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Dag, I'm figuring a couple of topics in each forum for him to clean up, then we sit back and watch the fun.
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AW, GREAT. now I got spammed. Posts: 9942 | Registered: Mar 2003
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You should all feel really, really good. Apparently, I'm not even cool enough to get spam...let alone ham or turkey. ::sigh:: No sammiches for me.
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I could have gotten one, but since my inbox is set to receive mail only from those on my mailing list, it would have gone into junkmail - so I would have deleted it as junk anyway.
Note to anyone not on my mailing list who tries to email me: if you want a response, put Hatrack or some other identifying words in your subject line. Posts: 5771 | Registered: Nov 2000
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Dunno. He can't even be bothered to post, apparently -- there wasn't so much as a welcome post before y'all started posting, neh?
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I got one too -- I didn't know he got it from Hatrack e-mail addresses, although this IS the only place I use my gmail address. I just figured some bot picked up the addresses off this forum. I was also surprised to see spam in my Gmail, since I rarely ever get any such thing there....
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I got it twice, once last night and once this morning. Seems pretty random, I've only been posting on Hatrack for a couple weeks.
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I'd save a copy of one of his emails (I have one), and maybe send a screenshot of a post to hatrack (I also have one of these).
I won't be doing it unless he gets more annoying (my bayesian filter picked up on him once I said the first email was junk, and he's not posting all that frequently to hatrack), but if someone else wants to and would like the pieces of evidence, feel free to ask.
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I don't understand the psychology behind this. It can't be that anyone would believe this approach would work, not in this day and age. Spammers are more hated than ... er, someone from a very hated profession, but we aren't going to name professions because that would be insulting some of our valued members with an inappropriate stereotype. But you can fill in the dots.
This has to be intended as harrassment, right? Right? Surely nobody is this intellectually dense.
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Well, it depends--I'm sure that traffic at his site his higher than it would be if he hadn't posted his messages here and spammed us. I visited it just to see what other Hatrackers were saying, and I definitely never would have found my way over there on my own. I'll not be going back, of course....
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edit: This post is incorrect, it is based on the wrong domain name, scroll down for correct information.
Oh, and he probably purchased the hosting through this identity of the host: http://www.valueweb.com/
Plus, the info on fraudulent DNS information (the wrong phone number, for instance) should be mentioned. It might go to his registrar (network solutions, likely purchased through his host) as well.
I suppose someone could always report him to AOL as well; from his email's member page (here: http://members.aol.com/ForceRVG/ ) its likely the same guy.
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CT -- it likely is somebody who thinks it'll work. Similar tactics (though none this incompetent that I know of) have worked for spammers for a while, unfortunately.
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quote:I don't understand the psychology behind this. It can't be that anyone would believe this approach would work, not in this day and age. Spammers are more hated than ... er, someone from a very hated profession, but we aren't going to name professions because that would be insulting some of our valued members with an inappropriate stereotype. But you can fill in the dots.
Nice save, CT.
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So, this approach still works. Huh. That's one reason why I wouldn't be posting over at his site. I'm afraid any attention would be taken as positive reinforcement. Ewwww.
It's a shame, because if he were willing to invest of himself somewhere, I'm sure he's have a better chance of substantial returns. Ah, well, trying to get something for nothing. The modern way, and it's as old as the hills.
And hosts are supposed to be listening at abuse@, so you might email abuse@verat.net and abuse@vhost.verat.net .
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Oh, and office@office.verat.net might work as well. Its the business's email and is all over the AUP.
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