Tracking Spam to the Source

Posted by michael on Saturday February 9, 2002 @08:39AM from the hunt-the-wumpus dept.

cygnusx writes: "MSNBC is carrying a Wall Street Journal article on one reporter's attempts to track the spam she receives to the source. Armed with a few Hotmail and Yahoo accounts, reporter Stacy Forster actually responded to most of the barrage of spam she began to receive after a week or so. Not quite the best investigative jounalism ever seen, but still a good glimpse (or so I thought) at those who send us those unloved missives about "exciting business opportunities" and "millions of $$$ waiting"."

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Re:Recommendation by linzeal · 2002-02-09 09:16 · Score: 1, Redundant

I wish I could do that for all the IRL junk mail I get as well. If the FTC is in washington that would probably require billions in additional mail radiation devices. Can you bankrupt the FTC, lol?

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Great Link by CatherineCornelius · 2002-02-09 09:58 · Score: 2, Redundant

I followed the link to the story, and got an idiotic popup spam for some online casino.