Hello
I just got this spam sent to me:




< get your own 100 meg web site for only $11.95 per month today!

STOP PAYING $19.95 or more PER MONTH for your web site, WHEN YOU CAN GET A
100 meg web site FOR ONLY $11.95 PER MONTH NOW by simply calling xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

DO YOU ALREADY HAVE A WEBSITE? ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TRANSFER THE DOMAIN TO
OUR SERVERS AND UPLOAD YOUR DATA AND YOU ARE READY TO GO! YOUR NEW WEB SPACE
CAN BE CREATED INSTANTLY WITH JUST A SIMPLE PHONE CALL OUR OFFICE.

YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR SITE AS MUCH AS YOU WANT with no extra charge! UNLIMITED
TRAFFIC -- no extra charge!


A SET UP FEE OF $40.00 APPLIES for FIRST TIME CUSTOMERS.

ALL FEES PREPAID IN ADVANCE FOR THE YEAR PLUS A $40.00 SET UP CHARGE.

FOR DETAILS CALL xxxxxxxxx or fax xxxxxxxxxxxx

WEB HOSTING INTERNATIONAL



Now here is the weird bit.
It was sent to an address and account which is only used for orders from our website once they have been sent through the online payment gateway.

We never send mail from that address.

It makes you wonder where they could possibly have got it from without knowing we were a web hosting company?

Gordon

they once used an alais of our domain to spam people. I was worried tera-byte my shut us down but they assured us it didnt go through the server.

Originally posted by GordonH
It makes you wonder where they could possibly have got it from without knowing we were a web hosting company?
Without venturing a guess as to how the address might have been sniffed out, it's not necessarily the case that whoever came up with the address is the same person/company who used it to mail that spam. It could have been sold, in which case you'll probably soon know it, since there'll be more. Of course it could also be the case that the spammer doesn't waste time worrying about whose address it is or what business they're in -- the whole idea of spamming is sending out huge volumes without having any expectation that any one address is of any value at all.

Just checked my mail this-mrorning..


< get your own 100 meg web site for only $11.95 per month today!

STOP PAYING $19.95 or more PER MONTH for your web site, WHEN YOU
CAN GET ONE FOR ONLY $11.95 PER MONTH!

DO YOU ALREADY HAVE A WEBSITE? ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TRANSFER THE
DOMAIN TO OUR SERVERS AND UPLOAD YOUR DATA AND YOU ARE READY TO
GO! YOUR NEW WEB SPACE CAN BE CREATED INSTANTLY WITH JUST A
SIMPLE PHONE CALL OUR OFFICE.

YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR SITE AS MUCH AS YOU WANT with no extra
charge! UNLIMITED TRAFFIC -- no extra charge!


A SET UP FEE OF $40.00 APPLIES for FIRST TIME CUSTOMERS.

ALL FEES PREPAID IN ADVANCE FOR THE YEAR PLUS A $40.00 SET UP
CHARGE.

FOR DETAILS CALL 1 888 248 0765 or fax 240 337 8325

WEB HOSTING INTERNATIONAL


This is an E-Mail address I have only posted in the Advertising/Offers forum..... :(

Aww, I also have the original SPAM posted in this thread.

Yes
I have had it a few times since I first posted.

Always to e-mail addresses that are not actually used for external purposes.
One only appears in the formmail recipient field on a web site.

I guess they are just scanning through web pages.
As this forum is indexed by search engines there is a fair chance any address actually typed into a message will be picked up.

Gordon

I got the same spam, the only way they can get that address is by going to forums I visit and clicking the email link as I don't post it anywhere for the specific reason of spam.

It's quite funny that they picked web hosts to send it to.

It's quite funny that they picked web hosts to send it to.

Exactly.
Its not even that good a deal, and who would buy from a web host who doesn't have a web site?

Actually, I can prove that spam doesn't work.

We shut down the odd spam site on our free service and when you look at their stats they have only had a handful of hits for all th thousands of messages they send out.


Gordon

First off all sending a message in all CAPS is a no no.
Its more like they are yelling at you about their services.
IMHO

I got the same spam..

I got several copies of the same message this morning. Maybe they harvested addresses from hosting forums and hoped to get some people who were inquiring about hosting.

Best regards,
Frank Rietta