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California Looking For Spam Samples

Posted by timothy on from the forward-your-junk-to-where-it-belongs dept.

gessel writes "The California Attorney General's Office is looking for examples of spam e-mails being sent to consumers in violation of California anti-spam law, particularly from spammers operating in California. Send 'em to caspam@cadoj.samspade.org as well as to uce@ftc.org."

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  1. Send 'Em Samples? by GreenHell · · Score: 5, Funny

    You just posted their address on the Internet! I give them an hour before they're getting more "samples" and "special offers" than they know what to do with. Some of them may even be from people forwarding them as examples.

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  2. Huh? by orthogonal · · Score: 2, Interesting

    particularly from spammers operating in California

    Just how do I know if a spammer is operating in California?

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    1. Re:Huh? by Zocalo · · Score: 3, Informative

      The quickest way is probably to use SpamHaus.org. Go to the site, click on "SBL" at the top and enter the IP address where the spam originated from the the SMTP headers in the appropriate query box. If they've an entry for the IP then they'll probably have all the contact information on the spammer you could possibly need, and if they have a ROKSO (Registry of Known Spam Operators) record as well then that may also include the name of his dog (I kid you not!)

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  3. try usenet...? by Ummagumma · · Score: 2, Funny

    If they really want to get a TON of samples, we should post those email addresses all over the *.erotica.* groups on Usenet :)

    Or would that be considered a DOS attack, due to the volume of mail they would probably receive?

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  4. They want spam? by kruetz · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can only guess that the poor bastards have been living without internet access up till now. But if you really want spam, is posting your email address to /. the best way to go about it? Why not join up to some free pr0n sites? (And if you actually get free pr0n, let us know, godamnit!)

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  5. Archive by tedDancin · · Score: 2, Informative

    They should try here. They currently have 1.3GB.

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  6. Spamarchive.Org by stagmeister · · Score: 2, Informative

    There might be a LOT of that stuff at SpamArchive.Org...

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  7. It's .gov by Wonko42 · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think you mean uce@ftc.gov.

  8. Here's a source for spam samples by egarrido16 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dear California,

    Here is the necessary information to get spam samples:

    pop3.attglobal.net
    Username: lightinaugust@attglobal.net
    Password: twizzlers
    Check every 25 minutes for a good sample of spam.


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