jun 2006 03:16:57 -0700

From: "Victoria's_Secret_Gift" <staceyjefferson814@compareirritant.juskonn.com>

To: [my_email_address]

Subject: A_Victorias_Secret_Gift_Card!William

Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 02:21:59 -0700

Message-ID: <1149758519.15022328.20975@compareirritant.juskonn.com>

MIME-Version: 1.0

Received: from compareirritant.juskonn.com

X-MDRemoteIP: 5D5B531F5950550F470E58220852104353545956

Content-Type: text/html

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[The above would normally be the text behind a picture. It may be part of a full picture, or a very small picture. (I've had extremely long emails where the image didn't translate back, and the whole email looked like the above.) I have no idea what the picture was, and it doesn't really matter. It did not display in the email. -bs]

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a &quot;ghost story.&quot; Which this is, sort of, and if that sort of thing has

you rolling your eyes or thinking &quot;now _there's_ a stereotype,&quot; you

might want to go on to another thread, broaden your experience in

dealing with shrill hysteria. You probably oughta be warned this is a

bit long as well.

 

In addition to getting together from time to time with Cousin Fred and

Uncle Bill and _his_ kid Ronnie Eugene and Second Cousin Billy R to

caretake the old Enix Cemetery on a ridge out toward Holly Fork, I'm

also a &quot;member of the board&quot; of the Stewart Cemetery in Clearfield,

which as a job ain't at all difficult, once you realize you just have to

every now and then show up with the rest of &quot;the board&quot; when we're told

to. Then you stand around and listen to what Aunt Ethel wants you to

do, and wait for that marvel of an Appalachian woman to get around to

enumerating what your part of &quot;do&quot; will be.

 

Piece a cake, don'tcha know?

 

A while back the local American Legion Post bought up most of the

ground surrounding the cemetery. The board was called to meet Aunt

Ethel and the Legion officers to find out what trouble, if any, she was

gonna cause for their plans to develop the ground into a kind of

&quot;veterans' park. For their part, her reputation apparently preceded

her, and the Legion guys weren't about to fight with her. They gave

Ethel all the assurances she wanted, ceded some odd frontage here and

there and otherwise at the end of the &quot;meeting,&quot; had her smiling

through an unseasonably warm winter day (remember those?).

 

Couple of us let dogs out of pickup trucks so they could romp around

(the graveyard's got a chain link fence around it), and those who hadn't

previously met had the obligatory &quot;Who's your folks?&quot; conversations.

Once that was out of the way the Legion Post Commander explained in

detail their plans for the property, including their intentions to let

the Auxiliary use, at least for a while, the old frame house off on the

edge of the property. Sooner or later they meant to knock the old place

down and rebuild it.

 

At which point Ethel showed how easily an 87 year old woman who stands

not more than an inch or two over four feet tall can take over a

conversation. &quot;Let me tell you boys something,&quot; she said, her voice

raised. &quot;When you all rebuild, don't you re-use the old foundation

under that house. It's haunted and so was the house before it, they

built that one on the foundations of the one before. You don't know all

7the trouble that caused.&quot;

 

I glanced over at Pete Somebody-or-other, an older guy standing next to

me. Pete shrugged his shoulders and whispered, &quot;I grew up here and I've

_always_ heard that place as haunted.&quot;

 

Turns out Ethel and her family lived in the place in the late thirties,

early forties, and had plenty of personal experiences she could --and

would-- tell. And while they seem a bit &quot;out there,&quot; you need to keep

in mind Ethel is a sternly old fashioned Church of God type who will

_not_ tell a lie. I don't think she was all that anxious, really, to

trot out her tales about the house, but rather seemed to think she was

obligated to tell the house's new owners what she knows about their

acquisition.

 

There's nothing remarkable about the square frame dwelling, probably a

four bedroom, with a second story. I learned the first house on the

site was my great great grandparents, that Ethel could remember visiting

it as a child.

