Spammer’s revenge
I got an e-mail from EdisonRex, whose online nick was misused by a spammer. EdisonRex had edited the spammer’s spampost on his forum, and the spammer took offence.
The nick was used as an online identity, so EdisonRex felt the need to protect it. That meant investigating the misuse, and getting information out.
He’s written 5 long chapters detailing their plight, that I thought might be of interest to my readers as well:
Spam’s Empire 1
Spam’s Empire 2
Spam’s Empire 3
Spam’s Empire 4
Spam’s Empire 5
There’s another installment coming soon.
But in the meantime, maybe one of you guys have seen spam coming from the same sources? maybe we can help him figure out if this is related to other spam?
If this spammer is only spamming for the role playing game, then revenge could be a tactic he’d be quick to employ.
On the other hand, professional spammers get a rather thick skin. Even so, we’ve seen revenge spamruns fairly often. The latest was this one.
All of the spam I receive, WITHOUT FAIL, is outside the USA, always from networks connected to APNIC or RIPE. The latest one, after looking up the IP on APNIC, is from Pakistan. Now, am I going to report the spam to the Pakistan network? I don’t think so.
I always see task forces and forums to combat spam from US government agencies, but does anyone receive spam from US spammers anymore? How are we going to combat spam from Pakistan of all places?
Here is the next installment:
http://littlewhitedog.com/article-4706–0-0.html