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Title: One of world's top 10 spammers arrested in Seattle.
Post by: FatuousTwat on May 31, 2007, 03:36:54 PM
What can I say, other than I hope that he (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18955115/wid/11915829?GT1=9951) somehow is sent to real prison and gets shanked.


Title: Re: One of world's top 10 spammers arrested in Seattle.
Post by: Cadaverine on May 31, 2007, 06:20:56 PM
While I'm glad they're trying to do something, I fear it's as essentially pointless as taking down drug dealers.  Remove one, and five more spring up in his and/or her place.


Title: Re: One of world's top 10 spammers arrested in Seattle.
Post by: Lt.Dan on May 31, 2007, 07:47:23 PM
First!1!!!1


Title: Re: One of world's top 10 spammers arrested in Seattle.
Post by: Trippy on May 31, 2007, 07:51:22 PM
While I'm glad they're trying to do something, I fear it's as essentially pointless as taking down drug dealers.  Remove one, and five more spring up in his and/or her place.
Not only that but they'll be living in countries where US law enforcement can't get to them. That guy was an idiot for staying in the US after losing all those lawsuits.


Title: Re: One of world's top 10 spammers arrested in Seattle.
Post by: Paelos on May 31, 2007, 08:21:29 PM
While I'm glad they're trying to do something, I fear it's as essentially pointless as taking down drug dealers.  Remove one, and five more spring up in his and/or her place.

One post for this to go to hell.


Title: Re: One of world's top 10 spammers arrested in Seattle.
Post by: Murgos on June 02, 2007, 06:47:32 AM
My new [least] favorite spam to slip past my spam blocker:



Quote
Dear Credit Union holder account,
 
This notice informs you that your Credit Union bank has joined our Federal Credit Union(FCU) network. For both, our and your security, we are asking you to activate an online account on our database. After activation you can login on our system with your SSN and your Credit/Debit PIN number.
 
You must visit the FCU activation page and fill in the form to activate your online account:
 
<url snipped>
 
In accordance with NCUA User Agreement, you can use your online account in 24 hours after activation. We thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect you and your account.
 
 
National Credit Union Administration Team apologize for any inconvenience.
 
 
Sincerely,
NCUA Account Review Department


Title: Re: One of world's top 10 spammers arrested in Seattle.
Post by: FatuousTwat on June 02, 2007, 06:10:49 PM
I get similar ones all the time... Is there some agency I can forward these to?


Title: Re: One of world's top 10 spammers arrested in Seattle.
Post by: SurfD on June 03, 2007, 02:33:32 PM
more importantly;

1: What do you use as a spam blocker?
2: Where can i get it
3: How do i set it up to get rid of this shit.


Title: Re: One of world's top 10 spammers arrested in Seattle.
Post by: Trippy on June 03, 2007, 05:38:30 PM
more importantly;

1: What do you use as a spam blocker?
2: Where can i get it
3: How do i set it up to get rid of this shit.
Spam blocker? As in email spam? Or are you talking about ads? For email, your email service provider should be providing that sort of thng. If not, switch providers (e.g. Gmail is open to everybody now). If you can't switch get an email client that has a statistical spam filter. If this is email for like your own company where you have your own email server, greylisting plus statistical spam filtering will cut it down to a managable level. For ads, switch browsers.


Title: Re: One of world's top 10 spammers arrested in Seattle.
Post by: FatuousTwat on June 03, 2007, 11:44:50 PM
I just use Gmail... Seems to block every spam email I get.


Title: Re: One of world's top 10 spammers arrested in Seattle.
Post by: Der Helm on June 04, 2007, 02:20:04 AM
I use this ... (http://www.gishpuppy.com/)



Title: Re: One of world's top 10 spammers arrested in Seattle.
Post by: Murgos on June 04, 2007, 06:15:43 AM
more importantly;

1: What do you use as a spam blocker?
2: Where can i get it
3: How do i set it up to get rid of this shit.

I'm using gmail.  The one above is one of very few to get past their blocker, it has also been just about perfect as regards to false positives also.


Title: Re: One of world's top 10 spammers arrested in Seattle.
Post by: Yegolev on June 04, 2007, 07:42:11 AM
If you don't want to switch email clients then you can use POPFile (http://popfile.sourceforge.net/).  It does the filtering on your end if your ISP doesn't do it properly or at all.