Internet Deadbeats' HALL OF LAME
1998 Deadbeats Page 11

Subject:  ADV:  Successful People Only Please
Date:        07/01  12:37
Received:    07/01  14:00
From:        55753.macysears@lycosmail.com
To:          55753.@ns.net

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Well, I'm successful, but this spammer isn't. This tells me they want to rip me off.
This is a Strike 2 violation, if not more. I'll have to hunt down their previous 
spam to link it.

1-800-636-6773 ext.4533

The spammers gladly identify themselves:
The Griff Group
P.O. Box 34
Newark, De. 19702 
Phone(302)658-2108

Remove functions.

Hmm, "griff" sounds real close to "grift", which means SCAM. Ever seen the movie:
"The Grifters"? Well, it wasn't that good, but it pretty much lays it all out. This
is kill #181

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UPDATE: July 2, 1998
Seems I'm quite succcessful for getting this drop box terminated. I still want the spammer's
dial-up account terminated though.

See the notice

Subject: Credit Medic
Date:        07/01  21:00
Received:    07/02  08:43
From:        creditmedic@mindspring.com
To:          Friend@public.com

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Send this idiot your information and money, and watch them steal your identity, wreck
the credit they claim to help you repair, and have the next 7 years in misery.

Credit Medic
21755 Ventura Blvd.
Suite 455
Woodland Hills, CA 91367
USA

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UPDATE, July 2, 1998, 11:41
Mindspring has suspended this account. This definately counts as an action for now, and
may be upgraded to include a kill later on. We shall see. Mindspring has a good anti-spam
policy, so I'm fairly sure they'll stomp this abuser.

See the notice

Subject: E-Life
Date:        07/02  18:24
Received:    07/02  19:26
From:        personals@e-life.com.au
To:          Chris Pickett, chris@lanets.com

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Not interested in this crap. Seems the new trend is to not BCC massmail, but to actually
send to the recipient. This is going to make filtering harder.

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Subject: YOUR CLASSIFIED - AD / 333  NEWSPAPERS   !!!!!!!!!
Date:        07/03  19:57
Received:    07/03  21:31
From:        ncp@albatros.cnb.net
To:          Customer@yourplace.com

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This PRICELESS service has a price of $17. I'm not buying. Why waste the money on this 
when a LOCAL paper will be cheaper and a thousand times more effective. They even have
a remove function for harvesting valid addresses.

INFORMATION, Ltd.
P. O. Box  515019 
St. Louis, MO 63151-5019
U.S.A.

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Subject:  MdinfoNet vol. 2-7 -18258
Date:        07/04  01:29
Received:    07/04  08:16
From:        mailer@mdinfo.net
To:          OnlineEnthusiast@ns.net

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Selling BBS software, or perhaps some service. Web site too.

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Subject: Live Personal Phychic !
Date:        07/04  00:08
Received:    07/04  08:16
From:        newinfo14@juno.com

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Well, this psychic proves they are a fraud. Why? Well, if they were psychic, they would
have sensed the negative impact this is going to have on them, which is no doubt why they
have a 900-number. Second, if they were truly psychic, they would know I am against spam
and would NOT have sent this to me. They even have a remove function for harvesting live
email addresses.

They also open up with a lie. See the spam yourself. This is a canned apology, and if they
really meant it, they would use OPT-IN only.

Their psychic line: 1-900-370-4454 extension 7085

The ones doing the spamming: Serv-U (619) 645-8434

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UPDATE: June 6, 1998
Juno has terminated the drop box of this spammer. Hey, they should have seen it coming.
This is kill #182.

See the notice

Subject: Earn a NO COST Pentium 266 Computer!! EVERYONE Approved!!
Date:        07/04  03:18
Received:    07/04  08:17
From:        fokuko94@prodigy.com
Reply-To:    goodidea@dreamer.net
To:          fokuko94@prodigy.com

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Well, this below average intellect spammer can't even finish the email address they want
you to email for more information. This idiot also won't leave any valid contact information,
proving to me this is spam. Of course, the typical forgeries and theft of service.

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Subject:  Make your $$$$ Today!!!
Date:        07/05  17:15
Received:    07/05  20:56
From:        Bizopp@aol.com

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This MLM'er is using MMF tactics. In fact, this is the MMF scam of selling MLM scams, and
calling it an MLM, rather than the proper term of "postal fraud". Of course we complete the
picture with theft of service and forgeries.

