ESL spam

Some really charming efforts lately from the spammers and virus-spreaders — such as this broken-English attempt to trick me into clicking on an attachment, which I’ve received repeatedly lately:

From: administration@netcom.com
Subject: E-mail account disabling warning.

Dear user of Netcom.com e-mail server gateway,

Some of our clients complained about the spam (negative e-mail content) outgoing from your e-mail account. Probably, you have been infected by a proxy-relay trojan server. In order to keep your computer safe, follow the instructions.

For more information see the attached file.

Gotta watch out for that negative e-mail content, or else you might get an account disabling warning.

This one’s my favorite, though:

From: CY Software
Subject: A simple investigation Please pay close attention to

What type of software do you need?

— Communication type of the network

— Type that handle official business

— The network materials collecting

— The webpage having a look around

— Network game

— Hang outside the game

— Download tools

I haven’t voted yet — I can’t decide between “the network materials collecting” or “the webpage having a look around.”