On Sat, 19 Nov 2016 19:01:43 +0100 peter h <peter@hk.ipsec.se> wrote:
The last days i have been sent a number of these threats, they come from different addresses ( stolen computers ) but contain no links or attatchements. Is the goal to harass the gmail user ( it's munged by me to protect an innocent person )
There is not a single one of the trillions of spams that are senseless. All spam has a reason to exist and no spam is ever senseless - not even a single one... There are a few goals with your spam as it is rich with possibilities. The vast majority of spam only has a singular goal and your spam is rich in possibilities :) The most obvious is to confuse/poison (some/basic) anti spam systems:
Received: from 14.145.207.224 ([113.68.244.108]) Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (mark.silberman78@gmail.com@177.205.66.120) by 113.68.244.108
My software handles any headers that deviate from the expected with extreme care as there are only a limited number of reasons why headers are different than expected Other goals (and their are many with your example of Shotgun spam (named after shotgun weddings) Goals may be to solicit a relationship with victims, cyber criminals are finding it more challenging to open dialog and engage with shotgun victims It may be to target the @gmail account holder, to receive spam that Google will allow as it will be from other victims (think denial of service or just to attack/assault a gmail account holder) and of course many other reasons hth andre
Received: from 14.145.207.224 ([113.68.244.108]) by ipsec.se (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id uAILTOwC091474 for <peter@ipsec.nu>; Fri, 18 Nov 2016 22:29:32 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <201611182129.uAILTOwC091474@ipsec.se> Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (mark.silberman78@gmail.com@177.205.66.120) by 113.68.244.108 with ESMTPA; Sat, 19 Nov 2016 05:29:22 +0800 From: m-**-.-munged-78@gmail.com To: peter@ipsec.nu Subject: You are hacked! Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2016 05:21:56 +0800 Content-Type: X-UID: 5404 X-Length: 910
Your email peter@ipsec.nu has been hacked and spam is sent to all your contacts! If you don't have a lawyer, you may contact me at <munged>@gmail.com
Best Regards, M**- m**-.-munged-78@gmail.com