[Air-l] Re: increase in SPAM

[Valdis]

yes, I have noticed an increase in the last several months and just this
morning [Saturday] 80% of the emails that arrived overnight were spam!  IMHO
the best thing to do is immediately forward the emails to: abuse@[lookup
abuser's ISP from originating IP address using a WhoIs ].  As the first line on
the Forwarded email I add:  ***   SPAM from your customer: 12.86.200.18   ***
[the last one I received this AM]

I'm sure many of us on this list receive the same SPAM.  If everyone starts
doing this maybe the guilty ISPs will start to police their own better.

I have noticed a drop in the Yahoo mail from Nigeria attempting fraudulent
money transfers... they have gone over to other ISPs but overall the volume has
dropped tremendously.

Valdis Krebs
http://www.orgnet.com

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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2002 22:02:53 -0600
> From: Laura Gurak <gurakl at umn.edu>
> To: AIR List <air-l at aoir.org>
> Subject: [Air-l] increase in spam...
> Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
>
> Has anyone else noticed a sudden increase in the amount of porn-type spam
> they are getting? At least six people, including one journalist, have been
> asking me what's up. I've heard from both academics and folks in the private
> sector, and all seem to indicate a sudden (past 5-7 days) rise in this
> stuff. I personally have noticed it as well. Anyone know what's going on?
>
> ----------------
> Laura J. Gurak, Ph.D. Associate Professor
> Rhetoric Department, University of Minnesota
> 1994 Buford Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108  v 612-624-3773
> also--Director, Internet Studies Center -- www.isc.umn.edu
> Faculty Fellow, Law School
> gurakL at tc.umn.edu   http://www.rhetoric.umn.edu/faculty/LGurak/
>