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| Thread ID: 73848 | 2006-11-03 04:53:00 | Spam with same subject line but from multiple websites | Misty (368) | Press F1 |
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| 496150 | 2006-11-03 04:53:00 | Today we received at least 25 spam emails. This is despite us using Poptray which is currently deleting about 50-60% of the spam from the server. Amongst the 25 spam that got through (most of which was identified and put directly into our deleted items folder by Xtra spamfilter) there were 8 :horrified with the subject "Athens Financial Group" however each one came from a different website - blma.com walla.com pacbell.net purinmail.com aol.com freeproblem.com australiamail.com 168city.com The problem in using Poptray to add blocking to this, is if I use 'Options - Blacklist' then I will forever be adding websites just to block this one example. It seems that the same outfit is using a seemingly infinite number of websites ! I have tried using Rules in Poptray to delete anything with "Athens Financial Group" and also "Athens Financial" in the subject line but for some reason that has not worked. :groan: It seems that it would be easier and less time consuming to simply let the spam pile up and just delete it all in one hit. Or am I missing something ??? :confused: Misty |
Misty (368) | ||
| 496151 | 2006-11-13 20:46:00 | Their website - http://afgltd.info is apparently hosted by www.ttload.com I suggest that everyone who is getting this junk mail from "Athens Financial Group" complains to the admin / technical /registrant contact at ttload.com about it. His e-mail address is: bradpoulos@mail.com Maybe he will get fed up with receiving so much mail that he gets rid of them. Well, we can hope.... they are the scum of the earth. :mad: I am getting 3 or 4 emails from them a day. Alternatively (or as well as), how about trying webmaster@afgltd.info and root@afgltd.info ? On their website the contact email addresses are: customer@afgltd.info vacancy@afgltd.info human@afgltd.info financial@afgltd.info debit@afgltd.info depositary@afgltd.info Of course, don't send emails from your real addresses, otherwise they will spam them (if they aren't already) Or can we subscribe all those addresses to somewhere where they will get loads of spam themselves? |
Fed-iup-with-Athens (11383) | ||
| 496152 | 2006-11-13 23:55:00 | More details on the scammers/spammers here: suckerswanted.blogspot.com |
godfather (25) | ||
| 496153 | 2006-11-14 07:15:00 | Their website - http://afgltd . info is apparently hosted by www . ttload . com I suggest that everyone who is getting this junk mail from "Athens Financial Group" complains to the admin / technical /registrant contact at ttload . com about it . His e-mail address is: bradpoulos@mail . com Maybe he will get fed up with receiving so much mail that he gets rid of them . Well, we can hope . . . . they are the scum of the earth . :mad: I am getting 3 or 4 emails from them a day . Alternatively (or as well as), how about trying webmaster@afgltd . info and root@afgltd . info ? On their website the contact email addresses are: customer@afgltd . info vacancy@afgltd . info human@afgltd . info financial@afgltd . info debit@afgltd . info depositary@afgltd . info Of course, don't send emails from your real addresses, otherwise they will spam them (if they aren't already) Or can we subscribe all those addresses to somewhere where they will get loads of spam themselves? Thanks Fed-iup-with Athens Welcome to PressF1 and I love your name ! Will take on board what you and g/f say . I must admit that I had written off getting a reply so this is a very pleasant surprise indeed . Misty :thumbs: PS - presumably you are one of these people,who when I log on at 3 . 25am and am the only member - there are 127 random people viewing . It is quite awesome when that happens . We feel that we are representing PressF1 and want to show that we are responsible representatives (instead of just plain insommniac !) . :waughh: |
Misty (368) | ||
| 496154 | 2006-11-17 14:36:00 | Yesterday the afgltd . info website disappeared and it is not there today either . So . . . . it looks like their ISP got fed up with complaints against them . Anyway, as we know that they have multiple domain names (see Godfather's link) and they have now started sending spam out again using the afgltd . cn website address this time . I have sent off the latest offending email from them to spamcop . net again . If everyone reports them each time they send an email perhaps we can shut down all domain names . Well we can, at least, try . The contact email addresses to bombard them with spam are the same as above - apart from the . cn ending of course :- customer@afgltd . cn vacancy@afgltd . cn human@afgltd . cn financial@afgltd . cn debit@afgltd . cn depositary@afgltd . cn . . . and we have the admin contact for the ISP that hosts them as catherinebird54@yahoo . com If we all report every bit of unwanted email from them, en masse, to spamcop perhaps we can get the bas*ards shut down and hopefully prosecuted for spamming . Well I can dream . . . ! By the way, does anyone know why creating a 'message rule' for specific words from the body of an email doesn't work in Outlook Express? I have tried blocking afgltd as a word (and variations of their domain name, or words contained in the email) but still the spam gets through . Likewise if I try and create a rule deleteing the sender if their name is Athens Financial, it still gets through . Tig ps I'm actually 'fed-iup-with-athens', but I couldn't log back in as I couldn't remember my password, and the system doesn't email me a reminder even when I ask . I've had to re-register . . . . . . . . . |
Tig (11384) | ||
| 496155 | 2006-11-17 18:55:00 | OE message rules only work for sender & subject line words. If you can find a common word from either of those you're on the right track for blocking. So far I'm having great success using Thunderbird as it has a filter that only allows people from your address book into your Inbox. The rest go to the Junkbox. |
Pauline (641) | ||
| 496156 | 2006-11-17 19:07:00 | Thanks, but it doesn't explain why setting up a mail rule that deletes anything with "Athens Financial" in the subject header (i . e . deletes it from the server before I even download it) doesn't work? Or perhaps it has to be the full subject header and not just part of it? |
Tig (11384) | ||
| 496157 | 2006-11-17 19:08:00 | With all this SPAM mail getting through, how are the holders of Actrix accounts getting on. (I may be wrong here with the ISP) If you send an email to an Actrix holder, you get an imediate reply, requesting you "REPLY" to the email, with empty content before the original gets through. Fail to do this and your email doesnt go. I imagine once you get through and accepted as a genuine email address you are no longer challanged. We use Mailwasher Pro, highly recommend it, but I wish it had something similiar to the ISP mentioned above. Then theres Mail Marshall used by some businesses, havent checked this one out though. John in Mosgiel. |
John W (523) | ||
| 496158 | 2006-11-22 00:00:00 | Good news! http://www . afgltd . cn/ has also disappeared and I have had no spam from them today . Hopefully they are finding it immense hassle to keep dodging the bullets! |
Tig (11384) | ||
| 496159 | 2006-12-14 15:46:00 | Beware, they've now set up a website here: http://norden.hk But... I've managed to block their spam at last! |
Tig (11384) | ||
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