Topic 18 of 40: spam
Sun, Feb 9, 1997 (23:54) |
Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
Spam. How to detect it. How to stop it. Who does it.
17 responses total.
Topic 18 of 40 [internet]: spam
Response 1 of 17: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Feb 9, 1997 (23:55) * 3 lines
http://www.vix.com/spam/
is the site that lists some of the worst of the spammers.
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Response 2 of 17: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Feb 9, 1997 (23:55) * 2 lines
The list of "Rogue Sites" is at http://www.vix.com/spam/rogues.html
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Response 3 of 17: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Feb 10, 1997 (00:00) * 24 lines
From the newsgroup:
======
Y'all:
I've made a fairly comprehensive listing of procmail UCE filters, based
largely on the listings published recently to n.a.n-a.e by Sam Trenholme,
available on my website. They may be accessed at:
http://www.insync.net/~ganymede/rc.spam.pub
Note that in order to make these spam filters as "portable" as possible,
I've set the action for all of my spam recipes to simply filing the spam
into a folder "IN.spam". I've kept each individual filter separate
because my personal version of these spam filters does other things with
UCE that I receive -- different things for different senders. I've also
done an nslookup or dig on as many of the sites sending UCE as I could,
and noted when a site is apparently down.
I make no warranties of suitability or fitness for any particular purpose
-- caveat emptor and all that. How you use these is strictly your
responsibility.
Cheers
Greg R. Broderick
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Response 4 of 17: Edward Lewis (edy) * Mon, Apr 14, 1997 (10:46) * 15 lines
To krisg.
Somewhere in win95, the default file association for HTML files is
Microsoft Internet Explorer. That's what this sounds like to me.
Sounds like you mean that you save a document from the web and when
you try to open it afterward, IE opens instead of Netscape.
If this is the case, do this:
1.Use Windows Explorer (the one that shows you what you have on your
hard drive).
2.Find the file you want to open, or any HTML file.
3.Choose "File"-- "Open With" and follow the menu till you see
Netscape.
I think that should be it.
(I just upgrade to win95 last week).
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Response 5 of 17: wer (KitchenManager) * Wed, May 20, 1998 (01:27) * 101 lines
(1) SENATE PASSES CONGRESS' FIRST EFFORT TO ADDRESS UNSOLICITED
COMMERCIAL EMAIL
On May 12 the Senate passed Congress' first effort to clamp down on
senders
of unsolicited commercial email messages (UCE), popularly called 'spam'
or
'junk email.' CDT believes that this bill is a measured first step in
addressing the issue of spam. But there are several issues that need to
be
addressed before final passage. The current definition of 'unsolicited
commercial email,' for example, unconstitutionally restricts unsolicited
anonymous political speech. We've communicated this concern to the bill's
sponsors, Senators. Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Robert G. Torricelli
(D-N.J.), and we will work to see that this concern is addressed in the
final version of the legislation. For the letter, see:
http://www.cdt.org/spam/cdtletter.html
We also recognize that in the future additional steps may be needed,
depending on how well this first attempt to deal legislatively with the
problem works.
Sens. Murkowski and Torricelli's bill requires those who send unsolicited
commercial email to:
** identify themselves and provide accurate contact information within
the
body of their email message;
** provide accurate routing information; and
** stop sending email messages upon the request of a recipient.
The bill gives several different parties the right to bring legal action
against the senders of unsolicited commercial email. Those parties
include:
** The Federal Trade Commission, which may fine anyone who violates the
law
up to $15,000, and may seek an injunction that prohibits the violator
from
sending more spam;.
** State Attorneys General, who may bring lawsuits on behalf of the
residents of their state to get an injunction against the transmission of
more unsolicited commercial email, force the sender to comply with the
law,
and obtain damages and 'other appropriate relief' from the sender for the
harm it caused by sending unwanted commercial email; and
** Internet Service Providers who have been harmed by people who use
their
services to send spam may also bring a lawsuit to get an injunction and
to
obtain damages and other appropriate relief. ISPs may be awarded up to
$15,000 for each violation of the law through the use of their service.
