[See Pt. I here : Vocus & PRWeb, wherein they re-use a very old list]
I thought I had an understanding with Vocus.com after the November 06 incident. Accidents never happen, in a perfect world. This world isn’t perfect, apparently.
Way back in 2008 or so I briefly had an account at PRWeb, and in 2009 I unsubscribed. Imagine my surprise when I received the following on November 06, 2013. I complained to the ESP, Vocus, and I was told they were handling it. I was then informed by IP-holder Eloqua that Vocus had unsubscribed me, but I was not given any information about how my address was added to this list nor why I was spammed.
See Pt. II – this gets even better!
Here is a repost of a blog entry by CAUCE President John Levine in which he explores the murky world of stolen mailing lists, and how companies rarely acknowledge such breaches.
From someone at work, who swears “i did not check any of the boxes when i registered, and yet i got this.”
Received: from om-snapfish-email.rsys1.com (om-snapfish-email.rsys1.com [12.130.137.125]) by mail1.iecc.com ([64.57.183.56]) with ESMTP via TCP port 52839/25 id 528707038; 13 Dec 2012 hh:mm:ss -xxxx
rsys1.com
Bipartisan Policy Center <events@bipartisanpolicy.org> invited me to their event. Bad idea.
Chevrolet – Parceiros <mkt-chevrolet@zimbas.info> wants me to buy a Brazilian Chevrolet and osh b’gosh! This is also from PleskLogin of Glendale California!
Volkswagen Consorcio – Parceiros <mkt-ofertas@sglobe01.com> wants me to buy a Brazilian Volkswagen, by way of PleskLogin of Glendale California.
