{"id":248,"date":"2005-10-13T15:09:02","date_gmt":"2005-10-13T20:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/?p=248"},"modified":"2005-10-13T15:09:39","modified_gmt":"2005-10-13T20:09:39","slug":"when-life-gives-you-spam-make-lemonade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2005\/10\/13\/when-life-gives-you-spam-make-lemonade\/","title":{"rendered":"When life gives you spam &#8211; make lemonade!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/27770559\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.flickr.com\/23\/27770559_d103340399_m.jpg?resize=240%2C180\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"Keeps inks fresh\" align='right' hspace='10' vspace='10' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/newkidonthehallway.typepad.com\/new_kid_on_the_hallway\/\">New Kid<\/a> just posted a <a href=\"http:\/\/newkidonthehallway.typepad.com\/new_kid_on_the_hallway\/2005\/10\/this_spam_crack.html\">really wonderful analysis<\/a> of a recent variant on the all-too-common Nigerian Oil Scam spam.  What a hoot!  Shows what can be accomplished if a keen mind is brought to bear on a problem of importance.  Or, well, maybe not so much importance, but still quite fun and definitely recommended.<\/p>\n<p>And to think &#8211; I just delete most of mine :-).<\/p>\nNo tag for this post.\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li>No related posts.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Kid just posted a really wonderful analysis of a recent variant on the all-too-common Nigerian Oil Scam spam. What a hoot! Shows what can be accomplished if a keen mind is brought to bear on a problem of importance. Or, well, maybe not so much importance, but still quite fun and definitely recommended. And &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2005\/10\/13\/when-life-gives-you-spam-make-lemonade\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;When life gives you spam &#8211; make lemonade!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-40","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":712,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/11\/20\/akismet-rocks-upgrades-bring-hiccups\/","url_meta":{"origin":248,"position":0},"title":"Akismet rocks; upgrades bring hiccups","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"20 Nov 07","format":false,"excerpt":"Over the weekend I finally found time for a major set of upgrades to all of the family blogs. One of many impetuses for this was the vast ocean of comment spam that I was dealing with from my blog. I had a CAPTCHA plugin running on this blog which\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Computing&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Computing","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/computing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":289,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/01\/07\/more-implausible-spam\/","url_meta":{"origin":248,"position":1},"title":"More implausible spam","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"7 Jan 06","format":false,"excerpt":"I just got two copies of the same spam about 11 minute apart (never a good sign), and this one has a particularly bizarre premise. Some fellow claiming to have been a former archbishop in the Catholic church apparently has $7.2 million that he wants to pass along to me\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Computing&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Computing","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/computing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":107,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2005\/05\/26\/thinking-of-trying-captchas\/","url_meta":{"origin":248,"position":2},"title":"Thinking of trying CAPTCHAs","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"26 May 05","format":false,"excerpt":"I just had to deal with an even 100 (!) spam comments posted to this weblog, mostly for medications promising endless nights of passion and fullfillment. At least that's a nice change from my e-mail spam, which has recently focussed on variants on the classic Nigerian oil scam. Thanks to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Weblogs and CMS&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Weblogs and CMS","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/computing\/weblogs-and-cms\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":477,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/02\/19\/spammers-sink-to-new-lows\/","url_meta":{"origin":248,"position":3},"title":"Spammers sink to new lows","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"19 Feb 07","format":false,"excerpt":"I just got a really amazing bit of spam, purporting to be from an American soldier serving in IRAQ. It's a standard Nigerian Oil Scam, except here it's $25M \"liberated\" from Saddam's family and a dishonest \"soldier\" who wants help getting the money out of Iraq. While I'm no fan\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Computing&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Computing","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/computing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":260,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2005\/11\/20\/captchas-rock\/","url_meta":{"origin":248,"position":4},"title":"CAPTCHAs rock!","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"20 Nov 05","format":false,"excerpt":"The CAPTCHAs seem to be working really well. I haven't had a single piece of comment spam since I installed it, and several \"real\" people have been able to leave cool comments (so we're not keeping the good people out). It's a little weird to not have all the spam\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Computing&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Computing","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/computing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":173,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2005\/05\/27\/a-wordpress-security-patch\/","url_meta":{"origin":248,"position":5},"title":"A WordPress security patch and 2 other things to check out later","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"27 May 05","format":false,"excerpt":"There's a new WordPress security update. Happily it's really easy to apply. 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