+paleolith Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 (edited) I just got spam, and it appears that the spammer is harvesting addresses from gc.com. It's GPS-related and says "dear paleolith", and though I use "paleolith" a lot of places, this is the first time I've seen a spammer associate it with my email address. Is this worth reporting to gc.com, or should I just hide my email address on my profile and be done with it? (I've just hidden it but prefer to leave it public if possible.) (The forum won't let me search for "spam" because it's only four letters long. Silly restriction if you ask me.) Edward spam text, munged to avoid providing the spammer with free publicity: Reply-To: sales@example.com From: "Earth Products and More" <sales@example.com> To: <edward@paleo.org> Subject: GPS Tracking System Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 04:52:47 -0500 Dear paleolith, This might be useful for your situation. This GPS tracker will tell you everywhere your car went, how long it was there and how fast it was driven. You should check it out: http://www.example.com It's rechargable, has a weather resistant case and magnetic mounts. Pretty cool if you ask me! Earth Gadgets <<street address>> Burbank, Ca 91505 Edited February 2, 2010 by paleolith Link to comment
Bryan Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 I just got spam, and it appears that the spammer is harvesting addresses from gc.com. It's GPS-related and says "dear paleolith", and though I use "paleolith" a lot of places, this is the first time I've seen a spammer associate it with my email address. Is this worth reporting to gc.com, or should I just hide my email address on my profile and be done with it? (I've just hidden it but prefer to leave it public if possible.) (The forum won't let me search for "spam" because it's only four letters long. Silly restriction if you ask me.) Edward spam text, munged to avoid providing the spammer with free publicity: Reply-To: sales@example.com From: "Earth Products and More" <sales@example.com> To: <edward@paleo.org> Subject: GPS Tracking System Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 04:52:47 -0500 Dear paleolith, This might be useful for your situation. This GPS tracker will tell you everywhere your car went, how long it was there and how fast it was driven. You should check it out: http://www.example.com It's rechargable, has a weather resistant case and magnetic mounts. Pretty cool if you ask me! Earth Gadgets <<street address>> Burbank, Ca 91505 Edward, thanks for letting us know. Can you please send the full text of this email to me, including the headers? Although it may be tough to track down, we can look into it and see if we can stop it. I'll send you a pm with my email address. -Bryan Link to comment
Skippermark Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 When searching for words with less than 5 characters, add quotes around it such as "spam". That should work. Link to comment
+paleolith Posted February 2, 2010 Author Share Posted February 2, 2010 When searching for words with less than 5 characters, add quotes around it suc as "spam". That should work. Ah-ha! That works ... until the next time I need it and forget again ... Thanks, Edward Link to comment
7rxc Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 When searching for words with less than 5 characters, add quotes around it such as "spam". That should work. Thank you! That's been bugging me too! DUH. Doug Link to comment
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