Don't respond to that stuff. Spammers send out blanket emails to domains. The people that respond to these types of email are confirmed as being valid email addresses. Once confirmed, your address gets put on the "LIST" that can be sold or traded. Also, when you get a "Joke" email from a friend that has been forwarded (like a hundred times), you'll notice that there are MANY email addresses in the message. These emails are like gold to a spammer. They harvest all the addresses and also add them to the "LIST". Unfortunatly, it was likely a friend of yours that sent it to you and your address is already contained in the header of the email. But by not passing it on, you at least protect the people in your Contacts or Address book that you were thinking of forwarding it to. (Every little bit of prevention helps) The email below is called a "Nigerian Letter" scam. If you want to take it the next step further, you can notify your Internet service provider or local police computer crimes department. You likely won't get results, but at least somebody will be made aware. An email like this might seem harmless, but its a crime waiting to happen. Based on the information at the end of this email (gunsport.cz) I've been able to determine the following information. Basically, its the information of the spammers Internet Service Provider. You might want to phone one of these guys up and blast them in person (assuming you know the correct Czech swear words) Another trick is to FORWARD the spam to them (using a spoofed or fake email account) so they spam themselves :) Have Fun! <Paste> This is the RIPE Whois secondary server. The objects are in RPSL format. Rights restricted by copyright. See http://www.ripe.net/db/copyright.html The object shown below is NOT in the RIPE database. It has been obtained by querying a remote server: (whois.nic.cz) at port 43. To see the object stored in the RIPE database use the -R flag in your query REFERRAL START This whois looks up records in off-line generated database maintained by the CZ.NIC. Results needn't contain all available information, see also on-line full information search service at the web-site http://www.nic.cz/ Rights restricted by copyright. See http://www.nic.cz/en/copyright.php Timestamp: 27.10.2004 (dd-mm-yyyy) 15:14 (hh:mm) CEST domain: anoweb.cz admin-c: AYACZ tech-c: JLPIS nserver: ns.webzdarma.cz mail.cekit.cz role: AYA CZ, spol. s r.o address: Na Jarov 1959/11 address: Praha 3 address: 130 00 address: The Czech Republic admin-c: JLNENICKA tech-c: MKRIZEK bill-c: MKRIZEK nic-hdl: AYACZ e-mail: aya@xxxxxx role: Jaromir Lnenicka address: Na Jarove 11 address: Praha address: 130 00 address: The Czech Republic admin-c: JLNENICKA nic-hdl: JLPIS e-mail: lnenicka@xxxxxxx person: Jaromir Lnenicka address: Na Jarove 11 address: Praha address: 130 00 address: The Czech Republic phone: +420.777164363 nic-hdl: JLNENICKA e-mail: obchod@xxxxxxxxx person: Martin Krizek address: Kerova 19 address: Brno address: 64100 address: The Czech Republic nic-hdl: MKRIZEK e-mail: aya@xxxxxx Total 5 records REFERRAL END <End PASTE> -----Original Message----- From: lumina333 [mailto:lumina333@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: October 27, 2004 8:01 AM To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Fwd: ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST That is another sick twisted letter. I am tired of getting the emails from SunTrust, PayPal, and eBay saying that I need to verify my account by furnishing them with all my credit card, bank account, and PIN numbers not to mention my passwords and mother's maiden name! The return email address is phony and unsecured. I did have fun once filling in the blanks with some rather colorful language and returning it to the creeps. Eddie needs to teach us his internet espionage techniques! However, I think most of these predators use cyber cafes to perform their scam work, so I wonder if sending a zapper back to them really affects them at all? -Lu- --- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, AMC74HORNET@xxxx wrote: > Don't they ever give up? Hey Eddie Zap this scammer for me Please? > "Doc" > > Dear Friend > > I am the above named person from Kuwait. I am > married to Late mallam Usmani Hussein of blessed > memory who worked with Kuwait embassy in Nigeria for > nine years before he died in the year 2000. > > Since his death I too have been battling with > both cancer and fibroid problems. When my late husband > was alive he deposited the sum of$38.6Million (Thirty > Eight Million six hundred thousand U.S. Dollars) with > an oversea security company. Presently, this money is > still with the Security Company. Recently, my Doctor > told me that I would not last due to cancer problem. Though what disturbs me most is my stroke sickness > which i can not work my two legs are affected. > <snip> >> Your Sister In Christ, > Mrs Usmani Maryjanne > ------------------------------------ > E-mail byl odeslán sluzbou > WebMail ze serveru Gunsport.cz > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Autos. 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