Rackspace why are you sending me email? I am no longer your customer, haven’t been for nearly two years. Very frustrating.
Archive of posts filed under the Spam category.
Misc Update for 2010-07-06
Spotus, I am receiving spam to the email address I gave only to spot.us. Did you guys sell out, have a privacy breach, or post my email?
FanBox.com Spam
I just got a message from someone I don’t know, with a return address of fbNOREPLY@myfanbox.com. The message was: -fake name- says you should see this video clip. -fake name- thinks you will really like this YouTube Video. Check it out! This email was sent by -fake name- using the Application: Youtube Video Seach. You […]
InfoAxe Spam
This morning I received three separate “invitations” (each to a different email address) from InfoAxe.com. Here is the text of one message (html formatting and links stripped out, my friend’s name removed): “Friend’s Name” has added you as a friend Is “Friend’s Name” your friend? Click Yes if “Friend’s Name” is your friend, otherwise click […]
Spam is Out of Control
Thank heavens for blacklists! I recently tweaked my mail server’s setup. The Composite Blocking List and Spamhaus blocked more than 93,000 messages last week; up from over 86,000 messages the week before. And that’s only with a handful of domains receiving mail.
ASCII Art Spam
Spammers are getting desperate, they’re using ASCII art again. Here it is: ##### ## ## ## ## ####### ####### ##### ####### ### ####### ####### ###### ####### ### ## ## ##### ####### ## ## ####### ####### ####### ####### ####### ######## ####### ###### ### ######## ## ## ## ####### ## ## ## ## ## ####### ###### ###### […]
Barnes & Noble Opt-Out Broken, No Response to Privacy Emails
A few months ago I signed up at barnesandnoble.com so I could download some free audiobooks. I of course gave them a uniquely generated email address so I could track if they sold my email address to other companies. I registered, confirmed my account, got my downloads, no problem. Then I started getting B&N’s weekly […]
Spammers I’ve Blocked
I’ve blocked these domains for spamming. 2009iiisconferences.org 2010iiisconferences.org ICTconfer.org smartpowercall.info requestserv.com
BlogFlux Privacy Policy Violation
Back in May 2006 I wrote abut why I use tagged email addresses. Just today, I found yet another company violating their privacy policy. On October 31, 2007, I registered with BlogFlux.com. Their current privacy policy says: Your email is only used for contacting you about Blog Flux updates….Your email will also not be distributed […]
If the Berkman Center Can’t Secure Itself
Yesterday morning I received a comment spam attempt that had its URL link to a wiki page at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society (at Harvard University). Before approving the comment, I checked out the wiki page. It was full of spam links. I checked out the wiki’s Main Page. A handful of spam […]