I have received a message this morning from an ICQ account with the following text written in UTF-8 and plain text:
The message from ICQ.com
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Hello.
_ICQ.com: we Remind you that all ICQ numbers which have not passed activation, 1.1.2010 will be removed from a server without restoration possibility. _
_The status of yours ICQ numbers: NOT activated. _
For activation send SMS on number 8353 with the text 144444
In the reciprocal message you receive acknowledgement on activation and your password from number.
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One should never reply to such messages. A few observations which show why:
- The text is written in a very bad English language.
Seeing the details of the user, the reason gets clear:
No comments…
- 1.1.2010 is already in the past. So did the spammer send the message too late?
There are only two things to do with this kind of messages:
- Block the user by clicking Deny
- Forget about it.