[FRIAM] Archangel Michael's Message For You

[Eric Smith]

So, being technically only semi-literate, here is the main response I have to the spam-ocean in which we now all seem to be adrift.

As for Michael below, I cannot imagine anyone would deliberately follow up anything like this, except bored people who click on a link to see what kind of entertainment lies at the other end, and who are computer-senior enough to think there won’t be any undue trouble they have to deal with as a consequence.

So what, then, is the mechanics of the angle?  If there are embedded URLs for tracking, the “text" could be a random space-filler to check which emails are active.  It probably is not yet all that common for people to turn off autoloading of remote content to reduce the number of channels through which they are tracked, but it is presumably becoming more common.

Is there timing in the way that remote content is loaded, so that somebody can compile the rate at which readers sift through the text?  Or are there other completely unrelated mechanisms for which the email is a distraction while a pickpocket works in some other direction?

Eric



> On Aug 17, 2019, at 9:10 AM, glen <gepropella at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> This is the best spam I've received in a long time! And it's all thanks to my broken spamassassin config. Am I alone in finding spam and phishing email fascinating? I'm procrastinating fixing SA because my spam is more interesting than my "ham".
> 
> Maybe the most interesting was the one claiming there was a bomb threat at "your office building". Of course, I was immune to it because I work from a shed in the back yard. But I can imagine that scared a lot of people. I never looped back to see if they caught any of those jerks.
> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> From: 7 Day Prayer Miracle <7dayprayermiracle at miraclle.pro>
> Sent: August 17, 2019 5:49:01 AM PDT
> To: cult at tempusdictum.com
> Subject: Archangel Michael's Message For You
> 
> Dear lburns at energynewengland.com,
> 
> 
> Today, Archangel Michael has a life-changing message for you. 
> 
> 
> He’s about to teach you a mysterious prayer that drops you into the 
> ocean of abundance, where boundless blessings flow:
> 
> 
> My good friend Amanda Ross has a special connection to Archangel 
> Michael. Through his divine intervention Amanda successfully restored 
> her marriage, reclaimed her joy and even won the lottery. 
> 
> 
> 
> Click here for her astonishing story:
> 
> 
> Best,
> Barbara L. Martin
> 
> 
> P.S. You want to know something that will blow your mind and open 
> your heart? Archangel Michael is the guardian angel that fights for you. 
> If you are struggling with any form of conflict -- big or small -- then saying this 4-sentence prayer holds the key to your victory. 
> 
> 
> Heaven is smiling over you and cheering you on to win your breakthrough. Receive it here:
> 
> 
> 77 Petunia Way
> Birmingham, AL 35209 If these updates do not interest you please end them click here 
> 
> 
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> 
> -- 
> glen
> 
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