In years past, Japanese dating spam was like most other dating spam (er, we've heard). It contained a suspicious URL in the body of the e-mail message rerouting victims to another site. However, the new version of Japanese dating spam does not contain a link but instead two keywords. The attacker then requests that the victims use the keywords to search for the dating site on the Internet. The keywords also happen to request personal information about the user, such as hometown and user profile, providing the attacker with more information that can potentially be used in identity theft.
