On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 10:42 -0700, Norm wrote: > A while ago a pop up offer me a free laptop if I signed up for several > free offers showed up. Yes I knew exactly what the site really was and > if actually got the free lap top I probably would have drop dead from > the shock. > I created a separate email address I could monitor - they were the only > ones with the address so I knew anything on that address was spam. > Within 12 hours spam about 30 spam a day started to appear, I also gave > my actual telephone number. I started to receive a number of nuisance > calls within 12 hours as well. I could deal with the nuisance calls > easily so that was not a bother except for 1 persistent caller. Had > the calls been from a scum ball outfit I could have understood but the > persistent pest was AOL. direct requests to remove me from their list > did not work and they even laughed at me for making the request. I > finally resorted to contacting the head office and threatening legal > action if the calls (5 or 6 a day continued) immediately the calls > stopped - not 1 call after the email went to the head office legal > department.. > The obvious close association between spamers and AOL is a concern and > to me explains in part why spam is such a problem to stop. > When I get bored counting the spam I will close the email address but > for now it has been a month and the spam shows no sign of slowing down. > I am tempted to bounce it all to AOL and let them deal with the spm. > Another option is not do spam tests like this. I think most of the rest of us resist the temptation especially when they know the offer is a fraud, -- ======================================================================= Q: Why do mountain climbers rope themselves together? A: To prevent the sensible ones from going home. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
