Outlook Test Messages Not SMTP Compliant

There are versions of MS Outlook out there which don't send messages compliant with SMTP
(RFC 5322 - Section-3.6), in as much as the mandatory “Date:” header is missing. Quite naturally this makes them useless as a method for testing your SMTP mail system. See this discussion for more information.

WORKAROUND: If you encounter this when testing SMTP delivery, compose your own test message and send that one to yourself.

Spam to Your PayPal E-mail Address

As PayPal give your name and e-mail address away to its merchants (i.e: they effectively make it public) - we recommend our clients to use a throw-away or time-limited address for paypal accounts. The spam will be sent to your address using your full name so:

To: "Anthony Other" <another@example.com>

Currently the spam is promoting a fake goods site with the connivance of an ISP based in Hong Kong.

Phishing From Microsoft Messaging

Here’s a phish, sent by: mail14-co9on0066.outbound.messaging.microsoft.com [157.56.211.66] seconds ago:

From: Barclays Bank PLC
Subject: Important Information From Barclays!

You have not used the telephone banking service for some time now and this could lead to a temporary de-activation of your access to this service. In order to ensure your continued usage of the service and other services such as the internet banking, please follow the steps below :
Click here to begin
© 2014 Barclays Bank.
All Rights Reserved

Gmail Spewing Malware

We've trapped a couple of mails from gmail containing malware. Malware in the form of an attachment called "Payment.rar", "document.rar" or "INVOICES.rar"; within that file is a windows ".scr" or ".exe" executable.

The text is like this (sic):

Dear Sir/Ma
Please check attachment for the confirmation of the part payment into your account. Thanks for your patient and we sincerely apologize for the delay. Please find swift message for the payment made via attachment and confirm back.
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Thanks & Regard,
Rohitashwa K. Mishra,
Senior Journalist,
Dainik Bhaskar Group.

Or perhaps like this, received from mail-vc0-f194.google.com [209.85.220.194] on Tue, 29 Oct 2013 06:12:01 (sic):

Dear sir ,
Regarding to the previous order i made in your company , the goods shipped
to me are not exactly what i purchased, the attachments are the slip of
the payment i made and sample of the products i need if you have them give
me feedback and the new account so that i`ll make the next payment as you
told me .
thanks.