 

While Ethel lived there, with Uncle Louie and their several kids, she

frequently heard the sound of a crying baby or small child. She was

never able to find a source for the noise, but says there was no

mistaking it was an infant or toddler in distress. Georgia Fern,

Ethel's sixty-something daughter, was a child herself at the time and

recalls the crying as well. It seemed to have no specific point of

origin, but always appeared to come from rooms where the listeners

weren't.

 

The back door often opened of its own accord, and sometimes footsteps

could be heard walking across the kitchen floor after the door swung

shut again (which it always did). Georgia Fern remembers the door

opening as well, and says, as does her mother, the knob *always* turned

when the door opened.

 

Ethel told about one night Uncle Louie was off at a union meeting and

she was at home with her visiting brother Arthur, whom I recall as a

religious man, quick to deny things like ghosts or hauntings. Arthur

was sitting where he could see the back door, and when it began to swing

open he assumed someone was there and called out some &quot;smart&quot; remark

like &quot;Come on in if your nose is clean!&quot;

 

Ethel told him, &quot;Arthur there ain't nobody there. We can't keep that

door closed.&quot;

 

repeated-- and within fifteen or twenty minutes the knob turned, the

door swung open and then closed again.

 

Arthur went quite pale, according to Ethel, and told her, &quot;Sis, I'm

leaving, and I wish you'd come and stay at my house until Louie gets

back.&quot;

 

anyone, and she was more-or-less accustomed to the experiences.

 

of the counters, Ethel told her sister, &quot;Martha, we've got a mess to

clean up. A mouse has gnawed through that box of rice and spilled it

all over the place.&quot;

 

In the kitchen nothing was out of place, and the box was whole. A few

minutes later, back in the living room, they heard the sound again, and

again found the kitchen as immaculate as Ethel always keeps it.

 

a coal bin. Thinking something had happened to her machine, Ethel

hurried to the basement and found the washing machine humming along in

good order. Fifteen minutes later she heard the sound again --the

repetition of events she mentioned-- and again nothing was wrong.

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Office Timetable

9:00 Starting time

9:15 Arrive at work

 

10:00 Coffee break

11:00 Check e-mail

11:30 Prepare for lunch

12:00 Lunch

2:00 Browse the Internet

3:00 Coffee break

3:30 Check e-mail again

4:00 Prepare to go home

4:45 Go home

5:00 Finishing Time

immigration each year and will cost ...

 

>>> Testing - And Reaching - Your Product's Performance Potential!

For the first bug of Christmas, my manager said to me

See if they can do it again.

For the second bug of Christmas, my manager said to me

Ask them how they did it and

See if they can do it again.

For the third bug of Christmas, my manager said to me

Try to reproduce it

Ask them how they did it and

See if they can do it again.

For the fourth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me

Run with the debugger

Try to reproduce it

Ask them how they did it and

See if they can do it again.

For the fifth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me

Ask for a dump

Ask them how they did it and

See if they can do it again.

---------

He then placed his sunburned member in the milk and experienced

immediate relief of his pain. The blonde, however, wondering

what he was doing, wandered into the kitchen to see him with

his johnson immersed in a glass of milk.

 

Upon seeing this, the blonde exclaimed, "So that's how you guys

load those things!"

 

Not wanting any tan lines to show, he sunbathed in the nude.

Unfortunately, the young man fell asleep while on the roof, and

managed to get a sunburn on his "tool of the trade". But the

young man was determined not to miss his date, so he put some

lotion on his manhood and wrapped it in gauze.

>>> One day at a veterinarian's office, a man and the receptionist

were verbally sparring. After a few moments, a technician came to her

co-worker's defense.

"Sir," she interjected, "Do you know what happens to aggressive males

in this office?"

 

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New York, NY, May 15, 2006 - Leading survey-based market research firm Ipsos today unveiled

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smart decisions about cost reductions. Product Precision addresses business issues that arise

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objectives, whether measuring the success of a new product, improving product performance,

assessing reformulation risk, or reducing costs.

 

the teacher's heart had to be big enough to love the kid who screams, "I hate

this class-it's boring!" and to love the kid who runs out of the class at the end of

the period without so much as a good bye or a thank you.

And lastly, God gave the teacher an abundant supply of hope. For God knew that the

teacher would always be hoping. Hoping that the students would one day learn to spell...

