It's probably a student trying to collect data for a study on spam. One of my mates used to send out those kinds of things when he was doing his PhD
Regards Ruben > got this one as well... > > plus i have not used western union in my life... > > immediately deleted after i had a little internal chuckle to myself about the > 'from'. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Daniel Kerr" <[email protected]> > To: "WAMUG" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, 28 November, 2012 9:29:47 AM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing > / Hong Kong / Urumqi > Subject: Fwd: Gotta love this "spammer" > > Just for something different,…. with all the spam come through lately, you > gotta love the "from" address on this one,…. > (I took out part of the server address and click link just for "safety") > > If the email didn't warn you, then you'd hope the from address would,…hehe :) > > Kind regards > Daniel > > Sent from my iPhone 4s > > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > Phone: 0414 795 960 > Email: <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> > Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Apple** > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: a.dumbass.spammer@jokeitem.<part_removed>.net >> Subject: Account Access Limited >> Date: 28 November 2012 6:52:07 AM AWST >> Reply-To: <[email protected]> >> >> Dear Western Union client, >> >> Most of our customers have been complaining about their online accounts >> being used by third parties. In order to avoid unauthorized account usage >> and to increase fraud prevention, we developed a more secure database where >> our customer's profile information will be stored. >> >> All our clients are required to confirm their online accounts by accessing >> our online form on the following link: >> >> <Click line removed> >> >> Please note that this security update is only intended for our members >> protection. >> >> Thank you, >> Joshua D. Roming, >> IT Executive, >> Western Union Australia. > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20121128/6642690f/attachment.htm > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
