Dislexic Spammers?

[Mike Hughes]

The link in this spam email made me laugh. Is that URL supposed to look genuine? Maybe you only need 1 person in a thousand to fall for it to make it worthwhile.

I fudged the http and page to stop the link working

Hello,

You have a new message from Yahoo Search Marketing Team

Please use the link below to login:

hxxx://www.yhoomarkeetingsolnm.com/select/login/nopage

Advertising Your Business with Search Marketing Yahoo

With best regards, Search Marketing Yahoo

Mike

PS: I also got one for adwords. Just as bad:

hxxx://www.adwnordasn.com/Selects/Login/static/nopage

[saucysal]

What if Genuine Ones are Dyslexic?

How do you know that they aren't genuine non-spam emails but the typist at Google or Yahoo is dyslexic, or just careless?

We have customers who regularly when placing their orders mistype their name, email address etc, getting letters back to front. You'd think that they would look up at the screen and check, but it is surprising how many people mis-type things and don't check - or if they do check are too dyxslesic (ha ha) to notice.

Sarah

[Mike Hughes]

How do you know that they aren't genuine non-spam emails but the typist at Google or Yahoo is dyslexic, or just careless?

I'd assume that emails like this are either computer generated or tested before sending to make sure the link works properly.

In this case though, as in many others, the emails are always sent to public email address whereas I use private ones for business contacts. It avoids confusion and provides an additional level of certainty when checking incoming emails.

Mike

PS. I guess with figures saying 5-10% of people have dyslexia then there could be quite a few people who can't immediately see that the urls are messed up.

[saucysal]

I do the same

Yes, we also can tell the spam and phishing emails. With PayPal phishing, we can tell instantly as they do not address the email to our account holder name, wherewas genuine PayPal ones do. My dyslexic comments were semi-joking, as I know that some genuine businesses can make errors in links, though they should be checking them before sending. I have made some mistakes myself when I haven't checked every link in an emailshot.

You may have gathered that I am not particularly busy at the moment!

Sarah