Anatomy of spam

The BBC has an article up pointing out the anatomy of spam. Things that are common sense and obvious to those who are in IT and work with email a lot, but perhaps less so to the average reader of a news site.
Things like why the names used are chosen, how to spot a fake email address, an image in the body, and extra text at the end among other things - all used for two reasons: 1) to get by the anti-spam tools, and 2) to get the message in front of you, so that you will open it and perhaps buy whatever they are selling (or fall for their scam) - which is really what #1 is going for as well.

Posted by Eric at October 11, 2006 03:30 PM | TrackBack