spam with random words

Mon Jan 12 11:12:13 CET 2004

Hi all,
Since Christmas we have started getting spam which consists
mainly of a couple of URLs embedded in a stream of random
dictionary words thus:

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>

<TITLE>Message</TITLE>

<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY>
<DIV><!-- Converted from text/plain format --><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<A HREF="http://www.countupandlookaway.com/m2/index.php?AFF_ID=m4">
Hello,<BR>
<BR>
I finally was able to lose the weight I have<BR>
been struggling to lose for years!<BR>
<BR>
And I couldn't believe how simple it was!<BR>
Amazing patch makes you shed the pounds!<BR>
It's Guaranteed to work or your money back!<BR></A>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
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<a href="http://www.countupandlookaway.com/homepage/">Not intreseted</a><br></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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beggary forge silicone baseball hershey quip moire madhouse effusion japanese highboy limelight busy maladroit dunlap burmese erodible luxuriant revolutionary saturday cartographer saxophone collet february commentary admissible littleneck quay charleston ophthalmology malton danbury hubby basswood nimh deltoid grapevine <br>
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more rasmussen icosahedral fever buddha depredate peacetime canadian bandpass garth merit betelgeuse quezon doneck <br>
linseed analogue coltsfoot celebrity inaccuracy archfool downgrade fare inelegant dirge napoleon inbreed pipsissewa cute hamster airspeed parentheses abreact exit d'oeuvre <br>
anagram hymn arpa bungalow comedian essay ancestor fillip maternal noun <br>
acquire hymnal casework sci guildhall garry numerous comparative duck hazard homily comic laudanum oilman collier compositor leap collector <br>

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These often contain the same (mis-spelled) phrases (e.g. Not intreseted)
which still get through bogofilter presumably because their contribution
is drowned by the random stuff. Is there (could there be) some way to
increase the signifiance of particular phrases?

And could there be subtle ill-effects of adding such messages to the
spam training list?

Cheers,
Terry