Sam Meltzer, McRenH@msn.com


Posted to me a variation of a pyramid scheme, requiring me to call a 1-800
number and punch in some code. Obvious form letter with an "insert your code
here" type deal.

Art Kovach, arthur3@ix.netcom.com

Again, another dork doing a pyramid scam using different 1-800 number and
punch in a different code. Different format, this dork couldn't find the
CAP-Lock key. Obviously got so exicted he authored his own spam.

The c|net newsletter, dispatch@CNET.COM
support@CNET.COM
Whoever these dorks are, they either STOLE my address or bought it and then
tried to get me to sign up for their web searcher service. Again, what is
advertising crap doing in my email box? It took over 20 attempts to get removed
(because their engine doesn't work) and had to have police intervene. Talk about
a non-respectable entity.

Honorable Mention due to C|Net association:
shareware.com

This is what a "whois" look-up produced:

>whois shareware.com
cnet, the computer network (SHAREWARE3-DOM)
   150 Chestnut Street
   San Francisco, CA 94111
   USA

   Domain Name: SHAREWARE.COM

   Administrative Contact, Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
      Cnet, Hostmaster  (HC165)  hostmaster@CNET.COM
      (415) 395-7805 x569
   Billing Contact:
      Payable, Accounts  (AP297)  accounts-payable@CNET.COM
      (415) 395-7800

It took 6 weeks and 300 attempts to get removed from their list. Again,
I had to bring police in to get removed. Seems that C|Net turns over all
of their lists toshareware.com, who then in return begins to harrass you
with unwanted email. Despite following their removal instructions, that
only got me an automatically generated reply with more instructions, and I
followed those. That in turn generated another automated reply, which
prompted me to repeat the ORIGINAL instructions. You can see where this was
going. So, there was an address to send email to in order to report problems
getting off the list. That only got me instructions that starts this entire
cycle all over again. I could tell as the weeks went on that complaints were
mounting, as that "problem report" address vanished. Also, the removal
instructions changed, not that it mattered any, because you'd get 10 more
spams identical to what you just got when you attempted to get removed from
the list.

spryder@copland.udel.edu

Stephen Ryder
5000 Western Ave. Box 2100
Knoxville, TN  37921

This idiot emailed me an advertisement for a pyramid scam, telling me I
was already removed from the list(there was no list to be subscribed to),
telling me to send money and then add my name to the list. Typical crap.
Oh, there was even a big claim of how this was legal(signing people up on
a list by having them pay is illegal) and how to make more money by renting
the list out for direct mail crap. There was also this lecture section
saying how the list is monitored to ensure honesty. Yeah right. What an
idiot. I'm sending this prick an invoice for $75

4/29/96
koolcat@aol.com
Applied Micro
PO BOX 4867
Boulder CO
80306-4867

This incredibly stupid person tried selling me some porn. Thanks to the
address (although notice the PO box), hopefully this special brand of scum
can be tracked down and jailed. No doubt this is a scam operation, with the
indicator being the PO box, a standard scam-artist tactic. This person will
be billed $150.

Update: 8/5/96
Address proved to be bogus, and the message was a forgery.

5/17/96
jim pavlish, jpavlish@cyberdrive.net

This idiot decided that I want to buy a list of 500 FREE places to advertise,
based on some usenet post I made. In the last 2 months, I've made no effort
to act like I want to advertise, especially since I DON'T advertise.
This jerk expects me to fork over $40 for a list of 500 FREE places, or $20
for 200 free places. That's a scam if I ever heard one.

This dork's fax line is: 216-468-3593, so please fill it up with as many obscene
and nasty messages as possible.

5/10/96 21:57
SOMSER BBS, somser@cnx.conexis.es

Some crappy BBS decided that an excellent way to launch itself was to steal a
mailing list(that I was not signed up for) and then SPAM about 500 people. They
are located in Spain and this is obviously a pirate board with LIMITED hours. This
dork can't make a commitment to anything.

There was a lot of follow-up flaming that unfortunately went to all the other
victims in this massively unwanted mailing.

On the plus side, the spam was also written in Spanish to piss off people who speak
that language too, or else pissing off people twice who are bi-lingual and speak both
English and Spanish.

