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		<title>Latest e-mail scam: death threats</title>
		<link>http://fak3r.com/2008/02/14/latest-e-mail-scam-death-threats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil</dc:creator>
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I guess since the Nigerian scams are too common people are working on new angles to rob people via email.  This is a great one too, the email purports to be from a contract killer with the recipient being the intended target, but the killer will renege on the killing if the person will cough [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Scammers (not) showing heart by donating to charity</title>
		<link>http://fak3r.com/2007/10/15/scammers-not-showing-heart-by-donating-to-charity/</link>
		<comments>http://fak3r.com/2007/10/15/scammers-not-showing-heart-by-donating-to-charity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil</dc:creator>
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This is interesting, apparently to test out stolen credit card numbers, scamers are donating small amounts to charities to verify they have a working number on their hands.  &#8220;In the world of carding, where stolen credit card information is bought and sold, carders need to know if the credit cards they are buying or [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>All your data are belong to Microsoft</title>
		<link>http://fak3r.com/2007/07/31/all-your-data-are-belong-to-microsoft/</link>
		<comments>http://fak3r.com/2007/07/31/all-your-data-are-belong-to-microsoft/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil</dc:creator>
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In another scary move, Microsoft is behind a recent patent for an &#8220;advertising framework&#8221; that appears to be little more than an adware application on steriods.  Coupled with another patent that aims to use &#8220;context data&#8221; from your hard drive to show you advertisements and &#8220;apportion and credit advertising revenue&#8221; to ad suppliers in [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Confessions of SpammerX</title>
		<link>http://fak3r.com/2007/07/19/confessions-of-spammerx/</link>
		<comments>http://fak3r.com/2007/07/19/confessions-of-spammerx/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[spam]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A former spammer comes forth to tell his story, an amazing look at how easy something like this is to get away with.  &#8220;Ed,&#8221; a retired spammer, built a considerable fortune sending e-mails that promoted pills, porn and casinos. At the peak of his power, Ed says he pulled in US$10,000 to $15,000 a week, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Volume of spam increased 147% in 2006</title>
		<link>http://fak3r.com/2007/01/31/volume-of-spam-increased-147-in-2006/</link>
		<comments>http://fak3r.com/2007/01/31/volume-of-spam-increased-147-in-2006/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are just amazing statistics that the volume of spam increased 147% in 2006 and that 94% of all email in December was spam!  The primary reasons are armies of zombie computers &#8220;botnets&#8221; (that are hijacked due to users inability to protect their systems from malware) all ready to send out a distributed attack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spam levels mysteriously fall 30% in a week</title>
		<link>http://fak3r.com/2007/01/16/spam-levels-mysteriously-fall-30-in-a-week/</link>
		<comments>http://fak3r.com/2007/01/16/spam-levels-mysteriously-fall-30-in-a-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an amazing statistic, particularly after knowing how much email was just spam as of last month, the level of spam is down 30% from last week.  &#8220;After rising steadily for many years spam levels have mysteriously dropped 30% in the first week of January. According to SoftScan the most plausible explanation is [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sending 10,000 spam emails a minute</title>
		<link>http://fak3r.com/2006/01/05/sending-10000-spam-emails-a-minute/</link>
		<comments>http://fak3r.com/2006/01/05/sending-10000-spam-emails-a-minute/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2006 00:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier in the week I talked about the biggest security worry home users should have is that their systems can be hijacked, taken over, and used as a zombie to blindly send out spam emails.  I had no idea how many a standard home DSL setup could handle, but learned from this article that [...]]]></description>
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