Desperate Spam
Blue Security, the Israeli startup with strategy of hitting back against the Evil Spam Lords, is apparently now enough of a nuisance that the spammers are trying retaliation tactics of their own. As of yesterday, I started receiving bucketloads of spam along the lines of the one below.
It was always a danger that anyone with an enormous list of email addresses could determine who was a Blue Frog user by comparing their database before and after it was washed by Blue Security. So what this spammer is really saying is
Forunately, there's nothing easier than to setup a spam filter to deal with unusual and very specific messages like this one.
It was always a danger that anyone with an enormous list of email addresses could determine who was a Blue Frog user by comparing their database before and after it was washed by Blue Security. So what this spammer is really saying is
I'm one of the bastards who's been sending you spam these last five years. I'm planning to keep sending you this crap until a Russian Mafia boss gets sick of Viagra ads and makes an omlet out of my intestines. In the meantime, I'd appreciate it if you'd sit quietly and let me use your inbox as a cash machine. Any false moves and ... I'll not only send you spam about mortgages, penis enlargement, stock indexes and biotech companies - I'll also write you whiney messages about how displeased I am with your behavior.So its a no brainer. I'm not leaving the Blue Security register until the last spammer is locked in a small cell somewhere under the Kremlin.
Forunately, there's nothing easier than to setup a spam filter to deal with unusual and very specific messages like this one.
Hey,UPDATE: I was reading comments about the situation over at the Blue Security community blog. I think this tactic will backfire on the spammers. People over there are quite pleased with the situation. I guess anybody with enough gumption to install the frog in the first place is likely to be stubborn enough to see this as a challenge. Moreover, its quite any publicity is good publicity - Blue Security will probably see a spike in members after this episode!
You are recieving this email because you are a member of BlueSecurity (http://www.bluesecurity.com).
You signed up because you were expecting to recieve a lesser amount of spam, unfortunately, due to the tactics used by BlueSecurity, you will end up recieving this message, or other nonsensical spams 20-40 times more than you would normally.
How do you make it stop?
Simple, in 48 hours, and every 48 hours thereafter, we will run our current list of BlueSecurity subscribers through BlueSecurity's database, if you arent there.. you wont get this again.
We have devised a method to retrieve your address from their database, so by signing up and remaining a BlueSecurity user not only are you opening yourself up for this, you are also potentially verifying your email address through them to even more spammers, and will end up getting up even more spam as an end-result.
By signing up for bluesecurity, you are doing the exact opposite of what you want, so delete your account, and you will stop recieving this.
Why are we doing this?
Its simple, we dont want to, but BlueSecurity is forcing us. We would much rather not waste our resources and send you these useless mails.
Its simple, we dont want to, but BlueSecurity is forcing us. We would much rather not waste our resources and send you these useless mails, but do not believe for one second that we will stop this tirade of emails if you choose to stay with BlueSecurity.
Just remember one thing when you read this, we didnt do this to you, BlueSecurity did.
If BlueSecurity decides to play fair, we will do the same.
Just remove yourself from BlueSecurity, and make it easier on you.
Edwardo Pineda
- sheikh X at 7:16 AM
5 Comments:
to me it does seem to indicate that it is starting to have an impact. that's not so bad. my spam filters can easily block such annoying letters.
the worst thing to happen to me in recent months, as far as spam goes, was that somebody who will remain nameless used my personal email address in signing me up for an evite. way to go nameless person!
hey- another UPDATE:
it seems somebody has shut down the bluesecurity server!
this is so exciting.
I must say that in the past 24 hours i have definitely received less spam than i have been accustomed to receiving. I wonder if all this flurry of activity is heralding the day when bluefrog at last reaches critical mass and becomes an effective spam deterrent.
thats a bit bizarre. in the last 24h i have been deluged by angry spammers trying to convince me to leave the frog.
Yeah, I particularly like "We would much rather not waste our resources and send you these useless mails."
No, their whole business is wasting my resources by sending me useless emails.
IMNSHO, anything that wastes their resources is a public good. Anything that shuts even one of these pimply-faced assholes down deserves a public commendation.
And my spam is down while they're attacking Blue Security. Hopefully this is costing them a ton of business; maybe even pissing off some of the ISPs that normally turn a blind eye to this shit.
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