5/23/96 00:35
discover@sisna.com

These idiots tell me how I can "reorganize my time" for more efficiency. Hey,
we can all reorganize our time better by not having to deal with idiots like
this. Then they expect me to fork over money for advertising I don't want,
that I didn't ask for, and that I don't need. To make this even better:
If I were to pay for this advertising, they'd spam roughly 10,000 RANDOM people,
assuring me it would get to the people I want to see it. NOT!!!! So, they send
me spam to get me to pay them to spam others? I think not! They assure me that
unlike snail mail, email will not get trashed. Wrong again, email gets trashed
easier than paper mail, as the delete key requires so much less effort.

A $150 invoice is going to:
Discovery I.M.P.
P.O. Box 7744
Mesa, AZ 85216

Notice the usage of a PO Box, a common tool of illegal businesses.

5/31/96
owner-netdeals@texaslink.com
"Internet Deals" 

This idiot decided that I wanted junk mail. Well, this bozo though wrong. He
obviously picked up my address in a news group(where my signature now warns of
the monetary penalty) and spammed me to join his internet service. SCREW YOU!
I'm not going to pay some asshole so I can call LD to Texas or pay money for
web space I don't want. Get a damn clue.

6/02/96
term@portlandweb.com
Bruce Keller, 203-869-8137

This moron felt he was doing ME a favor by sending me information regarding
most likely some bogus stock for most likely a bogus company. What sort of
idiot blindly sends out "investment advice" to people who don't want it?
If this person is a VALID stockbroker, which I seriously doubt, he should
have his license revoked and should have to work as a janitor for the rest
of his life.

Update: 8/05/96
Thanks to some additional information regarding the above mentione idiot from
a source who will remain anonymous(to protect their identity), I was led to a
site that does a similar concept as this page: expose and trash spammers. This
"term@portlandweb.com" is very crooked and should be avoided. If you get any
email from "term@portlandweb.com", please forward a copy with full headers to:
seattle@CYBERSPACE.COM

For more information about this moron and other scammers, check out this URL:

http://www.metareality.com/~nathan/visit.cgi/spam/html.Offenders

6/29/96
KORBS@ix.netcom.com
Ken Korbel
17961 Rosita St.
Encino,  CA  91316

Well, this uncreative hunk of crap decided to email me a pyramid scam.
Isn't that nice? It's the same one floating around recently. Here are the
BS highlights:
Maxed out Circuit City card
Shelled out $14.95 here, $29.95 there, $24.95 here, and another $49.95 there.
Just got himself a NEW Black Acura Integra.

Isn't it amazing how all these stupid idiots always have the
same debts and cars? Isn't that kind of ODD?

7/29/96
Freeway@dm1.com
Phone: 216-655-6259

Subject: FreeOffer!

Host Domain mail address:
199 EAST GARFIELD RD
AURORA, OHIO 44202
USA

This is a subdivision of a company that offers spamming services, as well as
legitimate advertising(although not much of that). Freeway tries to get you
all excited by mentioning "free stuff". What I find odd is that one of the
first things mentioned after the "free stuff" is to be removed from the list.
Obviously, they just pick up or buy names or lists and then spam them.

What's worse is this idiot is spamming me at work. I don't even post news
or read news from work. Obviously someone is selling my address, or this
prick is getting my work address from my home signature. What a sad and
bored individual. Usually, when an animal gets like this, it gets put
to sleep. I think there should be exceptions made so that humans like this
can be put out of their misery so the rest of us don't have to put up with
it.

UPDATE 9/11/96
Subject:     FreeOffer!
Sent:        9/11/96 03:36
Received:    9/11/96 05:23
From:        FreeWay@dm1.com
To:          Chris Pickett, chris@lanets.com

See the spam

Apparently the "remove" feature doesn't work, as I got their same crap again.
He is sending through PSI.Net, which could indicate a mail forgery, or where
he has his actual dial-up access to. Since "clever.net" hosts the domain
"dm1.com", I've taken the liberty to notify people at clever.net, dm1.com,
PSI.net, interramp.com and pipeline.com

I DEMANDED removal by following his "remove" instructions 150 times, plus
including full email headers, the whois lookup information on dm1.com,
and of course the original message.

