UNCOOL: Email Harvesters have hit Anandtech

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vladgur

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Since this is about the only Forum I hang out at on Anandtech, I decided to post this here:
Couple months ago I added my email to my signature and today I received my first spam from someone claiming to have found me on anandtech:

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Subject: Hey! I read your post in the forum at Anandtech.
From: "Justin Casper" <electroguy478@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, June 28, 2002 6:43 pm
To: vlad_AT_gurovich_DOT_net

Hey!

I?m ElectroGuy478 and I read your post in a forum at anandtech and you seemed interested in computers and electronics. Since batteries are practically a necessity for all electronical devices, I use rechargeables. I looked at BestBuy and Compusa, but their
Rechargeable batteries are sold in packs of8 for $28.00, that's $3.50 each!!! So I turned to the internet and I found a great site offering great rechargeable batteries for $1.60 a piece. It's really cheap and worth every cent! I'm just trying to do you a favor - I buy from
them myself. Save some money! Here?s the link:
http://www.newtonelectronics.com/nimh.htm

Justin Casper

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Naturally I didnt find anyone with nick ElectroGuy478 on this board. neither is the email address real judging from the email headers:
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Return-Path: <electroguy478@earthlink.net>
Received: from my.email.server (root@localhost)
by mydomain.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g5U1fMZ14837
for <vlad_AT_gurovich_DOT_net>; Sat, 29 Jun 2002 18:41:22 -0700
X-ClientAddr: 207.217.120.22
Received: from hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net (hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.22])
by my.email.server (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g5U1fLo14832
for <vlad_AT_gurovich_DOT_net>; Sat, 29 Jun 2002 18:41:21 -0700
Received: from user-0cceqsu.cable.mindspring.com ([24.199.107.158] helo=smtp.earthlink.net)
by hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #2)
id 17OTkI-00055F-00
for vlad_AT_gurovich_DOT_net; Sat, 29 Jun 2002 18:43:22 -0700
Message-Id: <1025401402.827@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 21:43:22 2000
To: vlad@gurovich.net
From: "Justin Casper" <electroguy478@earthlink.net>
Subject: Hey! I read your post in the forum at Anandtech.
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed



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Kudos to Earthlink for providing open-relay smtp servers to spammers. Beware of this guys and remove/modify your emails from your signatures, i just did. Also if you can figure out identity, email of the spammer, share it with us

Vlad

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GetReal

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Originally posted by: vladgur
In fact, I would really appreciate if you would not buy anything from newtonelectronics.com and let them know that you would not support their spamming practices at their Sales email address at inquiries@newtonelectronics.com
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I would never purchase anything from a spammer despite how bad I might need the what they are offering.


BTW vladgur - Spammers can still get your email address from your eBay user ID or you domain name registration via the links in your SIG.
 
halik

halik

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Oct 10, 2000
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man i did one big mistake. I needed a merchant account some time ago so i signed up for info on some site and ever since then i get tons of spam. I'm probably on one of those lists or something, i even had to make an outlook rulle (trash everythign thats not addressed to me). Never had any problems at anandtech tho


Oh yeah hows out little amigo deal going :)
 
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vladgur

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BTW vladgur - Spammers can still get your email address from your eBay user ID or you domain name registration via the links in your SIG.
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You can never be 100% safe, but displaying my email in my sig was just asking for it :(
 
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vladgur

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well if the mods of this forum could compare the ip addresses of the registered users against the spammers ip address --
user-0cceqsu.cable.mindspring.com 24.199.107.158 we could probably get some insight as to who is doing this, otherwise that ElectroGuy478 is not a registered nickname here
 
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olds

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Mar 3, 2000
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Originally posted by: geckojohn
I got the same email today also. Anand Shimpi or Anandtech should ban this guy!
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Anand Shimpi
Who is that?

 
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Danman

Lifer
Nov 9, 1999
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Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Originally posted by: geckojohn
I got the same email today also. Anand Shimpi or Anandtech should ban this guy!
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Anand Shimpi
Who is that?
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I hope you are joking........that is our god, you knew that. ;) :p
 
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ss284

Diamond Member
Oct 9, 1999
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A thought, Mindspring was bought my earthlink. Even though I'm registered through mindspring, I can still get an earthlink email address.

-Steve
 
Freejack2

Freejack2

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Dec 31, 2000
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Just another source to spam me from I suppose. I get over 100 pieces of spam a day. Some days over 200 pieces of spam.
Cloudmark is starting work but I'm still having to tell cloudmark to block over half the spam I get.
This should be less than fun seeing as if you want to sell or buy in forsale/trade you have to have your email address visible in your profile, this makes it easy to get harvested. :(
 
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wizz0bang

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Sep 28, 2000
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Hang 'em up by his testicles and beat him until he passes out. Repeat for each known spamming offence ;)
 
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abaez

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Jan 28, 2000
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Is there something that can be done? I don't receive spam at all because this is my official email account and I only use it sparingly when signing up for stuff.
 
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MrCoyote

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Oct 9, 1999
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Always hide your email address and NEVER put it in a signature. And if you must post a email address anywhere on any site, set up a temporary email address using HOTMAIL or other service, and use that. And always use that address when joining new websites forums. That will keep spam out of your permanent email.
 
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