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Creepiest spam message ever: "we have hijacked your baby"

Posted by Brett Singer

I just got this in my inbox and thought I would share it.

It's the typical attempt to get you to open an attachment, in this case "photo.zip", which I assume contains some sort of nasty viral payload. In other words, don't open it.

In the past, these sorts of messages said, "Naked Ana Kornakova Picz!" or something similar (I misspelled her name on purpose, by the way.) This time, though, it's a little more personal, at least if you have kids.
Creepy spam: We have hijacked your baby
Anyway, don't open it, and hopefully you won't get it. If you'll excuse me, I need to go adjust my spam filter.

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Posted Aug 26 2008, 03:00 PM
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Comments

 

Mike Adamick (Cry It Out!) said:

It's scary to think that someone somewhere actually wrote that. I don't expect much from my personal spam writers, but this is a new low.

August 26, 2008 12:04 AM
 

Brett Singer said:

Thanks, I'm glad it's not just me who got a little skeeved out by this.

August 26, 2008 3:28 PM
 

Me said:

Oh I'm so glad I'm not the only one getting these!  They've been creeping me out all week.  Rationally I know they're spam, but they still give me the willies...

August 26, 2008 4:57 PM
 

mamamary said:

This is evil! I can't believe that someone would really stoop so low to pass around a virus. I never understood the point of passing around viruses anyway -- it's not like they make any money for the creators...or do they?

August 26, 2008 11:03 PM
 

Brett Singer said:

Sometimes people spread viruses (virii?) for bragging rights, but sometimes there's money involved. Certain bits of nasty code can turn your computer into a spam-server, which in theory makes money for someone. Just never open an attachment. This one, even though I knew it was bull (because I could see my kid) got to me.

August 27, 2008 11:23 AM
 

Nevergen said:

I wonder if the airforce has orders to shoot down highjacked babies given they might shoot down kidnapped airplanes.

September 3, 2008 8:04 AM

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Brett Singer is a writer and father living in Manhattan with his wonderful wife and two terrific sons (referred to here as Thing 1 and Thing 2). He writes about music for the Boston Phoenix, parenting for Babble and daddytips.com, and other topics for anyone else who will have him.

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