Feb
24
LCGC: Spamming scientists from multiple locations
LCGC are not content to spam scientists from Advanstar, they’re also using the services of… Advanstar (aci-market.com).
Feb
24
EPS Inc. (Canada): Spamming to invite scientists to conferences
The Canadian business EPS Inc., of 1625 Maisonneuve Ouest Suite 305, Montreal, Canada H3H 2N4, tel. +1-514-933-4119, fax +1-514-933-9519 is spamming scientists to advertise a conference they are arranging. Their ESP is StreamSend, part of Web development and hosting firm EZ Publishing, whose acceptable use policy forbids the sending of unsolicited bulk email.
Feb
23
Yet More Travel Industry Spam to Mum
My mother’s email address is travelling extensively. I presume this is due to an email list supposed to be targeted to individuals who like to travel. Today’s installment includes the following, from a company that calls itself “Hello Travel” (hellotravel.com), which neither she nor I had ever heard of before. The ESP was Sendgrid.
Feb
23
Argyle Executive Forum bought a list
Oh come on guys. Really? What made me laugh was the inability of this “Chief Marketing Officer Membership” to not segment and target me properly. Shouldn’t marketers know how to target? I am NOT a CMO, nor have I ever played one, and I’ve never told anyone I work in a marketing department.
Feb
21
Gleanster spamming
Spamming Company: http://www.gleanster.com/
Sending ESP: http://www.salesfusion.com/
Today I received what seems to be spam from a company I’ve never done business with nor can I find any reference to sending or receiving an email from them in the past.
Feb
21
General Mills Bell Institute: Continuing to Spam a Long-Closed Email Address
Over three months after I blogged about spam from Bell Institute, the research arm of General Mills, to one of my spamtraps, and over two months since the spam resumed after a Bell Institute representative claimed that the problem was fixed, the spam from Bell Institute to that spamtrap continues. The spam started in mid-November 2011; Bell Institute had not emailed that particular spamtrap since it was re-enabled after its timeout period. The ESP is SilverPop.
Feb
21
Blair: *Still* Selling Clothes, Accessories, and Home Goods to a Spamtrap
Almost three months after I blogged about spam from Blair, a U.S.-based mail order operation, the spam continues unabated to that spamtrap. Whatever the original reasons for this email address being on Blair’s list, they don’t seem concerned that their email is hitting a spamtrap. Their ESP is Yesmail, a division of Infogroup.
Feb
21
Gerber Life: Selling Baby Life Insurance to an E-Pended Address?
Gerber Life Insurance Company, an affiliate of the U.S.-based company that makes baby food, has started sending bulk email advertisements to an email address that has been closed for years. This email address had not received any email from Gerber prior to a couple of weeks ago. In addition, the name in the email does not match that of the original owner of the email address, which is usually a reliable sign of an e-pended email address. The ESP is Acxiom Digital.