Moral: don't spam me at work and don't spam me at home.

Subject:     Reach out and touch everyone, for nothing!
Sent:        7/18/96 18:35
Received:    7/18/96 19:44
From:        exd65099@interramp.com

See below. This person's account was CANCELED for this action.

See the spam

UPDATE

8/10/96
SoftCell Marketing
sftcell@bsd1.nyct.net
sftcell@walrus.com
pmorgan@sftcell.com
gary@walrus.com

Billing Information:
SoftCell Marketing Inc. 
250 E. 39th St. 
Suite 3H 
New York, NY 10016 
USA 

Numbers to anoy them at:
212-953-5234
800-351-8094

This is a spam-by-email for free service. They will provide you with
everything you need to spam and annoy others, and they can do it while
you're offline. I don't see how something can call themselves a
legitimate marketing company when they send stuff to people who don't
want it, especially their spam.

Upon further poking around, they have their domains hosted in wierd ways.
Over 4 domains are involved in this operation. All administrations have
been nofitied.

UPDATE
Subject:     NEW Internet Provider (Flame & Mail Bomb Proof)
Sent:        8/26/96 14:29
Received:    8/26/96 18:23
From:        Lightning.Bolt.NEW.ISP.*.FLAME.PROOF!!@interramp.com

See the spam

Lightning.Bolt.NEW.ISP.*.FLAME.PROOF!!@interramp.com--New email address.
Subject to watch out for: NEW Internet Provider (Flame & Mail Bomb Proof)
This is a FALSE email address. I suspect they are hacking an account. The
return email bounced as undeliverable.

If you get anything mentioning "Lightning Bolt", it's the same idiots at it
again. I suspect they get a free account, spam away, get canned, and then
use another trial account.

You'd think: Can they get any stupider?
They just might suprise you with a "Yes" answer.

8/13/96
Warren, george52@juno.com
jenny31@juno.com

See the spam

Message subject: 1000 SHARES

This idiot decided to spam me with "investment information" regarding a telecom
company that refurbishes used AT&T equipment. Why am I being told about this stuff?
This is spam, and I don't want this crap in my email box!

Regardless. I was spammed with "investment" information. Too bad he didn't mention
the company, which sends up flags to me that this is not legitimate. The spammer
wants you to involve: jenny31@juno.com, via email so they can fax you
some crap.

Of course, he thinks he can avoid a fine by putting at the last line:
(quote)
This is not a solicitation to buy or sell securities but for
information purposes only.
(end quote)
Dude, that is UNSOLICITED ADVERTISING. Did I specifically say "send me some crap?"
No, I don't think so.

Further information gathered from the headers show this to be a forgery going
through Netcom. As much as I don't like Netcom in general, I hate to see ANY
online service being abused in any way. Netcom has been informed.

8/15/96
From: Call.1-800-725-1912@interramp.com (IQ DIRECT)
Subject:  IQ Direct Has Personel 800 Numbers For a Ridiculous Low Price.

See the spam

Call it what you want, I call it unsolicited advertisement. This idiot it trying
to peddle "personal 1-800 numbers". Hey, any moron can get a 1-800 number and at
a dirt cheap rate. But since I didn't ask for your crap, you will reside here for
all eternity, doomed by your own stupidity.

If you want to harrass this jerk, call often, and talk a long time at:
1-800-725-1912

Oh, by the way, fact of life: you've gotta get a TON of calls for the savings to
kick in. Look out for HIGH sign-up fees and loads of hidden charges. Typical.

9/7/96
From: waynec@mail.aros.net
ArosNet, Inc. (AROS-DOM)
   883 South 200 East
   Salt Lake City, UT 84111

See the spam

No subject. I find that rather interesting.

Your warning line to the scam:
PS: This simple 2 line ad is signing people quickly and easily:

======================================================================
WANTED: FRUSTRATED NETWORKERS:  MLM breakthrough.  Downline built for
you -- GUARANTEED.  No fees or hassles.  For info contact ...
======================================================================

This idiot obviously takes email addresses and then decides to spam them
with this crap. What he wants to do is to make others market some crap for
him. You don't get paid, but he gets all the benefits. It's a scam folks.
He's acting like he needs some "internet consultant" in his organization.
What he wants is some moron to work for free.

