What.... PhD student sends SPAM emails to get data on SPAM!!!!

Sent from Ronni's iPad4

On 28/11/2012, at 4:58 PM, Dark1 <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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.
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