[talk] Uptick in spam

[Mark Saad]

Ah
   Thanks for that It never occurred to me that it was some mangled Unicode . I am getting hammered by it from all over the place .  

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Mark Saad | nonesuch at longcount.org

> On May 10, 2023, at 12:47 AM, Ah Pook <ahpook at mitnal.com> wrote:
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> Unicode diamond?  ��
> F0 9F 92 8E
> U+1F48E
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>> On 5/8/23 07:31, Mark Saad wrote:
>> Hi everybody,
>>    I wanted to see if anyone is seeing this . A number of accounts of mine and family have seen an odd uptick in spam all with the same format .
>> Example subject : Y͏o H͏av͏e a B͏i͏g͏g C͏ha͏n͏ce To ͏re͏ce͏iv͏e A f͏r͏e͏e C͏o͏ff͏e͏e M͏ak͏er͏==The=20May=20Diamabrush=20Download=20=F0=9F=92=8E
>> Then some odd image that may match the subject and then some other garbage .
>> What’s piqued my interest was a the bit that looks like a MAC address at the end of the subject . Any ideas ?
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>> Mark Saad | nonesuch at longcount.org
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