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IP: FTC's working for a spam clampdown
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 06:52:05 -0500
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 16:54:22 -0800 From: Ari Ollikainen <Ari () OLTECO com> To: farber () cis upenn edu FTC's working for a spam clampdown http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-834089.html By Lisa M. Bowman Special to ZDNet News February 11, 2002, 9:20 AM PT The Federal Trade Commission is training its legal guns on spam.On Tuesday, the agency plans to unveil an aggressive three-point program to crack down on unwanted commercial e-mail.The agency receives about 10,000 e-mails a day in a database it set up for consumers to forward their unsolicited mail. Since the database was launched in 1998, it has amassed 8 million pieces of purported spam, according to an FTC spokeswoman.The spokeswoman would not comment on the specifics of the plan, but she did say it would involve "taking legal action" against those sending spam. [ ... ] This is interesting...HOWEVER, I wonder how effective any FTC legal action could be since a lot of the SPAM I get seems to originate offshore. some selected recent (offshore) origins (or relays): a bunch (20+!) of 211.xxx.xxx.xxx addresses which traceroute west of Korea all of which seem to have adsl-seongbook-210220088082.usr.hananet.net as a common hop fundmail.fundwatch.com.tw stgogweb.tpg.gov.tw (via hinet.net) main.dnnet.de 007mundo.com (Bogota, Co) www.devassa.com.br mail1.telecom.sk formanda.com (Guangdong,China) hercules.fr.uu.net 64-76-24-195-tntpil1.impsat.net.ar gmx.net mail.777.net.cn mail.barcode.com.au leysschool-4.dsl.easynet.co.uk apps-ogham.cit.ie sfa.fr mail.jihua-comm.com.cn (Stock...) host213-122-74-110.in-addr.btopenworld.com host217-37-20-113.in-addr.btopenworld.com US origins/relays: mailcity.com hotmail.com msn.com yahoo.com aol.com mail5.aweber.com 9netave.com dns.techniqit.com bluemoon22.com (Copy Any DVD) hotoffers.cc ("Speed Up THE INTERNET -- Guaranteed Trial Offer!!!") freeearlysignup.biz emserv-20.qves.com (fronting for PillsOnTheNet a Viagra come on) fl.24.96.1.109.cablemodem.gte.net ip68-3-180-91.ph.ph.cox.net (claimed to be apexmail.com in Canada) ip68-7-235-116.sd.sd.cox.net (claimed to be yahoo.com) slip-12-64-234-245.mis.prserv.net 250.muai.cmbr.bstma01r1.dsl.att.net jxmls03.se.mediaone.net (www.kashbuilder.com) Here's the REAL winner and FTC legal action candidate: steven_d._luscher (h209-17-131-17.gtconnect.net [209.17.131.17]) fronting for a "debt consolidation" using an embedded URL HTML form to gwh.com soliciting the target's name, address, phone number and debt size... Embedded mailto: xmarketing.org (supposedly for credit cards...) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dilbert's words of wisdom #18: Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level then beat you with experience. --------------------------------------------------------------------- OLTECO Ari Ollikainen P.O. BOX 20088 Networking Architecture and Technology Stanford, CA Ari () OLTECO com 94309-0088 415.517.3519
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