Nov
23

J.C. Penney: Last Day! Deals! Deals! For a Spamtrap, no Less….

J.C. Penney, a major U.S.-based department store, is sending bulk email to an email address that, when live, was assigned to a role account rather than a real person. This email address did not send email and never subscribed to receive email. J. C. Penney may accept unconfirmed web form subscriptions (guaranteeing typos and bogus subscriptions), or may have purchased a list. The ESP is Cheetahmail, a division of Experian.

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Nov
22

Citibank: Emailing Sensitive Private Credit Card Information to a Spamtrap

First Chase Bank sent marketing emails that contained personal names and credit card information to spamtraps. Now Citibank is doing the same thing. Today Citibank sent a bulk marketing email to an email address that, if it ever existed at all, has been closed since 2007. The email contained a name and the last four digits of a credit card number. Either Citibank is deliberately including made-up “customer” information to make bulk marketing email look more legitimate (which I doubt), or Citibank has badly mismanaged its customer list *AND* (worse) is including sensitive personal information in marketing emails that are going to unconfirmed and incorrect email addresses. The ESP is Epsilon Interactive via its ESP Bigfoot Interactive.

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Nov
21

Horse Tourneys: Inviting a Spamtrap to the Races

Horse Tourneys, an affiliate of Ellis Park Race Course, is sending bulk advertising email to an email address that has been closed since 2007. Horse Tourneys may not confirm web form subscriptions, may be emailing a fallow list, or may have purchased a list. The ESP is Constant Contact.

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Nov
20

Nancy Pelosi: Urging a Spamtrap to Donate to the Democratic Party

U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, emailing via the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), is urging an email address that has not been live since before the previous presidential election to donate to the Democratic Party. The DCCC is sending a *lot* of spam to a number of spamtrap email addresses of mine, so much that I’m surprised they haven’t been listed by a major blacklist yet. The ESP is Blue State Digital.

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Nov
20

OnSale.com: Emailing Old/Closed Email Address

OnSale.com, a “daily deals” web portal, is sending bulk email to an email address that has been closed since 2007. OnSale.com may not confirm web form subscriptions, may be emailing a fallow list (a list that has not been contacted for many years), or may have purchased a list. The ESP is Silverpop.

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Nov
20

Peebles: Selling Clothes and Accessories to a Spamtrap

Peebles, a U.S.-based retailer of clothing and accessories, is sending bulk email to an email address that has never existed. Peebles may not confirm web form subscriptions (which allows typoed and forged email addresses to be added to its list) or may have purchased a list. The ESP is CheetahMail, a division of Experian.

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Nov
20

VTech Kids: Welcoming a Spamtrap to the List

VTech Kids, a manufacturer of electronic learning products, is welcoming an email address that has never existed to its bulk email list. VTech Kids may not confirm web form subscriptions (which allows typoed and forged email addresses to be added to its list) or may have purchased a list. The ESP is Lyris, also known of as Uptilt.

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Nov
19

Kauppalehti: legally B2B spamming

Kauppalehti, a publication of Alma Media plc and the nearest equivalent Finland has to Financial Times, is spamming businesses’ contact addresses that JM Tieto Oy sold them.

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Nov
18

Celebrity Cruises Still Spamming

Celebrity Cruises still wants my mother to sign up for a cruise. She tells me that she never asked to be on their list. I believe her: she’s afraid of drowning and refuses get on any sort of boat. She’s been receiving these emails for over a year, and has never responded to any of them. The ESP is still ExactTarget.

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Nov
17

Regus: still at it

In reference to my Oct 26 post. I called and opted out and explained why they were misfiring. They promised to take care of it. Here’s the value of that promise.

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