Hoping not to have lunchroom duty...hoping that Friday would come... hoping for a

free day... hoping for deliverance.

When God finished creating the teacher, he stepped back and admired the work of his

hands. And God saw that the teacher was good. Very Good. And God smiled, for

when he looked at the teacher, he saw into the future. He knew that the future is in the

hands of the teachers.

And because God loves teachers so much, on the 9th day God created "SNOW DAYS."

NOTES:

Remember, the only "important" parts of this email are the email headers (which I only include in case someone wants to see them, or for search engines to catch phrases from), and the red text. Everything else is crap. (Well, technically, since it's spam, the whole email is crap, but... )

  • As you can see, sometimes Spammers use "joke" sites from which to get their "crap". Sometimes, I ALMOST wish they'd get the whole store, and get the jokes STRAIGHT! smiley (SOMETIMES!)
  • "compareirritant" (hmm... a pretty appropriate name!) is a sub-domain of juskonn.com. This is where the links go.
  • The top image takes you to the "vict" folder in that sub-domain. It will open (usually) index.htm, index.html, default.htm or default.html, which will probably redirect you to another site.
  • The bottom image (the "Anti-Spam Paragraph") takes you to the sub-domain's main page. In many cases, it's simply a form where you will enter the email address you wish to "unsubscribe" from receiving these emails. See my Spam main page, FAQ question " Should I click the 'unsubscribe'?" (and others) for more.
  • ohsix23.jpg is the "Anti-Spam Paragraph" image. It is used by multiple spammers, as you can see in other examples, below. They apparently all got them at the same place, or they all work at the same place - servers can have multiple-domains - see my Spam main page, FAQ Question " Why is Spam included in this Section?"
    • Because they use the same image, it's possible that if I sent a snail-mail (postal) to the address listed, I MIGHT be removed all their mailing lists. I wouldn't count on it though, and don't plan on wasting the postage.
  • Note the "<!--" and "-->" paragraphs, above. EVERYTHING BETWEEN THEM IS AN HTML COMMENT, and therefore, doesn't appear in the email.
 

Spam Example #4

Example Spam Email #4-Image #1

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<!-- Turns out Ethel and her family lived in the place in the late thirties, early forties, and had plenty of personal experiences she could --and would-- tell. And while they seem a bit "out there," you need to keep in mind Ethel is a sternly old fashioned Church of God type who will _not_ tell a lie. I don't think she was all that anxious, really, to trot out her tales about the house, but rather seemed to think she was obligated to tell the house's new owners what she knows about their acquisition. There's nothing remarkable about the square frame dwelling, probably a four bedroom, with a second story. I learned the first house on the site was my great great grandparents, that Ethel could remember visiting it as a child. While Ethel lived there, with Uncle Louie and their several kids, she frequently heard the sound of a crying baby or small child. She was never able to find a source for the noise, but says there was no mistaking it was an infant or toddler in distress. Georgia Fern, Ethel's sixty-something daughter, was a child herself at the time and recalls the crying as well. It seemed to have no specific point of origin, but always appeared to come from rooms where the listeners weren't. The back door often opened of its own accord, and sometimes footsteps could be heard walking across the kitchen floor after the door swung shut again (which it always did). Georgia Fern remembers the door opening as well, and says, as does her mother, the knob *always* turned when the door opened.

Hmmm... One o' them "Oopsies!" I assume that only the images should show. Instead, the person who coded the email made a mistake, and part of the "behind-the-scenes" text shows, too. Notice how "familiar" that text is? This email had sections of the same stories and articles behind the pictures (see below) as in example #3 (above).

And, once more, the images show a number of places to "click", when there are REALLY only two. The top ("typewritten" text) image, and middle (the "Anti-Spam" paragraph) image.

Spam Example #4, Behind the Images

Following is what was behind the above email.

