Nov
08

Convio: Using E-Pended Lists?

Convio, a company that provides donor contact and coordination software for non-profit organizations, is sending bulk email to a long-closed email address that, when live, was a role address rather than an individual email address. This email address was used to receive email, but not to send email. It would never have subscribed to receive email from Convio or any other person or company. The name in the email was not associated in any way with this email address; it appears to have been added later, likely via an e-pending process. Their ESP is Eloqua.

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Nov
08

Microsoft Store: Selling Windows & Office to a Spamtrap?

Last week Microsoft Store, a new online and retail outlet for computer giant Microsoft, started sending bulk email to an email address that never existed (a pure spamtrap), at a domain that has never had a legitimate email address. The ESP is ExactTarget.

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Nov
08

Smashinn.com: Teaching a Spamtrap to Play Tennis?

Smashinn.com, an online tennis supplies and equipment store affiliated with online merchants TradeInn.com, is sending bulk email to the same long-closed email address as its partner site Scubastore.com did a week ago. The ESP for both of these web sites, and a number of affiliated web sites that are also spamming the same spamtrap, is Emailvision.

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Nov
07

Hunter Mountain: Purchasing a List?

New York ski resort Hunter Mountain is sending bulk email to a long-closed email address. The email address was last “live” in 2007. The ESP is BlueHornet, a division of Digital River.

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Nov
07

Oakley Sign: Emailing a Long-Closed Email Address

Oakley Sign, part of Orlando-based iForia, Inc., is sending bulk email to a long-closed email address. The company web site has an extremely poor rating in the Web-O-Trust, and the WOT page for the domain indicates that SpamCop has seen spam advertising it today. Further, a comment on that page indicates a history of blog comment spam. The ESP is ExactTarget.

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Nov
07

Symantec: still not getting it

Two weeks ago I wrote about how Symantec was not getting it. They still aren’t. Responsys aren’t helping, either.

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Nov
06

Coast to Coast Career Fairs: Spamming E-Pended Lists for Job Fair?

Several weeks ago I blogged about spam from Coast to Coast Career Fairs LLC, an organization that sets up and runs career fairs in cities across the United States, to a spamtrap that never existed at all. Since then, the spam has continued. Subsequent spams from this sender showed that they have a name assigned to this spamtrap address, a name that has no connection to the email address in question since that email address has never been valid. This is a strong sign that Coast to Coast Career Fairs is using a purchased e-pended list. Their ESP is StreamSend, part of Web development and hosting firm EZ Publishing.

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Nov
06

Toshiba Direct: Selling Laptop Computers to an OLD Spamtrap?

Toshiba America’s consumer and small business direct sales portal Toshiba Direct is sending bulk email to an email address that last had a real user in 2007. Either Toshiba ignores bounces, or they are spamming non-opted-in email addresses. The ESP is Responsys.

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Nov
05

Home Depot: Emailing a Long-Closed Email Address

U.S.-based hardware store Home Depot is sending bulk email to a long-closed email address. The ESP is ExactTarget.

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Nov
04

Military Industrial Buyers Guide: Spamming a Receive-Only Role Address

The Military Industrial Buyer’s Guide, a portal for military and government purchasers, is sending bulk email to a long-closed role address. This role address never sent any email, and never received email except to contact the former domain owner about issues with the company web site. There is absolutely NO way that this address ever requested this or any other bulk email. Either Military Industrial Buyer’s Guide accepts unverified subscriptions and somebody typoed an email address and domain, or Military Industrial Buyer’s Guide purchased a list. The ESP is SendGrid.

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