The
court may also force the violator to pay the ISP's attorney fees, as long
as they are reasonable, and court costs. By allowing the courts to shift
the cost of a successful lawsuit off ISPs, and onto the shoulders of the
spam senders themselves,the bill may encourage more ISPs to pursue
spammers.
The bill gives the FTC, the State Attorneys General and the Internet
service providers the power to enforce the law's provisions. The bill
also
retains the states' abilities to enact additional legislation or to
employ
existing consumer protection laws to address unsolicited commercial
email.
S. 1618 avoids many of the thorny questions regarding speech and Internet
service liability raised by earlier proposals. While the bill is only a
beginning, CDT believes it will have an impact on the unscrupulous people
who are clogging the email system with unwanted messages. This bill won't
eliminate unsolicited commercial email, but it will enable individual
Internet users and Internet service providers to exercise more control
over
a problem they have so far found to be almost unworkable. It will ensure
that people who send spam will hear back from consumers who don't want to
get it.
The issue of unsolicited commercial email will remain active in the
policy
arena. First, the Senate Commerce Committee has tentatively scheduled a
hearing on this issue on June 17th. Second, the Ad Hoc Working Group on
Unsolicited Commercial Email, which CDT convened last fall at the request
of the FTC, is also due to release its report soon. CDT coordinated the
drafting of the report, which, as we told Sens. Murkowski and Torricelli,
found consensus in a desire to:
a) maximize individual email users' control over the information that
enters their in-box;
b) ensure that costs were not imposed unfairly upon end users, and
Internet
and online service providers; and
c) increase the enforcement of existing FTC regulations and state laws on
'unfair, deceptive and misleading commercial statements' in a way that
protects the First Amendment right to free speech.
Meanwhile, the text of S. 1618 is available on Sen. Murkowski's Web site,
at:
http://www.senate.gov/~murkowski/commercialemail/EMailAmendText.html
A companion bill, H.R. 3888, was introduced in the House by Rep.Billy
Tauzin (R-La.) on May 14. The text is not yet available online.
Topic 18 of 40 [internet]: spam
Response 6 of 17: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Feb 4, 2002 (09:19) * 16 lines
FTC To Announce First Ever Crackdown On 'Spam'
By Brian Krebs, Newsbytes
WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A.,
31 Jan 2002, 9:57 AM CST
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is poised to announce an
unprecedented law enforcement sweep against deceptive junk e-mail,
also known as "spam."
The campaign would mark the first time the consumer-protection agency
has specifically targeted spam as the focus of a law enforcement
investigation, said Howard Beales, director of the FTC's Bureau of
Consumer Protection.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174111.html
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Response 7 of 17: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Feb 4, 2002 (09:20) * 21 lines
Somebody on rec.humor.funny proposed replying to Chinese spam with text that
the Chinese gov't might consider subversive, thus raising at least a faint
possibility that the spammer may be up to something beyond normal spammery.
The proposed reply:
Thank you for your coded order. The weapons and ammunition
will ship by way of the usual route in ten days, and you
already know our secret Swiss bank account number to
wire the payment to.
It is a pleasure doing business with you for so long,
and I hope your cause will prevail. I am new to this
particular computer, so I hope the encryption is
working and the monitoring authorities cannot read
what I am sending you.
Long live the Falun Gong! Free Tibet!
Best regards,
Your arms supplier
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Response 8 of 17: Wolf (wolf) * Thu, Feb 7, 2002 (19:29) * 1 lines
*laugh* beyond normal spammery!! i think we have a new word!!!
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Response 9 of 17: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Feb 7, 2002 (19:56) * 1 lines
Here, I thought a Spammery was like a winery.. a place to obtain find food containing SPAM. See what happens when you mention Hawaii's national food?
