Seminary Computing Services

I assume this scam hopes to break down your common sense by overwhelming you with official-looking words and threats. I'm not sure what either "Ref." or "Notice." are intended to be short for, Email Services Email" as a product name just doesn't make sense, and I don't know anyone who has an IRTC (Internet RayTracing Competition) email address. What I do know is that

As I noted in an earlier post, the amount of spam that we turn away at our network perimiter started to increase in early December, settling in at an average of around 250,000 messages a day. Yesterday, we saw a spike in those numbers, rejecting 984,386 spam messages in one 24 hour period.

Just in time for the holidays (and exams!) - we're seeing a 37% increase in the amount of spam that attempts to enter our network compared to this time last week. Why do spam rates continue to rise? Because spamming is still quite proffitable; a recent study showed that spammers can make very good money with a response rate of 1 in 12.5 million.