Today I received email with the subject line: “urgent query” The opening lines were: “Dear Madam, I am writing to you out of great desparation.”…
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Anyone else seen this? Spam in the past 24 hours, almost certainly all coming from the same source, with, I have to admit it, creative…
Quick! Where on the Internet were you on April 13, 1994? Many of you are probably saying “Dude, I hadn’t even heard of the Internet…
Today I received a third..or maybe fourth, who knows, perhaps even fifth – I’ve lost count – piece of spam from, of all places, ISPCON.…
You know those pesky bounce notices you get when a spammer forges your domain in a spam run? Hundreds, even thousands, of bounce notices sent…
It happens at least twice a week. Some reporter, pundit, or well-meaning but tunnel-visioned anti-spammer will point triumphantly to the fact that the load of…
With the new upgrade and move, The Internet Patrol is now inviting new authors, and accepting articles for submission!
Spam Fighter Kits from Aunty Spam and ISIPP Aunty Spam is pleased to announce, in cooperation with the Institute for Spam and Internet Public Policy,…
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