[Cialug] odd spam

Thu Apr 27 08:27:32 CDT 2006

Looks like they want to see if the message gets opened in an HTML mail
reader to see if the address really exists.  Look up SPAM beacon.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Hawkins [mailto:ng0g at mchsi.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 6:12 AM
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> Subject: [Cialug] odd spam
> 
> 
> CIALUG,
> 
> I have been getting several emails like this a day for the 
> past two days.  The 
> address contained in the html body of the email is not always 
> the same, but 
> the rest of the body is always the same.
> 
> I keep my email program set on text only.
> Any idea what kind of scam is going on here.
> 
> Thanks,
> Steve
> 
> --------------------------------------------------example-----
> --------------------------------
> > Received: from pool-151-196-52-48.balt.east.verizon.net 
> > ([151.196.52.48])
> >           by sccqmxc92.asp.att.net (sccqmxc92) with SMTP
> >           id <20060427104152q9200861aee>; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 
> 10:41:52 +0000
> >  X-Originating-IP: [151.196.52.48]
> >  Received: from wd.zvhr ([151.196.82.36])
> >         by pool-151-196-52-48.balt.east.verizon.net 
> (8.13.1/8.13.1) with
> > SMTP id k3RAijSp061877; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 06:44:45 -0400
> >  Message-ID: <002001c669e7$2d8cecf9$2452c497 at wd.zvhr>
> >  From: "Becky Crow" <kmplp at stantontechnologies.com>
> >  To: <ng0g at mchsi.com>
> >  Subject: broadcast mud
> >  Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 06:41:11 -0400
> >  MIME-Version: 1.0
> >  Content-Type: multipart/related;
> >   type="multipart/alternative";
> >   boundary="----=_NextPart_000_001C_01C669C5.A67B4CA5"
> >  X-Priority: 3
> >  X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
> >  X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409
> >  X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409
> >  Status: R
> >  X-Status: NT
> >  X-KMail-EncryptionState:
> >  X-KMail-SignatureState:
> >  X-KMail-MDN-Sent:
> >
> > Note: This is an HTML message. For security reasons, only 
> the raw HTML 
> > code is shown. If you trust the sender of this message then you can 
> > activate formatted HTML display for this message by clicking here.
> >
> >
> > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> 
> > <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; 
> > charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1409" 
> > name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE>
> > </HEAD>
> > <BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><IMG alt="" hspace=0
> > src="cid:001b01c669e7$2d8cec90$2452c497 at wd.zvhr" align=baseline
> > border=0></FONT></DIV>
> > </BODY></HTML>
> > acquainted.gif
> ----------------------------------------------------end-------
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> 
> 
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> Steve Hawkins NG0G
> ng0g at arrl.net
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