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RevieWS

ADARO Â- Schlaraffenland

ALEXL Â- Triz

ARCANSIEL Â- Swimming in the sand

ASIA Â- Silent Nation

AYREON Â- The Human Equation

BILL BRUFORDÂ'S EARTHWORKS Â- Random acts of happiness

BLACKFIELD - Blackfield

TIM BOWNESS Â- My hotel year

LUCIANO BRUNO Â- Blu

CAPOLINEA Â- Vietatoparlare

CAST Â- Nimbus

CENTRAL UNIT Â- Internal Cut

CIRCLES END - Hang on to that kite

DAVE BAINBRIDGE - Veil Of Gossamer

DJABE Â- Unplugged At The New Orleans

FLOWER KINGS Â- Adam & Eve

JACK FOSTER III Â- The return of the velocyraptor

FRENCH TV Â- Pardon our French!

FRIPP/ENO Â- The Equatorial Stars

GARBAREK JAN Â- In praise of dreams

GIANT HOGWEED ORCHESTRA Â- Same

GIANT SAND Â- Is all over the map

GOMEZ Â- Split the difference

HOPE OF THE STATES Â- The lost riots

HOPPER/HOWARD Â- The stolen hour

IRIDIO Â- Waves of life

JING CHI Â- 3 D

JPM Â- Volume 1

KARATE Â- Pockets
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MOONGARDEN Â- Round Midnight

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Office Timetable

9:00 Starting time

9:15 Arrive at work

10:00 Coffee break

11:00 Check e-mail

11:30 Prepare for lunch

12:00 Lunch

2:00 Browse the Internet

3:00 Coffee break

3:30 Check e-mail again

4:00 Prepare to go home

4:45 Go home

5:00 Finishing Time

immigration each year and will cost ...

 

>>> Testing - And Reaching - Your Product's Performance Potential!

 

For the first bug of Christmas, my manager said to me

See if they can do it again.

For the second bug of Christmas, my manager said to me

Ask them how they did it and

See if they can do it again.

For the third bug of Christmas, my manager said to me

Try to reproduce it

Ask them how they did it and

See if they can do it again.

For the fourth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me

Run with the debugger

Try to reproduce it

Ask them how they did it and

See if they can do it again.

For the fifth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me

Ask for a dump

Ask them how they did it and

See if they can do it again.

 

 

Change the documentation

Blame it on the hardware

Find a way around it

Say they need an upgrade

Blame it on the hardware

Find a way around it

Say they need an upgrade

Reinstall the software

Ask for a dump

Run with the debugger

Try to reproduce it

Ask them how they did it and

See if they can do it again.

For the twelfth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me

 

Tell them it's a feature

Say it's not supported

Change the documentation

Blame it on the hardware

Find a way around it

Say they need an upgrade

Reinstall the software

Ask for a dump

Run with the debugger

Try to reproduce it

Ask them how they did it and

See if they can do it again.

 

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A certain young man finally won a date with the blonde female

of somewhat questionable morals that lived in his apartment

complex. To prepare for his big date, the young man went up

on to the roof of his apartment building in order to tan himself.

 

He then placed his sunburned member in the milk and experienced

immediate relief of his pain. The blonde, however, wondering

what he was doing, wandered into the kitchen to see him with

his johnson immersed in a glass of milk.

 

Upon seeing this, the blonde exclaimed, "So that's how you guys

load those things!"

 

Not wanting any tan lines to show, he sunbathed in the nude.

Unfortunately, the young man fell asleep while on the roof, and

managed to get a sunburn on his "tool of the trade". But the

young man was determined not to miss his date, so he put some

lotion on his manhood and wrapped it in gauze.

>>> One day at a veterinarian's office, a man and the receptionist

were verbally sparring. After a few moments, a technician came to her

co-worker's defense.

"Sir," she interjected, "Do you know what happens to aggressive males

in this office?"

 

>>> Several years ago, a man was sentenced to prison.

During his stay, he got along well with the guards and all his fellow inmates.

The warden saw that deep down, he was a good person and made arrangements for

him to learn a trade while doing his time.

After 3 years, the man was recognized as one of the best carpenters in the

local area. Often he would be given a weekend pass to do odd jobs for the

citizens of the community, and he always reported back to prison on Sunday

evening.

