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The screenshot below is from my Gmail spam folder. Notice that some of the email from and subject lines look normal, while many of them appear to use some sort of serif font:
I'm a web developer, and from poking around, there's no CSS font declarations that are causing this to happen. The only hint is that the inspection panel for the "ZippyLoan ." sender shows that the fonts being used are not just Google's typical Roboto, but also "Cambria Math" (despite there being no corresponding "Cambria Math" CSS font declaration):
In fact, it seems that the font definition is somehow built-in to the text, since it even maintains the same appearance in plain-Jane Windows Notepad:
Actually, here, I think it works anywhere... play around with it yourself it you'd like:
๐๐๐๐๐๐ณ๐๐๐ .
๐๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ $๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ!
โค๏ธ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ $50 ๐ช๐ฝ๐บ/๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ยฎ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ (๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ )
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. O.o
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The researchers believe this is the first time this technique of disguising malicious code to evade detection has been observed. The well-crafted phishing web pages use custom web font files known as โwoff filesโ to implement a substitution cypher that makes the source code of phishing pages appear benign.
If you start receiving an increased amount of spam, with junk mail filters enabled, then there might be a problem with the mailbox that your spam emails are usually moved to. You should check that the target mailbox or mail folder isn't full or disabled.
You get spam messages because someone gets access to your email address or phone number. Think about how often you provide your phone number or email address when checking out online, when registering for something, or when signing up for a rewards program in a store.
Determining the Source of Spam It takes a close look at the spam message's header lines. These headers contain information about the path an email took.
Spam trigger words are keywords or phrases that email providers see as red flags. Youโll often find these words in emails that people mark as spam. As the saying goes, โif it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.โ Spam filters catch suspicious words and phrases associated with:
As the saying goes, โif it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.โ Spam filters catch suspicious words and phrases associated with: Gmailโs spam filter caught all of these promotional emails. Now theyโre left to languish in my spam folder for eternity. (Or until Gmail automatically deletes them after 30 days.)
That said, there are worse ways that spammers use for financial gain. One such way is phishing, that is, to get sensitive personal information, such as passwords or credit card information, from the user, by pretending to be an important or official source, such as a bank or an IT manager, or promoting a fake offer to grab the userโs attention.
Even when the platform itself is not immediately recognizable to a spambot, there are various ways they can detect and leave comments, such as by a brute-force attack whereby they test various methods to see which works on your comment system, so even avoiding footprints is not enough to deter them, although it does help. What do spammers want?
It's not a different font - it's the same font, just using odd code points. For example, the ๐ in ๐๐๐๐๐๐ณ๐๐๐ has a code point of 119937:
console.log('๐'.codePointAt());which corresponds to:
๐ mathematical bold italic capital z 0352201 119937 0x1D481 ๐
There are many such odd code points that can be used. It's not ASCII.
In contrast, the standard capital Z has a code point of 90:
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