The “You Have Received a Postcard from a Family Member!” Spam

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“You have received a postcard from a family member!”, says the subject of one of the latest spam scams.

Does anybody legitimate still really send e-cards or e-postcards? Here is one more example of why we at the Internet Patrol never, ever open an ecard or epostcard (and yes, that includes evites – we never open them, so if you want to invite us to something, use plain, old fashioned email).

Here’s what the “You have received a postcard from a family member!” epostcard looks like to the naked eye. You’d think that the very fact that the subject says “from a family member” instead of, you know, that family member’s name, would tip folks off, but sadly, not so:

From: Postcards.com
Subject: You have received a postcard from a family member!

Oh happy day! Your Family Member sent you a postcard from 1001 Postcards!

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You can view your card at this address:

Click Here

Your postcard will be available for 60 days.

We hope you enjoy your postcard, and if you do, please take a moment
to send a few yourself!

Regards,
Marty & Alice at 1001 Postcards
http://www.postcards.org

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And in case you were wondering…
1. This is a free service!
2. We don’t sell email addres ses to anyone!
3. We really ar


(Note that the truncated “3. We really ar” is how it’s being sent, not a typo here.)

Now, here’s how it really looks:

Received: from User ([193.77.143.107]) by allegrosafety.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959);
Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:36:04 -0700
Reply-To:
From: “Postcards.com”
Subject: You have received a postcard from a family member!
Message-ID:

Oh happy day! Your Family Member sent you a postcard from 1001 Postcards!

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You can view your card at this address:

http://www.puertoricotoday.net/data/donate/index.html?certegy_vm=
trueportlet_change_1_actionOverrideFchaseonlineFchangeFsigninDetails_windowLabel_portlet_signin_pageLabel_page_signin

Your postcard will be available for 60 days.

We hope you enjoy your postcard, and if you do, please take a moment
to send a few yourself!

Regards,
Marty & Alice at 1001 Postcards

http://www.postcards.org

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And in case you were wondering…

1. This is a free service!
2. We don’t sell email addresses to anyone!
3. We really ar


Again – this is why we never EVER open epostcards or ecards, and we suggest that you don’t either.

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One thought on “The “You Have Received a Postcard from a Family Member!” Spam

  1. attn: “Marty & Alice at 1001 Postcards”
    wipe your mouth, you’ve got some b.s. hanging from your lip.
    “gunner”

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