$150 invoice being sent out on Wednesday.

11/22/96
Thomas W. Clark
Internet-Aid Corp.
(904) 894-3028
aid@ultragrafix.com

See the spam

This little nimrod opens up with four internet sites I'd enjoy. Hmm, did I
ask for this?
NO. Did I want you to spam me? NO. This is a 4-in-1 scam.
1: Get email addresses for 64 cents a month. Yeah right. Are you honestly
going to provide me with an SMTP server and my own domain? If not,then piss
off!

2: He'll scan your photos for $3.50 each. The catch: self addresses stamped
envelope. This dillweed is too cheap to include shipping. Not a whole lot of
options either.

3: Dirt cheap web sites. Guess what? No features either. Want a boring page
you'd be embarrassed to call your own? This fart-knocker will post it for you.
Hey, you get what you pay for.

4: To wrap it all up, they boast themselves as full-featured. Hell, they sound
as if they are willing to swallow the $100 Internic domain fee, but they charge
you $25 a month. Get your own domain somewhere else, it will be cheaper.

And to top it off, this major idiot spammed me at work. Can you be even stupider?
A $150 invoice goes to here:

     Internet-Aid
     4335 Bradfordville Rd
     Building B
     Tallahassee, FL 32308

Of course, I'm sure the folks here would appreciate knowing what their users
enjoy bothering others with:
Global Tech 2000 at (817) 472-9516

Remember, call collect with an operator, call late, and talk for a LONG time.

12/02/96
Internet Services, e-mailgram@telysis.com
e-mailgram6@telysis.com

See the spam

Well, gee, can't you make up your mind, or is this so you don't have to deal
with the negative repurcussions of spamming me at work? Choose a damn email
address! What are you selling? You certainly don't describe the product. What
is it, a pyramid scam? "Reputable" people? Yeah right! A reputable business
does not SPAM people AND at the same time describes the product.

So, to make sure you got my point I sent 300 emails regarding removal:
100 for REMOVE
100 for UNSUBCRIBE
100 for LEAVE

I think I crashed the mail server! Too damn bad! You spam me, you earn my wrath.

It appears Telysis appears to be concerned about spam although I've seen no
follow-through on the part of administration yet.

Why spam people? I know, this dork think's he's special because he includes
remove instructions. Why should I need remove instructions for a list I never
wanted to be included on. How retarded!

Subject:     Control E-Mail Advertising
Sent:        12/5/96 15:00
Received:    12/5/96 15:54
From:        tuvak@troi.iq-internet.com
To:          All@On-The-Net

See the spam

Hmm, advertisers want to spam me, but will I be interested? Gee, I wonder...
NO, I'm NOT interested. What part of NO do you have a problem
understanding simple English? Apparently so. He wants me to send him names of
magazines that I want so he can "target spam" me. Of course, he claims that if
I send a certain message(other than the usual "rot in hell you felching spammer"
message), I'll never get spam from them again. I've heard that line before, you
lying sack of crap!

Check out the name of the company:
The Red Pages and C.A.R.E.   ( 1-800-257-7831 )
"Concientious Advertising thru Responsible E-Mail"

What a load of crap. If they were both CONCIENTIOUS and RESPONSIBLE, they would
not have spammed in the first place. Of course, advertising directly contradicts
being CONSCIENTIOUS and RESPONSIBLE.

Ooh, are you in luck. Notice the 1-800 number? Call between 8AM and 5PM when the
rates are higher. What should we care? It's not like we're paying the bill! Also,
call from a payphone as they can snag your number if you call a 1-800 number. It's
legal for them to do this as they need it for billing purposes.

Subject:     Information you NEED.
Sent:        12/30/96 01:09
Received:    12/30/96 01:25
From:        IQ Mailer, 80162@data.iq-internet.com

See the spam

Another one of these 
The Red Pages and C.A.R.E.   ( 1-800-257-7831 )
"Concientious Advertising thru Responsible E-Mail"
morons.

