Sep
21
August 2017 in Spamtraps: ESPs
ESP spam seen in spamtraps, August 2017
Sep
16
Noblemen, Purchased Lists and E-Pending: Intellia, a part of Suomen Asiakastieto Oy
A story of how a nobleman may have helped the fight against e-pending in Finland merely by existing and having his own biz.
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Jul
17
Why purchased lists are a big no-no
Over on the DotMailer blog, Lino Freire wrote an excellent piece on why purchased lists are a big no-no.
Thanks James Koons for sharing.
Jun
12
Take #2: B2B Prospecting Spam from IBM
Almost a month after I reported that a salesperson at IBM was sending B2B spam to a scraped or purchased list, the same individual spammed one of those email addresses again. As with this sender’s previous spam, the email was sent from IBM’s corporate mailservers, and specifically from a Lotus Notes system apparently used by their business development team.
Jun
11
Suomen Markkinointirekisteri Oy on Office 365
Aki Lindell seems to have obtained services from Microsoft.
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Jun
08
Ferratum Oyj, Payday Loans for Businesses and Affiliate Spam
Ferratum Oyj, a Finnish payday loan operator (www, biz reg, responsible people) recently had the smart idea to advertise their business loan services through affiliate spam. This blog entry attempts to document what ensued.
May
30
Snowshoe-like email verification and lead generation services
Many email verification and lead generation services act a lot like snowshoe spammers. They bounce around from host to host, hoping to avoid detection and suspicion caused by their unusual SMTP traffic.