I mean, Washington may be a wretched hive of scum and villiany, but …

* * * * *

I mean, Washington may be a wretched hive of scum and villiany, but …

> From: "Agent Chris Swecker"<[email protected]>
> To: undisclosed-recipients:;
> Subject: *****SPAM***** UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
> Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2013 03:38:06 +0800
>
> Spam detection software, running on the system “DiskStation”, has
> identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has
> been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label
> similar future email. If you have any questions, see admin for details.
>
> Content preview: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Counter-terrorism
> Division and Cyber Crime Division J. Edgar. Hoover Building Washington DC
> Dear Beneficiary, Series of meetings have been held over the past 7 months
> with the secretary general of the United Nations Organization. This ended 3
> days ago. It is obvious that you have not received your fund which is to
> the tune of $8.5,000.000.00 due to past corrupt Governmental Officials who
> almost held the fund to themselves for their selfish reason and some
> individuals who have taken advantage of your fund all in an attempt to
> swindle your fund which has led to so many losses from your end and
> unnecessary delay in the receipt of your fund. […]
>
> Table: Content analysis details: (6.9 points, 5.0 required)
> pts rule name description>
> ------------------------------
> -1.4 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP >
> 1.8 SUBJ_ALL_CAPS Subject is all capitals >
> 0.0 MONEY_BACK BODY: Money back guarantee >
> 0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message >
> 1.7 MIME_HTML_ONLY BODY: Message only has text/html MIME parts >
> 0.0 FORGED_OUTLOOK_TAGS Outlook can't send HTML in this format >
> 0.7 MSOE_MID_WRONG_CASE MSOE_MID_WRONG_CASE >
> 0.0 FORGED_OUTLOOK_HTML Outlook can't send HTML message only >
> 4.2 FORGED_MUA_OUTLOOK Forged mail pretending to be from MS Outlook>
>
> The original message was not completely plain text, and may be unsafe to
> open with some email clients; in particular, it may contain a virus, or
> confirm that your address can receive spam. If you wish to view it, it may
> be safer to save it to a file and open it with an editor.
>

You know … if you're going to try a Nigerian 419 scam [1], it might be wise
to ensure your email isn't flagged as spam on the way out of your own email
server! I'm just saying …

[1] http://www.419eater.com/

Email author at [email protected]