As the Spam Turns 408
Anonymous writes "The SBL has added Verio's corporate mail servers
to its blocklist which protects nearly 100 million mailboxes, because of the number of spam gangs on the Verio network.
Verio also provides connectivity to AS26212, a collection of 9 of the most notorious spammers netblocks. AS26212 - the new spambone? - is also connected to he.net and bbnplanet.net."
Spamford Wallace where are you???? (Score:2, Funny)
Oh no! (Score:5, Funny)
Spam comes from unlikely places... (Score:5, Funny)
I replied with a cheap goatse.cx link. It went something like "Sure, I'll do it--but can you please check my [a href="http://goatse.cx"]website[/a] tomorrow--I will post a picture of an open door to indicate that you have been granted the go-ahead. If not, it will mean I need another day for my paperwork to be prepared. I have been having troubles with my bank lately, and they might be looking into me, but fortunately I have the right friends. I think email is much too insecure for this." I guess trolls do provide something useful for the community.
Hrm, isn't that John Gilmore's ISP? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Spam comes from unlikely places... (Score:5, Funny)
Haha, that is good, but I can one-up you on that... I've told this story recently in another slashdot thread but I'll actually post the guy's response this time.
Here is my response to the original spam:
Hello, Mr. Abu, it is wonderful to be doing business with you!
My name is James Kirk with phone#202-406-5850 and fax#202-406-5031. [these are the phone and fax number for the US Secret service electronic crimes bureau]
Company: Utopia Planetia Fleet Yards
Company Address: 33601 Lyon Street, San Francisco CA 94123
I look forward to receiving this money!
-James [yes, the james kirk name was inspired by the haxial.org thing]
The guy e-mailed me back and asked me to phone him on his private line. I looked up the phone exchange and it indeed was in Nigeria.
Then I got another e-mail from him an hour later:
Subject: WHY?????
Dear Kirk,
If you were not interested in assisting us, you sholud have kindly told us so
that we can look for another foreign partner who might be interested in
assisting us, instead of agreeing to assist, and giving the number of your
secret service for us to contact.
Why could'nt you be man enough to tell us that you are not interested.
Well, I wish all the best, as we continue our search for a reliable person
that will be genuinely intersted in assisting us.
He actually called it. I got some of the other scammers to fax their documents to the fax number. One guy e-mailed me back and said that the lady on the line didn't know of any James Kirk there. Teehee...
Re:Oh no! (Score:5, Funny)
Spamhaus slashdotted! (Score:2, Funny)
stop this slashdotting immediately!
Re:Spam to spammers (Score:5, Funny)
Making fun of spammers (Score:2, Funny)
Re:And They're off! (Score:3, Funny)
"It looks like this could be a photo finish, or an oil painting..." Spike Jones, "A Day At The Races"
The problem is, everything on the track right now is a dead horse. Worse still, these horses are being beaten by jockeys with really big... bank accounts, so they'll somehow manage to win the race every time, leaving the long-standing dark horses "customer service" and "viable communications option" in the dust.
Re:Good (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah, and you take one thing from a store without paying for it and you can get arrested for shoplifting. Life just sucks sometimes.
Re:Where does the money come from? (Score:1, Funny)
spam ???? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Where does the money come from? (Score:4, Funny)
Ironically enough, Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines (1 Kings 11:3 [gospelcom.net]). In other words, he had sex with strangers.
- Sam
Re:Spam to spammers (Score:4, Funny)