OT Spam test

[Aaron Konstam]

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,
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