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Response 10 of 17: Wolf (wolf) * Thu, Feb 7, 2002 (20:29) * 1 lines
*laugh*
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Response 11 of 17: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Feb 7, 2002 (20:41) * 3 lines
Dontcha love the lights? Looks festive for Mardi Gras!
I try!
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Response 12 of 17: Wolf (wolf) * Fri, Feb 8, 2002 (16:26) * 1 lines
i like em
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Response 13 of 17: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Feb 8, 2002 (21:55) * 3 lines
Me too!! They go with the current Olympic festivities and will continue through Mardi Gras and all the other reasons we can think of. I'll put them up each year wherever they are needed. I'd leave them up year round in my house if they's clean themselves!
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Response 14 of 17: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Jul 17, 2003 (19:41) * 119 lines
This is one of the funniest spins I've heard on the Nigerian scam at
http://www.scamorama.com/threebucks.html
It starts out:
KINDLY CONTRIBUTOR $3, LAD -$3
This is the first and as far as we know the only case of a target getting
money out of a LAD - three bucks! Passed on from the Philippines. The
Kindly Contributor titles this correspondence An Exchange With the Dumbest
Criminal On the Planet.
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“ESCOBER TONY SANKOH” FROM GHANA
aka ANOTHONY OBODO
“419” EMAIL SCAMMER
Email: (tvkamera@yahoo.com)
Ghana Mobitel 00233-27607048
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Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2001 9:41:13 -0700 (PST)
From: "ESCOBER TONY"
Subject: REPLY BUSINESS MESSAGE
DEAR SIR
KINDLY ALLOW ME THE MODESTY OF INTRODUCING MYSELF. I AM ESCOBER TONY
SANKOH, SON OF MY BELOVED LATE FATHER JOSEPH SANKOH, MINISTER OF DIAMOND
MINING CO-OPERATION IN SIERRE LEONE, AFRICA. I DO NOT WANT TO BURDEN YOU
WITH THE TROUBLES OF MY COUNTRY, BUT THE SITUATION IS DESPERATE FOLLOWING
THE RECENT WAR.
I AM WRITING YOU IN THE STRICTEST CONFIDENCE TO ASK YOUR HELP WITH A
FAMILY SECRET TREASURE LEFT TO ME BY MY KIND FATHER., MR. JOSEPH SANKOH,
WHO WAS WAS KILLED DURING THE RECENT WAR IN MY COUNTRY. MY SISTER WAS SHOT
IN THE LEG AND SHE ALSO DIED. I AM NOW IN A REFUGEE CAMP IN GHANA AND AM
SUFFERING WITH NOTHING.
HOWEVER BEFORE MY FATHER DIED HE TOLD ME A SECRET ABOUT A $15 MILLION
FAMILY TREASURE HE LEFT WITH A SECURITY AGENT IN SIERRA LEONE. HE DID NOT
TELL THE SECURITY AGENT THE CONTENTS OF THE BOX, DECLARING ONLY PERSONAL
EFFECTS WHICH HE EXPECTED TO STORE JUST A SHORT TIME BUT HE DIED. I CANNOT
GET THE MONEY NOW AND ONLY HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT (CD). IF I OPEN
THE BOX, THE SECURITY AGENT WILL SEE THE MONEY AND I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
GET IT.
I NEED YOU HELP AND IF YOU KINDLY AGREE I AM WILLING TO GIVE YOU $1.5
MILLION SHARE OF THE TREASURE FOR HELPING WITH THE SECURITY AGENT AND AS A
BUSINESS EXPERT FOR INVESTMENT. MY FATHER BEFORE HE DIED TOLD ME NOT TO
INVEST THE MONEY IN AFRICA BECAUSE IT IS NOT SAFE DUE TPO UNSTABLE
POLITICAL SITUATION. I WOULD LIKE TO BUY A HOUSE IN YOUR COUNTRY AND I
HOPE YOU CAN HELP ME.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO MY PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR
PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBER AND I WILL CALL TO EXPLAIN THE DETAILS. THANK YOU
IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR HELP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONCERN TO MY PROBLEM.
