Work-at-home spam with some twists

The spam bucket is a great place to go looking for net ugliness. And when you’re in this business, that’s business as usual. Here’s a new one:Today we checked out a spam email contained random letters and characters and a link in the middle of the body:OK, we’ll bite (don’t try this at home.) We’ll see what sexycake555@hotmail.com is selling:The link leads to a web site moneymakermother.com (domain registered June 10, address information withheld) that tries to look like a television station web page featuring the “Clearwater Job Report,” clearly drawing on the fact that I’m coming at it from Clearwater Florida.“Work At Home Mom Makes $8,795/Month Part-Time” is the headline they want you to see.Coupla problems with the page though:-- There’s no “Daily News 7” around here-- The links on the top of the page (“Sign in” etc.) aren’t links, they’re just text.)And the best one: The weather box:A high temperature in the 60s this time of year in Florida? Riiiiiiiight!Here’s the real forecast from weather.com: how about highs the 90s: (continue reading...)