Automated Scam Generator

Ilya Palagin IlyaPalagin-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Wed Oct 1 02:06:12 UTC 2003


Fraser Campbell wrote:
> On Tuesday 30 September 2003 18:07, Peter L. Peres wrote:
> 
> 
>>If it helps any, the ones I get usually come from Nigeria. I don't think
>>it's a script. Someone clever enough to write a script to do that would
>>probably have the required iq to find the spell checker button in front of
>>his nose and use it.
> 
> 
> I believe the spelling mistakes are to defeat simple anti-spam tools.
> 
Key phrases like "million dollars" and "absolutely no risk" must have no 
spelling mistakes :-). Spamassassin, for example, successfully uses 
these signatures to define spam.

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