ESCOBER TONY SANKOH
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Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 18:50:54 -0800 (PST)
From: Kindly Contributor
Subject: Re: REPLY BUSINESS MESSAGE
To: "ESCOBER TONY"
Dear Escober Tony:
My colleague passed on your email and I am so pleased to be writing you
now. I am sorry to here of your horrible plight, the loss of your father
and sister, and I am pleased to say that I CAN HELP! It is important that
you DO NOT INVEST the money in Africa, I am a business expert and can give
you the PROPER ADVICE.
1. Before I provide this EXPERT ADVICE, I must ask for a small EXPERT
BUSINESS ADVISORY SERVICES FEE of US $50,000, which can be wired to my
bank account below. I hope you do not mind, but as you know, the "best
things in life aren't free"! My GREAT ADVICE is very much worth the money,
as you will see. I will GUARANTEE IT!
Bank: Metrobank
Branch: 105 Ayala Avenue, Makati City, Philippines
Account number: 0007856341
Account name: Kindly Contributor
Once the money arrives, I will help you locate your house here in the
BEAUTIFUL TROPICS of Asia, arrange your travel plans, and assist to FIX
your PROBLEM with the security agent. Your father will not have DIED IN
VAIN!!
2. I have one other advice for you: You must buy a beautiful home in the
Philippines, where I also live. This is the BEST PLACE in the world to
invest your CASH! I will advise you on many investment SECRETS that I only
share with my closest personal clients. There are MANY BEAUTIFUL HOUSES to
choose from, and I can help you find the RIGHT HOUSE!.
3. For travel, let me arrange your air ticket to fly here. I am sure I can
PURCHASE a good ticket for you. Would you prefer to fly economy or
business class? Smoking or non-smoking? I will get this all sorted out for
your STRAIGHT AWAY. Let's get you out of that refugee camp NOW, GOD
WILLING!
Sincerely,
Kindly Contributor
Expert Business Advisor and Financial Guru
And it gets funnier and funnier and funnier until the astonishing
conclusion. Or maybe I should have said sadder and sadder and sadder.
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Response 15 of 17: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Aug 2, 2003 (02:32) * 18 lines
SpamBayes for Microsoft Outlook
You can also browse
the documentation for the addin (which is included in the
installation)
Download SpamBayes-Outlook-Setup-006.exe t
his is an installation program that will install and register the
addin for you. There is no need to uninstall previous versions
(but even if you do, you configuration and training information will
style="font-weight: bold;">not be lost.)
Please view the documentation that comes with the product - it includes a troubleshooting guide, and information on how to
report problems and report bugs.
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Response 16 of 17: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Aug 6, 2003 (16:34) * 6 lines
SpamBayes Addin for Outlook 2000/XP. Older Outlook and all Outlook
Express users need not apply, and it isn't easy to configure, but it is
free, and once you have it configured, it is rock-solid. Bayesian
filtering can be amazingly effective at stopping SPAM.
http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/spambayes/
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Response 17 of 17: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Aug 16, 2003 (11:39) * 26 lines
Swollen Orders Show Spam's Allure
By Brian McWilliams 02:00 AM Aug. 06, 2003 PT
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire -- A security flaw at a website operated by
the purveyors of penis-enlargement pills has provided the world with a
depressing answer to the question: Who in their right mind would buy
something from a spammer?
An order log left exposed at one of Amazing Internet Products' websites
revealed that, over a four-week period, some 6,000 people responded to
e-mail ads and placed orders for the company's Pinacle herbal
supplement. Most customers ordered two bottles of the pills at a price
of $50 per bottle.
Do the math and you begin to understand why spammers are willing to put
up with the wrath of spam recipients, Internet service providers and
federal regulators.
Since July 4, Amazing Internet Products would have grossed more than
half a million dollars from Goringly.biz, one of several sites operated
by the company to hawk its penis pills.
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