by Michael Seese
What's that old adage?
If at first you don't succeed,
try
try
try
try
try
try
try
again.
Yesterday's SPAM found 5 messages in my inbox. Today it was 7.
On the surface, the email looks reasonably convincing.
But, a few things stand out. So to give these guys the MST3K treatment:
1. The From: is a8400592e@michaelseese.com Wait... what?
2. The To: is AmericanExpreco@welcome.aexp.com So I'm sending an email to American Ex...preco?
3. Our records indicate that you recently used your American Express card on Novermber 06, 2014. Novermber? (Actually I didn't catch that one. But the spell check did when I pasted it in here.) OK, but this notification came over two weeks later.
4. For your security, new charges on the accounts listed above may be declined. Continuing the thought above, I've had no trouble using the card for the past 18 days. And what account listed above? Does anyone else see an account listed above? (In "fairness" to the spammers, you can see a big gap above "Dear Customer" which appears to be an image that my email program blocked. Still, if I can't see it...)
All in all, this one is pretty lame. On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd give it a D-minus.

