Post by thread:[OT]: Oh no (spam)

Spammers sue antispammers. There has to be a first of everything I guess. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/30368.html Peter -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics

unbelievable! Tal -----Original Message----- From: pic microcontroller discussion list [spam_OUTPICLISTTakeThisOuTMITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Peter L. Peres Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 12:04 AM To: .....PICLISTKILLspam@spam@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: [OT]: Oh no (spam) Spammers sue antispammers. There has to be a first of everything I guess. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/30368.html Peter -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics

> Spammers sue antispammers > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/30368.html > > Peter I notice the reference to Nigerians at the bottom of that article. The most persistent of the small amount of spam I get is from Nigerians. Usually "URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL" or "BUSINESS PROPOSAL" along the lines of ============================= FROM: PHILIP RADEBE Dear Sir, REQUEST FOR A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP. This letter may come to you as a surprise but it was out of my sincere desire to share a mutual business relationship with you. I got to know of you through an international directory forwarded to me by the family of late President Kabila of The Democratic Republic of Congo, in which your blah blah blah sob story boo hoo ============================== It's so predictable it's filterable to the bin After many many months of one or three a week, you'd think they'd give up on my address by now, like every other spammer does when there's no reply. But they haven't. I think they must be a little bit thick. Actually I think they're a lot thick, and you'd have to wonder what sort of bandwidth they chew up with this pointless mailing -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listservKILLspammitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body

> I notice the reference to Nigerians at the bottom of that article. The > most > persistent of the small amount of spam I get is from Nigerians. Usually > "URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL" or "BUSINESS PROPOSAL" along > the lines of > Of course once in a while some of them appear to be watching the news. Received this one just the other day ... My name is MR AHMED TAFIZ-AZIZ the Son of the Deputy Prime Minister of IRAQ Presently under WAR. Due to the State of unrest we are facing, the gov of the united state has promise to freeze all the account of top military officers Banked in Europe and other western world. ... Jim -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email .....listservKILLspam.....mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body

> > > Of course once in a while some of them appear to be watching > the news. Received this one just the other day That they can read/write is breath-taking enough - that people can, after all the publicity, fall for it to the tune of 10s of thousands of $$$ is mind-boggling -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email EraseMElistservspam_OUTTakeThisOuTmitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body