The do-not-call list added hurdles to telemarketers trying to cold call to sell you vinyl siding. Then Tivo slowed down television advertising. Spam-filters, as much as they still kinda suck, are constantly being tweaked to limit the influx of marketing to your inbox. That leaves texting, the last great frontier in intrusive advertising.
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EXCLUSIVE: DefendMyStreet.Com Substantively Linked To Spammers
By 9.15.06
It looks like DefendMyStreet.com may indeed be exploiting Denver suburbanite’s fears about sex offenders to collect their email addresses and spam them. Reader Loy, who fights spam for a living, sends us the result of his probes.
AOL Now Looking in Spammer’s Grandpappy’s Yard For Gold
By 9.6.06
Rebuffed by former neo-Nazi Davis Wolfgang Hawke’s parents, AOL turned to his grandparent’s yard in their search for gold. AOL won a $13 million spam suit against Hawke last year but has been unable to collect. They’re convinced Hawke buried $351,000 in gold and platinum bars on his parent’s property. Or his grandparents. Whoever comes first.
419 Scam Raid In Action
By 9.1.06
Here’s a sexy beeb video of a Nigerian cybercafe getting busted for sending out spam-scams. As thrilling as it is to see these jerks arrested, the EFCC’s job has to be akin to whack-a-mole.
Blogobitchin!
By 8.31.06
• If you run an email promotion, Cingular, make sure the products are being offered for less than what people would pay by going to your very own website. [eCommerce Cache]
Anti-Spammer Rage Truer Than Aim
By 8.17.06
This guy was the unlucky recipient of several spams which seemed to be coming from DreamHost. Seeing as he never heard of anyone forging message headers, he decided to call Dreamhost and leave two vitrol, curse and stupidity laden calls on their answering machine. [NSFW, cursin’]
AOL Digs For Bars of Golds in Spammer’s Backyard
By 8.16.06
It’s official: AOL is koo-koo for cracko puffs.
Consumerist Ask Metafilter Round-Up
By 8.8.06
• I was cited for CVC 21651(A)(1) in Aliso Viejo, CA. Please help me determine if I can beat this ticket. [Link]
Steal Bandwidth From 419 Scammers
By 8.3.06
Beyond merely laughing at duped 419 scammers, now you can help shut down their fake banks by stealing their bandwidth.
Detect Paypal Phishes Without Thinking
By 8.2.06
Now you can determine whether that latest “Paypal Account Notification” you got was a Paypal phish and you don’t even have to have a brain. Phil says:
Hungry? Eat a 419 Scammer
By 8.2.06
If you’re sick of receiving investment opportunities from princesses and dying cancer patients, you may enjoy 419eater.com.
How To Spot A PayPal Spoofer
By 8.2.06
As a person who conducts many thousands of dollars worth of transactions through PayPal every month, I’ve become rather adept at spotting a spoof. Not only is Thunderbird pretty excellent at picking up on scams, but a quick commonsense check when looking over an email from PayPal is all that it takes to thwart most spoofers. Does the ‘Click Here to Resolve’ actually link to PayPal? You can tell simply by hovering your mouse over the link and looking at the URL at the bottom. No? Ergo, not from PayPal.
This Week in Spam
By 7.29.06
When researching penny stocks to day trade, we always go by subject line, We didn’t care too much for the sounds of “scathing cyst,” “dented twin bed,” “pregnant undertow,” or “milieus Salvador Nicaragua.” Although, the last might be good for our next surrealist crime flick. Persistence of Memory with melting drug lords. Instead, we purchased a couple hundred shares of the stocks under “hope werefore future” and “Knights Council.” Even if they tank, we’re still only out 20 bucks and there’s always the possibility of finding that Holy Grail.