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Subject: 750 How-To Books:UNDER $50.00
Date:        07/05  21:09
Received:    07/05  22:16
From:        b00kszz@hotmail.com
To:          b00kszz@hotmail.com

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This spam has the honor of being spam 594. What does that mean? Well, this marks the spam
that equals the number of spams I received in the second half of 1996 and ALL of 1997.

This is the scam where you print MLM scams, and other fraud instructions and sell them to
people even stupider than you are.

This spam has it all. Straight up fraud, postal fraud, consumer fraud, theft of services,
header forgeries. Even has a web site to get nuked. It is missing the remove request though.

I even found this on the web site: 
Shiloh Research 
PO BOX 28582 
Fresno, California, 93729 
Voice: 209-271-2545

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UPDATE: July 7, 1998
Hotmail has informed me that this is not a valid Hotmail account, and it did not come from
a Hotmail customer, but rather FORGED Hotmail information. Duh. I knew this never touched
Hotmail.

See the notice

Subject: 750 How-To Books:UNDER $50.00
Date:        07/05  21:41
Received:    07/05  22:49
From:        b00kszz@hotmail.com
To:          b00kszz@hotmail.com

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They are back. Obviously BOTH my work and personal addresses were on this spamming list.
This spam is #595, making this spammer MEET and then BEAT a total for 18 months of spam.
This is the RECORD BREAKER.

Shiloh Research 
PO BOX 28582 
Fresno, California, 93729 
Voice: 209-271-2545

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Subject:  Mass E-Mail Works!!!
Date:        07/06  07:59
Received:    07/06  09:00
From:        usercentral@mailcity.com
To:          FRIENDS@ns.net

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This idiot wants to spam for you. This is the second strike.

See Strike 1

(702) 257-8547 ext 143 is the only contact. I'll be calling that number today to get
a business address and name if I get the time.

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UPDATE: July 7, 1998
Grid.Net is going to terminate this spammer. I have to count this as a kill until they
confirm the kill.

See the notice

Subject: Join StarDates.com, The Internet's Best FREE Dating Service!
Date:        07/08  00:11
Received:    07/08  07:37
From:        kiugefi36@prodigy.com
To:          kiugefi36@prodigy.com

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Yeah, this is a good way to meet people. Oh wait, that was SARCASM.

I think these idiots are using Fire Power's Spamware

This messages was sent on the authorization of:
Michael Sole
Vice-President
StarDates

The folks actually doing the spammer: 1-510-653-4709  Evenings PST

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Subject: WORRIED ABOUT HIS OR HER BACKGROUND??
Date:        
Received:    07/08  07:38
From:        neeteso25@msn.com
To:          neeteso25@msn.com

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This idiot wants to do investigation for me. If he did any investigation in the first place, he
would know I hate spam and would NOT have sent this to me. Since it would be easy to find out
this information, this shows how incompetent he really is. Crappy HTML too.

With all the forgeries used in this spam, this seems to follow the trend of investigators who
do not want to be found.

Call Toll Free    
1-888-370-9112    
Ask for Ken Wagner, Information USA    

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UPDATE: July 8, 1998, 08:52
Oh my goodness! Microsoft has responded, informing me this is a FORGERY of an invalid
address, as well as deliberate forgery to make it appear as if this originated from
Microsoft, when I know this originated via Compuserve(see lookups above). It is nice
to see Microsoft actually doing something other than ignoring complaints.

See the notice
UPDATE: July 9, 1998
Better late than never. I only say that because Hotmail usually nukes accounts within an hour.
I guess they have been swamped with all the spam that happened over the weekend. Still, kill
#183 is welcomed!

See the notice

Subject: New Way to Access Internet
Date:        07/07  18:10
Received:    07/10  08:30
From:        sales@no-isp.com
Reply-To:    Instant.Access@bud.net
To:          Chris Pickett, cpicket@ns.net

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These idiots are advocating THEFT of dial-up service. It would then be logical to assume
that while you're stealing your dial-up service, you then relay rape a third party server
to send out your spam. This is one of 2. I may have received these previously. This also
has a remove function.

Also, this spammer can't set their clock right. Oh well.

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Subject: New Way to Access Internet
Date:        07/07  18:10
Received:    07/10  08:30
From:        sales@no-isp.com
Reply-To:    Instant.Access@bud.net
To:          Chris Pickett, cpicket@ns.net

See the spam

Why not steal TWICE? Same as above. Most likely same spamming run. Sending this crap directly
to me still counts as spam since I don't want it.

