Signs of spam, just in the subject line:

[dsrtao]

Besides ALL CAPS, these words in the subject line are highly correlated with spam. Please avoid using them.

attention
representative
agent
beloved
business
can
notification
confidential
contact
please
congratulation
dear
from
"good day"
hello
urgent

Good day, hello. Congratulations dear beloved friend. Your attention is urgently desired. Can you please contact me confidentially? Our business needs an agent or representative in your area!

Comments

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

How does that correlation change if you divide by overall word frequency? I'm guessing things ike "representative" jump way up, and "from" disappears entirely...

[dsrtao]

- in the subject line only
- these are the top hits
- "FROM" is actually only one hit below representative

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

How does that correlation change if you divide by overall word frequency in titles? I'm guessing things like "representative" jump way up, and "from" disappears entirely...