Spammers' Top 10

FrontBridge Technologies has identified the top 10 deceptive E-mail subject lines used by spammers to lure recipients into opening the messages.

Tony Kontzer, Contributor

July 9, 2003

1 Min Read

Anti-spam vendor FrontBridge Technologies Inc. has identified the top 10 deceptive E-mail subject lines used by spammers to lure recipients into opening their messages. FrontBridge's list was culled from 1,200 enterprise E-mail domains the company filters and analyzes regularly, and the vendor expects more E-mail containing such deceptive subject lines to appear in in-boxes. It reports that deceptive spam tactics grew more than 50% in the first six months of the year.

The list reads:

  • RE: Information you asked for

  • hey

  • Check this out!

  • Is this your email?

  • Please resend the email

  • RE: Your order

  • Past due account

  • Please verify your information

  • Version update

  • RE: 4th of July

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