You'd figure since they sent me an email stating that if I followed a
certain set of instructions(blank email with a specific subject, which
I did), that as indicated, I would not be bothered by anymore email, EVER,
from this spam-spewing company. Well, they lied. What a surprise. This idiot
spammed me at work. Some crap about "information I need to run a home based
business". Well, that spam cost YOU, the stupid spammer, $150 that is legally
billable and collectable. Seems I'm doing quite well from my home-based
anti-spam crusade.

Subject:     (UCE)  Corp Buying Power - SAVES YOU $$$
Sent:        12/12/96 01:51
Received:    12/12/96 03:34
From:        SAVE NOW, youwin@isp-inter.net

See the spam

Ooh, all sorts of nifty offers on cheap and sub-standard office products,
such as software, communications equipment, and going through THEM for all
your other services.

Odd, I have a well paying job that I enjoy, plus a fruitful personal business.
To top it off, I didn't ask for this crap.

This person sent it's spam through Compu$erve, where it then rode on the MCI
network for a while, to ultimately get to my mailbox for no reason other
than he is stupid. The best part is that as a default header/footer, it
proudly proclaims it to be unsolicited commercial email. That makes it that
much easier to collect the money. Of course, this spam-company called
ISP-Inter.Net wants me to tell my internet service providers all about them.
I sure did, I told them to ban these idiots from the internet. We don't want
more spam companies. I hope the 400 remove requests were processed.

12/18/96
System Administrator, nrer@wwdg.com

This idiot is not even a system adminstrator. Further research showed this
idiot was redirecting his email through another internet service provider,
thus saving the scammer the inconvenience of having to deal with the negative
repercussions of his actions.

Proof of the redirection from original headers:

Return-Path: <nrer@wwdg.com>
Received: from mail.wwdg.com (mail.wwdg.com [208.206.180.79])
by phantom.ns.net (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP	  id XAA28749 for <cpicket@ns.net>;
Tue, 17 Dec 1996 23:57:26 -0800 (PST)
From: System Administrator <nrer@wwdg.com>
Received: from 208.133.168.56 (Norwich-Usr1-47.nai.net [208.133.168.56])
by mail.wwdg.com (8.8.2/8.8.0) with SMTP id BAA27405 for ;
Wed, 18 Dec 1996 01:57:08 -0700
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 01:57:08 -0700
Message-Id: <199612180857.BAA27405@mail.wwdg.com>
To: cpicket@ns.net
Subject: FREE - List Homes For Sale or Wanted on National Database

Not only that, but not only and I NOT in the market to buy a house, I don't 
even have a house.
MCI, the domain "wwdg.com" and "nai.net" have all been informed. One of the
system administrators at "wwdg.com" was quick to alert me that this garbage
didn't originate from his domain, but was redirected. Due to the activities
of that spammer, "wwdg.com" was forced to shut down their redirecting service.
This is yet another reason why spammers need to be stopped. "wwdg.com" appears
to be a reputable and respectable entity and their services should not be
abused by these lousy spammers.

Subject:     "FREEDOM for you this New Year"
Sent:        1/4/97 06:38
Received:    1/4/97 07:15
From:        rapidd@gtwinc.com
To:          Freedom@For.You

See the spam

This scam is bouncing all over the place. He is advertising for what I
am sure is a scam posted on an ai.net web server. And of course, his
domain is hosted by our enemies in spam: Cyberpromo.com.
THEN, to complicate things, he mailed the crap through UU.Net. Then,
his "reply here to be removed" comes from yet ANOTHER domain:
abusebot@savetrees.com
Unfortunately I deleted their emails and thus lost those headers, so
I can't use that. They don't want me to use obscenities when using their
auto-responder Well, then please explain this illegal material in my mailbox,
which I find obscene? Explain that one away, you jerk-offs! Double-standard
idiots! I find spam much more obscene that so-called swear words. I just don't
have the time to deal with all the quirks in this one, but if someone is
working so hard to HIDE who they are, it must be illegal.

So, if you know a dork named: Eddie Davidson, punch him in the face. I could
trace this idiot for hours, but I have this thing called a life. I'm going to
see if I can salvage those abuse-bot emails and trace them too. I have a feeling
I have more folks to add to my hate-list.

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!