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Subject:  -> MS Office 97, Win 95 & NT4 ** BLOWOUT SPECIALS ** 
Date:        07/10  20:37
Received:    07/10  21:41

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A quick call to the toll free number reveals NOTHING. The call to the number tells you to
punch in the extension. The extension has some guy who does not reveal who he is. They do
clearly want your email address, most likely to be spammed more.

1-800-400-1972 Ext: 1949

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Subject: You've Won!
Date:        
Received:    07/11  19:37
From:        internetsweepstakes@hotmail.com
To:          Chris Pickett, chris@lanets.com

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Yippee! I won, I won!! Wait, I didn't enter this contest. DAMN SPAMMERS!!!

Obviously they want some web site traffic. Time to explore and see what poop I can
dig up: NONE! The company refuses to identify themselves, making this contest illegal.

It would also appear this is really just an address harvesting site. BTW: The prize
I supposedly won is worthless to me.

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UPDATE: July 15, 1998
Hotmail has informed me that this is an invalid drop box on Hotmail. Fortunately, complaints
also went to the source of this spam. The impact of this is unwanted complaints to Hotmail and
extra stress and load on Hotmail servers. This counts as an action, although I'm debating
counting these as "others".

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Subject: Weight Loss Patch
Date:        07/12  15:28
Received:    07/12  21:40
From:        ws@ns1.pop.tc

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You know, the tub of goo spamming this stuff out should at least TRY the product before
annoying us all with it. Of course, this is really an MLM. You'll lose weight as you 
starve to death.

Call for a three-minute lie: (619)824-6770

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Subject: Stop! Your Biological Clock!
Date:        07/14  12:33
Received:    07/14  19:03
From:        remuv_me@hotmail.com

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Snake oil pitch for anti-aging drugs. I guess you don't care how old you are when you're
stoned or ripped of. Spamming via Compuserver and using forgeries. Yeah, a real valuable
product... Sheesh, find the CAPS LOCK key and turn it off!

1-888-487-5028

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UPDATE: July 14, 1998, 20:50
Hotmail has made kill #192 a reality by nuking this drop box.

See the notice

Subject: Medical Miracle!
Date:        07/14  17:08
Received:    07/14  19:06
From:        remuv_me@hotmail.com

See the spam

Same as above, just to a different account.

1-888-487-5028

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UPDATE: July 14, 1998, 20:50
Hotmail has made kill #193 a reality by nuking this drop box.

See the notice

Subject: VERY  IMPORTANT !!!
Date:        07/14  22:12
Received:    07/15  08:51
From:        ccancmnt@caslink.com
To:          ccancmnt@caslink.com

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This is Strike 2.
Strike 1.

World Currency Cartel. I've got no idea what their scam is, but they want money up front, my
currency. This can't be important if this is being spammed.

DIAMOND  INTERNATIONAL
9903  SANTA  MONICA  BLVD;
SUITE  #  405
BEVERLY  HILLS, CA 90212.     U.S.A.

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Subject: Unbelievable but true! Internet access at 100x faster than 56kps.
Date:        07/16  08:21
Received:    07/16  11:55
From:        Int100@access123.com
To:          Chris Pickett, chris@lanets.com

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Despite sending this directly to me, this is still spam. No business name mentioned, just a
phone number: 415-449-3636

Basically they are trying to sell me ADSL hardware and service, which I can get from the company
I work for. Forgeries highlight this spam. The lookups will tell me everything else I need to see.

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Subject: Go for the GOLD!
Date:        07/16  23:36
Received:    07/17  08:45
From:        g00zzz@hotmail.com
To:          g00zzz@hotmail.com

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This cheater wants to to call and quickly give them access to your checking account.
They are selling gambling cheats.

GCP Corp.
5444 Peterson Lane, Suite 1028
Dallas, TX 75240
Fax: 1-972-774-0558
Voice: 1-972-774-9899

Remove function, forgeries and more!!

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UPDATE, July 17, 1998, 17:47
This Hotmail action will be counted as an action as they inform me that the Hotmail dropbox
is invalid.

