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Spamfighters Get A Hold Of Spammers' Incoming Mail

Posted by Hemos on from the read-the-juicy-bits dept.

Karin Spaink writes "On July 3 2003, cyberangels.nl was obtained by Spamvrij.nl, a Dutch foundation fighting spam. Previously, the domain was owned by the infamous Cyberangels, who are majorly involved in spamming. Cyberangels felt forced to drop the domain when the ground under their feet got too hot after BBC journalist Andrew Bomford connected Dutch ISP Megaprovider to Cyberangels. Since the MX-records for cyberangels.nl now point to spamvrij.nl too, they get all Cyberangels' incoming mail: bounces, spam complaints and what have you. Have a peek: what kind of mail does a major spammer receive in the course of three days? By now, they have a very precise answer: 6305 mails. Spamvrij.nl published an analysis of those mails on its site."

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  1. I don't suppose by AndroidCat · · Score: 5, Funny

    that they are getting many eCards of sympathy from other spammers? In that business, I would be surprised if they didn't try to sabotage each other now and then.

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  2. I guess... by fafaforza · · Score: 5, Funny

    These guys are entitled to wear the "I read your email" tshirts.

  3. Analysis... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll be that about 90% of the email is some variation of:

    IF I EVER MEET YOU I WILL KICK YOUR ASS

  4. The Ol' Gay Porn Tactic by LegendOfLink · · Score: 5, Funny

    "2 attempts to subscribe ba@cyberangels to a gay magazine;"

    Yep, it seems that at least two people on the Net know how to fight back, the old "hey, let's sign up the ripe-contact email address for gay porn magazines" routine. Gets 'em every time.

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  5. A gem... by iworm · · Score: 5, Funny

    Love this part of the analysis:

    Both ba@cyberangels and ripe-contact@cyberangels recieved some spam:

    1. Mr. RASHEED BELLO sent ba@ six Nigerian scams;
    2. @yahoo.com.cn spammed four times with something rather illegible;
    3. Mr. Ken Titoh was hoping to assist Mr. ERASHEED BELLO;
    4. Somebody believed that a Cyberangels' dick was too small

  6. Re:Good for them! by kspaink · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's been delayed 8 times, now. I have applied for a Guinness Book of records nomination.

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