Re: [OT] e-mail account hi-jacked?

[David Paterson <david.paterson@xxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 14:32:35 +0100, you wrote:

>I'm currently getting shed loads of failed delivery messages for a
Viagra
>substitute, all are forged headers, all links go back to the same set
of I=
P
>addresses (but with differing domain names) in the far east somewhere
(can=
't
>remember off the top of my head, but I did lookup and file an abuse
ticket
>for what it's worth).
>
>There's not a lot you can do about it really (maybe a filter on your
>incoming mail ?)=20

This seems to be a new strategy by spammers to cover their tracks.  I've
had this a couple of times, both for sites trying to flog Viagra and
other drugs.

Presumably they hope that all the complaints about spamming will be sent
to some unsuspecting 3rd party taken from one of their address lists.

Luckily my ISP (BTInternet) are aware of the problem, and aren't going
to close someone's account because of these incidents.  Others might not
be so lucky.

I don't think there's much can be done to stop it happening, since the
real originators and their service providers obviously don't care about
spamming.

David P.
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