See the notice

Subject: MEGA MONEY IS HERE....
Date:        07/17  16:05
Received:    07/17  16:43
From:        1FRIEND@lycos.com
To:          anyone@anywhere.com

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Another variation on the chain letter MLM postal fraud scam. Chain letter(spam) to get others
to join the little pyramid of BUYING MLM scams to SELL the MLM scams back.

This address was harvested via the web site. They even list some folks who will spam out your
scam.

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UPDATE: July 20, 1998
The folks hijacked and relay raped have responded, clearly telling me to count this as an
action. This action shows that spammers do steal service.

See the notice

Subject: FREE TRIAL... FREE TO START... PAY NOTHING UNTIL YOU EARN
Date:        07/18  19:12
Received:    07/18  20:13
From:        ian@avalon.net.au

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A one time mailing of this mail order MLM scam. They basically are using the reply as an address
harvesting function, which is the mian purpose of this spam.

This is the "Project 21" scam, whatever that means.

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Subject: Investment Opportunity - The Dawn of a New Era
Date:        07/18  23:57
Received:    07/19  08:13
From:        medicalbreakthrough@generex.com
Reply-To:    info@generex.com

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This inconsiderate spammer sent the spam as an attached file. Wasn't that even more inconsiderate
than usual? Plus, with new spamware, they've completely munged the from line. Oh well. At least
the lame HTML shows their web site URL so I can get them nuked. This is an illegal stock offering.

The Time Release Group:
33 Harbour Square
Suite 202
Toronto, Ontario
M5J 2G2

1-800-391-6755.
416-364-8288

Remove function as well.

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UPDATE: July 22, 1998
This KILL is being reported as soon as possible. DigiWeb has taken down this web site for AUP
violations, making this to be kill #200!!

See the notice

Subject: AGGRESSIVE INVESTING
Date:        07/19  08:13
Received:    07/19  09:47
From:        Masterweb@mail.kc.net
To:          Masterweb@mail.kc.net

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Aggressive anti-spamming meets this aggressive investing. I'm sure I'll be more aggressive.

800.935.5171 ext. 3157, leave a message. This is ther so called remove function.

They also have an "opt-in" harvester installled.

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Subject: *Read* Call Long Distance For Free
Date:        07/21  06:00
Received:    07/22  00:18
From:        YourLongDistance@co.com
To:          Chris Pickett, chris@lanets.com

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I get a $10 phone card ONLY if I join their phone card MLM. No thanks, take their scam elsewhere.

Lame HTML, forgeries and theft of service highlight this spam sent directly to me. This may be
a repeat offense

1-888-333-8353 with Acc. Rep#  SR741394

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Subject: Finding a Solution
Date:        07/22  08:17
Received:    07/22  00:18
From:        k00mba1@earthlink.net
To:          k00mba1@earthlink.net

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Oooh, this spamming spammer wants to spam for me, for a fee. This offer expires August 1st, and
by then their company should be forced out of business.

Seems I have found a solution: REAL EMPLOYMENT.

They also spammed me here, making this a Strike 2 offense. I have a
feeling Strike 3 isn't too far away. Forgeries and theft of service too... Thank goodness
this is the LAST spam of the day as I am exhausted.

GCP Corporation
1-972-492-4989 phone
1-972-774-0558 fax

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UPDATE: July 22, 02:26
Yes, I was up in the middle of the night fighting spam, so that time is accurate.

This is being counted as an "other". Why? Well, Earthlink did do some action-like actions,
but they demoted themselves to being an "other" for not being able to recognize FORGED
headers. This may have in fact come from Earthlink. Earthlink did carefully state that this
is NOT a valid Earthlink account, which proves spammers forge information. Earthlink mainly
sent this to cover their asses.

See the notice

Subject: VIP Member
Date:        07/23  05:07
Received:    07/23  09:08
From:        direct9@hotmail.com
To:          Eric Hofing, eric@lanets.com

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If this was sent based on my internet usage, then why aren't I getting ads for anti-spam software?
Of course, I'd complain about those spams and get them nuked. This is proving to me that a new
spam haven is being set up.

Another spam using a valid email address from the company I work for.

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UPDATE: July 23, 1998, 12:21
Hotmail has responded by nuking this drop box, making this kill #205

See the notice

If you are one of the dilweeds who sent me unsolicited email or are someone thinking about it, drop dead.
Also, if you've got a complaint about my anti-spam feelings or want to scold me for being justifiably sick of spam, I have the following words of wisdom for you:

YOU'VE COME TO THE WRONG PLACE!

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