Are You a Spam Consumer?

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A presentation given to the Building Speakers Toastmasters club at BlueScope Steel about the "real" Spam (by Hormel) and the email variety (served up daily by the Internet). During the speech, grilled spam hors d'oeuvres were served to guests.

Transcript of Are You a Spam Consumer?

ARE YOU A

CONSUMER?

Monty Python: 1970 “Spam”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE

Facts about SPAM

(the edible kind)

Bet ya didn’t know?• First marketed in 1937 • Surplus pork shoulder, mixed with ham, salt, sugar

and sodium nitrite.• Developed by George A. Hormel and Co.• During WW II, half of Hormel’s output went to the

U.S. government• Supplied SPAM to the armed forces of the U.S.

Wow!• 52% of Internet users say it’s a

problem• 14.5 billion emails per day• Decreased confidence and

trust in email• $20.5 billion annually• Estimated $49/year per inbox

Three types of spam• Automated, unwanted spam with a KNOWN

source• Automated, unsolicited spam with an

UNKNOWN source• Email forwards from Uncle Marvin

Unsubscribe or filter it

Ugh.Dear Sir/Madam,

This is to notify you that you have been chosen By the Board of trustees of the Coca-Cola Foundation based in the U.S.A, as one of the recipients for 2012 Cash Aid for your own personal, educational and business development.

Coca-Cola Foundation was developed in 1936 by the Multi-Million groups, which was conceived with the objective of Human Growth, poverty eradication, Education and Community development.

The United Nations (UN) and the European Union (EU), is donating five Hundred Million Great Britain Pounds, towards the Coca-Cola Foundation anniversary as specific cash aid to over 250 international recipients worldwide in different categories for business, educational and personal development, and at least 30% to be used by each for the development of his/her community.Based on the random selection exercise from the Coca Cola product purchase receipts and the Internet ip address, you were selected among the recipients to receive the sum of GBP 1,671,000.00 (ONE Million Six hundred and seventy one thousand Great Britain Pounds) as cash aid from the donations of the (UN) and the (EU) in accordance with the enabling act of Parliament.

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Phishing

Don’t click it!• Users will see nothing more than a blank page

reading, “PLEASE WAIT. Loading…”• The Blackhole exploit pack works silently in the

background, attempting to take advantage of vulnerabilities within Java, Adobe PDF, Flash and other software to plant malware on the target machine.

Don’t be fast on the trigger!• Hover over the links to see where they

ACTUALLY lead to…• Don’t click them• Reverse the direction: – YOU check with THEM using your login

Uncle Marvin• Fast on the “forward” button• Never reads it• Never investigates the claims• Address book is a mile long!

ON JANUARY 1, 2013, THE US GOVERNMENT WILL BE REQUIRING EVERYONE TOHAVE DIRECT DEPOSIT FOR SS CHECKS.

WONDER WHY?

Subject: HR 4646

Watch for this AFTER the November elections; remember this BEFORE you VOTE.A 1% tax on all bank transactions is what HR 4646 calls for.

Do you receive a paycheck, or a retirement check from Social Securityor a pension fund and have it direct deposit??

Well guess what ... It looks as if the present administration wants totax it 1% !!! This bill was put forth by Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA). YES, that is 1% tax on all bank transactions - HR 4646, every time it goes in and every time money goes out.

Ask your congressperson to vote NO. FORWARD THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!

Friendsdon’t let friends

do stupid stuff on Facebook.

The WHAT?

Fact-checking

• Snopes.com• TruthOrFiction.com• Politifact.com

“Trust,butVERIFY.”