{"id":1691,"date":"2005-11-21T17:45:23","date_gmt":"2005-11-22T00:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/8stars.org\/aa\/2005\/11\/21\/from-the-department-of-really-bad-ideas\/"},"modified":"2005-11-21T17:45:23","modified_gmt":"2005-11-22T00:45:23","slug":"from-the-department-of-really-bad-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8stars.org\/a\/2005\/11\/21\/from-the-department-of-really-bad-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"From the department of really bad ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve seen a sudden upsurge in a particular kind of spam over the past day or so. All of them come with a (Windows) executable attachment. <\/p>\n<p>Several of the messages read as follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<pre>\nFrom:     Admin@cia.gov\nSubject:  Your IP was logged\nDate:     21 November 2005 22:07:31 CST\nTo:       [my e-mail address]\n\nDear Sir\/Madam,\n\nwe have logged your IP-address on more than 30 illegal Websites.\n\nImportant:\nPlease answer our questions!\nThe list of questions are attached.\n\nYours faithfully,\nSteven Allison\n\n++++ Central Intelligence Agency -CIA-\n++++ Office of Public Affairs\n++++ Washington, D.C. 20505\n\n++++ phone: (703) 482-0623\n++++ 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., US Eastern time\n<\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Call me crazy, but it seems like a really, really bad idea to use the CIA\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthe same organization known to torture prisoners\u00e2\u20ac\u201das the Joe in your little <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe-job\">joe-job<\/a> phishing expedition.<\/p>\n<p><ins>later:<\/ins> <a 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