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usonian

(27,484 posts)
Thu Jul 9, 2026, 12:33 AM Thursday

Another kooky spam email with a twist. [View all]


From: Boes Dickus. (boesdickus532@hotmail.com)
Subject: Order Confirmation 439629 to Samantha Preston on 2026-07-08
Order 2026-07-08] Peer-to-Peer Crypto Order Address Location:

054 Christopher Center Apt. 957, Lake Sarah, LA 30664 Manufacture Code: 4K[=
2[+.E%ly-Fm}4QD2Wb


I don't mind showing the sender, probably a malware-infected home computer remotely controlled to send spam. (via outlook)

A web search failed to find any "Boes Dickus" anywhere.

Hint for serious email detectives. I do not even open suspicious emails, though I think I have anti-tracking protection somewhere in my mail chain. "do not automatically load remote content"

Opening emails, or responding to unsolicited text messages sometimes merely confirms that your address is "real" when the spammer is shotgunning every imaginable address trying to find those real ones.

In this case, I dragged the email message onto a text editor (Sublime Text) to see all that's inside without tripping any tripwires (Tracking pixels and so on) that might be in it.




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