The warden was thinking of remodeling his kitchen and in fact had done much of

the work himself. But he lacked the skills to build a set of kitchen cupboards

and a large counter top which he had promised his wife. So he called the man

into his office and asked him to complete the job for him.

But, alas, the man refused. He told the warden, "I'd really like to help you

but counter fitting is what got me into prison in the first place".

 

"You are a lawyer aren't you?'

"Yes" the lawyer replies. "Does this happen to all lawyers in heaven?"

"Oh, no, "Said St Peter. "It's just you are the first one to ever get here."

 

>>> Senate OKs immigration bill

World Peace Herald - May 26, 2006

By Charles Hurt. WASHINGTON -- The Senate yesterday easily

approved an immigration bill that allows 10 million illegal

aliens to become citizens, doubles the flow of legal

 

Ipsos' Product Precision Offers Expert Guidance For Developing Successful Products

New York, NY, May 15, 2006 - Leading survey-based market research firm Ipsos today unveiled

its new Product Precision (TM) product testing system, which features data-driven direction

and consulting for developing successful new products, enhancing existing products, and making

smart decisions about cost reductions. Product Precision addresses business issues that arise

throughout the product lifecycle, using test designs tailored to the client's specific business

objectives, whether measuring the success of a new product, improving product performance,

assessing reformulation risk, or reducing costs.

 

the teacher's heart had to be big enough to love the kid who screams, "I hate

this class-it's boring!" and to love the kid who runs out of the class at the end of

the period without so much as a good bye or a thank you.

And lastly, God gave the teacher an abundant supply of hope. For God knew that the

teacher would always be hoping. Hoping that the students would one day learn to spell...

Hoping not to have lunchroom duty...hoping that Friday would come... hoping for a

free day... hoping for deliverance.

When God finished creating the teacher, he stepped back and admired the work of his

hands. And God saw that the teacher was good. Very Good. And God smiled, for

when he looked at the teacher, he saw into the future. He knew that the future is in the

hands of the teachers.

And because God loves teachers so much, on the 9th day God created "SNOW DAYS."

 

Little Boy, in a baseball hat

Stands in the field with his ball and bat

Says I am the greatest player of them all

Puts his bat on his shoulder and he tosses up his ball

 

And the ball goes up and the ball comes down

Swings his bat all the way around

The world's so still you can hear the sound

The baseball falls to the ground

For the seventh bug of Christmas, my manager said to me

Say they need an upgrade

Reinstall the software

Ask for a dump

Run with the debugger

Try to reproduce it

Ask them how they did it and

See if they can do it again.

For the eighth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me

Find a way around it

Say they need an upgrade

Reinstall the software

Run with the debugger

Try to reproduce it

Ask them how they did it and

See if they can do it again.

For the sixth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me

Reinstall the software

Ask for a dump

Run with the debugger

Try to reproduce it

Ask for a dump

Run with the debugger

Try to reproduce it

Ask them how they did it and

See if they can do it again.

 

Patience when the kids forget their lunch money for the 4th day in a row.

Patience when 1/3 of the class fails the test. Patience when the text books haven't

arrived yet, and the semester starts tomorrow.

And God gave the teacher a heart slightly bigger than the average human heart.For

 

-->

--- The strength of a man is not seen in the width of his shoulders.

It's seen in the width of his arms that circle you.

The strength of a man isn't in the deep tone of his voice,

It is in the gentle words he whispers.

The strength of a man isn't how many buddies he has.

It's how good a buddy he is with his kids.

The strength of a man isn't in how respected he is at work.

It's in how respected he is at home.

The strength of a man isn't in how hard he hits.

It's in how tender he touches.

The strength of a man isn't in the hair on his chest.

It's in his heart .... that lies within his chest.

The strength of a man isn't how many women he has loved.

It's in - can he be true to one woman.

The strength of a man isn't in the weight he can lift.

It is in the burdens he can carry.

 

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The blonde showed up for the date at his apartment, and the young

man treated her to a homecooked dinner, after which they went

into the living room to watch a movie. During the movie,

however, the young man's sunburn started acting up again. He

asked to be excused, went into the kitchen, and poured a tall,

cool glass of milk.

