Mar
16
Microsoft wants spamtraps to help them focus on their customers and partners
Microsoft wants to ask spamtraps for help on focusing on their customers and partners. The ESP is ExactTarget. The content of the message below is in Swedish.
Mar
15
Autodesk: Not respecting opt-out
Autodesk, the manufacturer of 3D design software, is ignoring repeated opt-outs and consequently mailing an outdated and erroneous address in violation of Section 9, Paragraph 2 of the Personal Data Act, and sending unsolicited commercial email to an address that has opted out, violating Sections 26-27 (depending on how you interpret the nature of the target address; it is that of a natural person, but it could be argued the address owner used to receive this mail as a function of their job description) of the Act on the Protection of Privacy in Electronic Communications. They’re doing their own bulking.
Mar
14
Passeli: Selling bookkeeping software to spamtraps
Passeli Ohjelmat Oy (see biz reg), a Finnish manufacturer of financial software for bookkeeping etc, want to sell their products to really quite outdated and erroneous spamtraps. They are using a purchased list from Suomen Asiakastieto. The ESP is Innoctus, whose postmaster didn’t exist about a month ago when I tried to let them know about the need for bounce handling… in connection with spam from Passeli, what else.
Mar
14
JS Media: Teaching spamtraps how to deal with Facebook Timeline
JS Media (see biz reg; a personal d/b/a of Jukka Saario) wants to teach spamtraps how to deal with Facebook Timeline. Addresses are outdated and erroneous and the sender indicates having bought them from Fonecta. The ESP is Campaign Monitor, whose anti-spam policy forbids the use of purchased lists.
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Mar
14
Regus Group: Where no means yes and all criticism falls on deaf ears
In reference to my earlier posts (1, 2) on the topic. Regus (pretends to be the Luxembourg business, but have a well established local presence) continue to mail outdated and erroneous addresses, and more importantly, fail to observe opt-out.
Mar
13
BioMedLib: Spamming scientists
BioMedLib (bmlmail.com, bmlsearch.com) are spamming scientists with invitations to sign up for their service. They are doing their own bulking from what appear to be “business grade” cable connections from various providers, with generic rDNS, in Virginia. The domains are registered via Yahoo! to Mir Siadaty, of 1112 Rustic Willow Lane, Charlottesville, VA 22911. The bmlmail.com domain was only registered three-ish weeks ago. Something tells me signing up isn’t required for the “service” to continue.
Mar
13
Ratekoulutus: Teaching spamtraps how to advertise on Google
Ratekoulutus (see biz reg) wants to teach spamtraps how to advertise on Google. They have a bit of a history here.
Mar
13
Acc Consulting: Inviting spamtraps to take courses on work safety
Acc Consulting (see biz reg) is inviting spamtraps to courses on work safety. I mentioned the issue of using outdated addresses (specifically, the problem of purchasing same from Fonecta, and of using purchased lists in general) to them in email on Feb 21, but don’t think I’ve had a response, and the marketing efforts continue.
Mar
13
Microsoft: Deals on Windows 7 for Spamtraps
Microsoft is up to two spamtraps now; it has sent unsolicited bulk advertising email to two different email addresses that have not been live since before 2008. One of those email addresses has received Microsoft spam previously; the other has not received email from Microsoft since before it became a spamtrap. The ESP is ExactTarget.