Oct 14
Spam company, computer-security, country, database, enterprise-software, entertainment, hacking, how-to, internet, linux, Phishing, phishing-news, programming, science, Spam, spam-watch, spam-watch-news, technology
There is a serious scam involving IRS (Internal Revenue Service, USA) which can fool even the most web-savvy people. Please read below for details on how you can protect yourself from this email which appears to genuinely come from IRS, inquiring about your tax exemption status.
I received an email today which states:
Our record indicates that [...]
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Warning: Serious Scam Involving IRS (W8 BEN)
Jun 14
Spam africa, company, country, database, enterprise-software, entertainment, how-to, internet, linux, Phishing, programming, Referrer Spam, science, Spam, spam-watch, Splog, Spyware, technology, wordpress, wordpress-plugin
We are about to release a new blog (WordPress) comment spam protection software. It has been extensively tested for over two months. We will deploy it first across our network of highly popular blogs. The new software named Comment Guard Lite was developed after gaining extensive experience with the leading Comment spam protection software – [...]
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Product Announcement: Comment Guard Lite – Lightweight, Super-Fast Comment Spam Protection for WordPress Blog
Dec 21
Spam africa, company, country, database, enterprise-software, how-to, humor, internet, linux, multimedia, multimedia-news, news, Phishing, programming, science, Spam, spam-watch, Splog, technology
I’ve got mail is a witty take on spam from Richter Scales. It is a 2007 CARA Nominee in Best Humor Song category. Listen to find how spam gives meaning in life, not to mention three additional inches and more.
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Nov 05
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Either Yahoo! Messenger sponsors spammers (not that would surprise me) or Myfreecamhost has found a loophole in Yahoo Instant Messenger.
I am daily receiving half a dozen, most likely automated, Yahoo instant messages from various random email id’s on myfreecamhost. Two examples below:
(11/05/2007 08:34:09 AM) kandy0002029@myfreecamhost.com: I thought you might like to watch my [...]
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New Spamming Technique: Yahoo! Messenger Spamming From Myfreecamhost
Nov 03
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We are tweaking our postfix servers to offer maximum spam protection upfront with helo checks, header checks, blacklist checks, RBL’s and more. So far my daily spam count has dropped from about 3000-7000 spams / day to about 15-35 spams per day. It should drop even more as I added more RBL to my list [...]
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Sep 28
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Just copy-n-paste the following word list to Comment Blacklist section in Options->Discussion (in WordPress administration) for protection against the most common types of medical / drug related comment spams. The list was derived by analyzing hundreds of thousands of spams.
citalopram
cymbalta
lexapro
lorazepam
valium
paxil
levitra
oxycontin
tramadol
clomid
ultram
doxycycline
lipitor
valtrex
cialis
viagra
hydrocodone
percocet
oxycodone
adderall
propecia
xanax
ambien
ephedra
fioricet
texas holdem
adipex
phentermine
Additionally you may also want to add these words for protection against other type of [...]
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Medical Terms for WordPress Blacklist To Protect You From Most Drug Spams
Sep 28
Spam africa, company, country, database, enterprise-software, entertainment, gadgets, how-to, internet, linux, news, Phishing, programming, Referrer Spam, science, Spam, spam-watch, spam-watch-news, technology
508903 spam comments were blocked by Angsuman’s Comment Guard plugin in 253 days 21 hours 54 minutes. 99.503% of the comments received during this time were spam.
– All these spams for this blog alone. Check my right sidebar for the latest stats on Comment Guard Pro (pre-release version) for this blog.
We are working hard [...]
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1/2 Million+ Spam Comments Blocked By Comment Guard Pro; Zero False Positive
Sep 26
Spam africa, company, country, database, enterprise-software, entertainment, gadgets, green, how-to, internet, linux, news, Phishing, programming, science, Spam, spam-watch, Splog, technology, web-2-0-news
Who tags ringtone or ringtones? … sploggers, who else? Ringtone and ringtones are two of the most popular tags on technorati and displayed on its front page. It makes me wonder if anyone actually looks at what information is displayed on their front pages. I dug in further to look at the contents of one [...]
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Technorati Succumbs To Ringtone Spams
Sep 09
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Sometimes I see comments where the name of the person is not really his name but a popular keyword which obviously links to his website. While I understand the need to have link-love for useful comments and even encourage it, the name field shouldn’t be abused by using keywords like “Web Banner Design”, for example. [...]
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Abusing Comment Name field for SEO.. No Sir
Sep 09
Spam africa, company, country, database, enterprise-software, how-to, internet, linux, news, Phishing, programming, Referrer Spam, science, Spam, spam-watch, spam-watch-news, Splog, technology, web
Spammer of the day – Florida based Interactive Marketing Group repeatedly spammed us 86 times abusing our Contact Form touting their ImgSite[dot]net service from the IP address 85.255.121.130. They are our spammer of the day. Their email is tech@imgsite.net. Feel free to email them and add them to your ban list.
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