I Can't Believe This Beat The Spam Filter!

[asterion]

I have no clue how this thing beat the spam filter. For that matter, I'm not even sure why I got it, as the To: field isn't even my address. So, check it out (I put it in a code box due to troubles I was having with C&P):

From: "Barclays" <bsfsygdgu9@yahoo.com>
To: jmshigue@yahoo.com
Subject:  Barcsyal‬ Eliam‬ Vetacif
Dera‬ Baryalc‬s Mrebme‬,

    Tih‬s eliam‬ was stne‬ by the Bsyalcra‬ srevre‬ to veyfir‬ yuo‬r eiam‬l aserdd‬s. You mtsu‬ coetelpm‬ tih‬s psecor‬s by ccil‬king
on the likn‬ beol‬w and eretn‬ing in the slam‬l wiwodn‬ yruo‬ Byalcra‬s Meihsrebm‬p nurebm‬, padocss‬e and mme‬orable wdro‬.
Tih‬s is doen‬ for yruo‬ protecit‬on - bace‬use semo‬ of our meebm‬rs no lregno‬ hva‬e asecc‬s to teh‬ir eliam‬ addser‬ses and
we muts‬ vre‬ify it. To vfire‬y yuo‬r emlia‬ addsser‬ and acsec‬s yruo‬ bna‬k anuocc‬t , clkify [some url]

Who the heck would fall for this thing? But wait, it gets even better. I also got it in Outlook when I retrieved my Yahoo! email using POP3. Here's what it says when retrieved through Outlook:

From: "Barclays" <bsfsygdgu9@yahoo.com>
To: jmshigue@yahoo.com
Subject: Barcsyal‬ Eliam‬ Vetacifir‬ion (this is a string of crap, just in case the editor converts it to letters.)
Dear Barclays Member,

This email was sent by the Barclays server to verify your email address. You must complete this process by clicking on the link below and entering in the small window your Barclays membership, passcode and memorable word.
This is done for your protection - because some of our members no longer have access to their email address and we must verify it. To verify your email address and access your bank account, click on the link below:

[url]

Amusingly enough, when I clicked on it, it sent me to google.dj (what country is dj?) and gave me a 403 forbidden. I didn't mean to click on it, I accidentally did it while hovering to see if I could follow the link. But wait, there's more. When I tried to do a copy&paste out of Outlook (I typed the above text), it gives me this:

Dera‬ Baryalc‬s Mrebme‬,

Tih‬s eliam‬ was stne‬ by the Bsyalcra‬ srevre‬ to veyfir‬ yuo‬r eiam‬l aserdd‬s. You mtsu‬ coetelpm‬ tih‬s psecor‬s by ccil‬king
on the likn‬ beol‬w and eretn‬ing in the slam‬l wiwodn‬ yruo‬ Byalcra‬s Meihsrebm‬p nurebm‬, padocss‬e and mme‬orable wdro‬.
Tih‬s is doen‬ for yruo‬ protecit‬on - bace‬use semo‬ of our meebm‬rs no lregno‬ hva‬e asecc‬s to teh‬ir eliam‬ addser‬ses and
we muts‬ vre‬ify it. To vfire‬y yuo‬r emlia‬ addsser‬ and acsec‬s yruo‬ bna‬k anuocc‬t , clkci‬ on the lkni‬ ble‬ow:

This is the same thing as what I originally got in my Yahoo inbox. What the heck is this thing up to? I've never seen spam act this way before. Admittedly, I don't spend a lot of time looking at spam, but it's weird because this one managed to make it past the filters.

[SusanStoHelit]

That is really wierd, asterion. My friend uses Yahoo for mail too, and he's always getting mail not sent exactly to him. He has the word "thane" in his addy, and he'll get mail sent to thaney, thene, and thane with all sorts of numbers after it. Always spam.

[Kythereia]

www.google.dj is the Google homepage for Djibouti, so I call a Nigerian scam...

Do what needs to be done with all spam--chuck it in the trash bin and forget about it.

[GorillaMan]

.dj - Djibouti

[Duke of Rat]

DJ Booty?? I think I saw him at a club last month..