 

For the ninth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me

Blame it on the hardware

Find a way around it

Say they need an upgrade

Reinstall the software

Ask for a dump

Run with the debugger

Try to reproduce it

Ask them how they did it and

See if they can do it again.

For the tenth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me

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border="0" src=http://manyhypocrisy.com/spec.gif>

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Turns out Ethel and her family lived in the place in the late thirties,

early forties, and had plenty of personal experiences she could --and

would-- tell. And while they seem a bit &quot;out there,&quot; you need to keep

in mind Ethel is a sternly old fashioned Church of God type who will

_not_ tell a lie. I don't think she was all that anxious, really, to

trot out her tales about the house, but rather seemed to think she was

obligated to tell the house's new owners what she knows about their

acquisition.

 

There's nothing remarkable about the square frame dwelling, probably a

four bedroom, with a second story. I learned the first house on the

site was my great great grandparents, that Ethel could remember visiting

it as a child.

 

While Ethel lived there, with Uncle Louie and their several kids, she

frequently heard the sound of a crying baby or small child. She was

never able to find a source for the noise, but says there was no

mistaking it was an infant or toddler in distress. Georgia Fern,

Ethel's sixty-something daughter, was a child herself at the time and

recalls the crying as well. It seemed to have no specific point of

origin, but always appeared to come from rooms where the listeners

weren't.

 

The back door often opened of its own accord, and sometimes footsteps

could be heard walking across the kitchen floor after the door swung

shut again (which it always did). Georgia Fern remembers the door

opening as well, and says, as does her mother, the knob *always* turned

when the door opened.

NOTES:

Remember, the only "important" parts of this email are the email headers (which I only include in case someone wants to see them, or for search engines to catch phrases from), and the red text. Everything else is crap. (Well, technically, since it's spam, the whole email is crap, but... )

  • "Mal-formed":
    • The first part of the email (the part that doesn't show) is within the <style> </style> tags. These are normally used as stylesheets for individual pages or emails for formatting. (My external stylesheet formats the colors, text sizes, and various other parts of my pages. My single-page stylesheet - for this page only - helps me align the images of the spam emails.)
    • The images are as per normal.
    • The "extra" text SHOULD NOT have appeared. The only thing I can think of, is since they didn't "close" the HTML com
  • The site in question, here, is manyhypocrisy.com (another appropo name). This is where the links go.
  • The top image takes you to the "spec1" folder in that domain. It will open (usually) index.htm, index.html, default.htm or default.html, which will probably redirect you to another site.
  • The bottom image (the "Anti-Spam Paragraph") takes you to the domain's main page. In many cases, it's simply a form where you will enter the email address you wish to "unsubscribe" from receiving these emails. See my Spam main page, FAQ question " Should I click the 'unsubscribe'?" (and others) for more.
  • pints.gif is the "Anti-Spam Paragraph" image. It, too, is used by multiple spammers. I have not included any of these, as you can see how it works in Examples 1-3, and, with this one, I haven't checked, but they COULD be different names, depending on the email. Again, the Spammers apparently all get them at the same place, or they all work at the same place - servers can have multiple-domains - see my Spam main page, FAQ Question " Why is Spam included in this Section?" Another indication of this is the "behind-the-images" text being almost exactly the same as Example #3.
    • Because they use the same image, it's possible that if I sent a snail-mail (postal) to the address listed, I MIGHT be removed all their mailing lists. I wouldn't count on it though, and don't plan on wasting the postage.
  • Note the "<!--" and "-->" paragraphs, above. EVERYTHING BETWEEN THEM IS AN HTML COMMENT, and therefore, doesn't appear in the email. Again, the text AFTER the images probably appeared because the comment wasn't closed.
 

Conclusion

I hope this page helps you understand why Spammers use images. As you can see, except for the mal-formed ones, the only things visible in the HTML are the images, which are NOT searchable for words. Each image shows multiple places to "click" to accept the offer or "unsubscribe", but they all go to basically the same place. I'm also sure than they make sure the text involved is "cleaned" of any curse-words or other possible filtered words.


by Bill Sanders © August 30, 2007 - email:

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