RE: [SLUG] Wierd spam

From: Ken Elliott (kelliott11@cfl.rr.com)
Date: Sat Oct 21 2006 - 13:15:13 EDT


>> >> As a means of verifying delivery for his "$BIGNUM CONFIRMED
addresses!" CD?

>> So kontact automatically opens it and sends back "We have a live one and
I get included in yet another spam list?

No. He's checking to see if it bounces. So what we need in this case, is a
program that sends a fake non-delivery message. It needs to look different
than a reply that you would send.

Ken Elliott

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-----Original Message-----
From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of Joe Brandt
Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 1:08 PM
To: slug@nks.net
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Wierd spam

On Saturday 21 October 2006 11:25, Eben King wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Oct 2006, Joe Brandt wrote:
> > I have been getting (for a while now) e-mails with complete
> > gibberish in the body or no body at all. What is the reason some
> > spammer would send this? They are not selling anything and are no
> > attachments. It does not make sense to me.
>
> As a means of verifying delivery for his "$BIGNUM CONFIRMED addresses!"
CD?

So kontact automatically opens it and sends back "We have a live one and I
get included in yet another spam list?

--
Joe Brandt
100% Microsoft Free and Loving it!!
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