Buzz Out Loud Lounge: myspace spammers
myspace spammers
by mbishopsbu - 5/15/08 7:50 AMHow come it is perfectly ok for myspace members to send me spam all day long, which includes links to sites containing porn, escort services, etc.... But myspace gets $230 million because someone spammed them? ***?
In recent weeks have have been over run with all sorts of nasty spam from myspace members and it all includes text from myspace saying I asked for this and I know the person sending it.
I don't have a myspace account and do not frequent any myspace sites.
Not MySpace sending the spam
by AlexDeGruven - 5/15/08 7:55 AM In reply to: myspace spammers by mbishopsbuThe spam messages/bulletins you're getting are from people whose accounts have been hacked/phished.
The idea is: Someone puts up a site that looks like MySpace, but is really a password capture script. They then use the password they've captured to flood the account's friends with all of that junk.
If someone you know is flooding out these messages, contact them IRL (if you are able) and let them know that they need to sign in and change their password. That will stop the flood.
The lawsuit, IIRC, was against the people that are creating fake accounts with which to spam. Next target should be the phishers, which could go class-action, as the affected parties are threefold: MySpace, the account that got phished, and all the friends of the phished account.
It IS from Myspace!
by mbishopsbu - 5/15/08 8:10 AM In reply to: Not MySpace sending the spam by AlexDeGruvenI'm not a Noob. I full well know how to read mail header info and I instruct people all over my campus on how to spot phish/scam emails and faked websites.
The mail IS originating from myspace mail servers.
I do NOT know anyone on Myspace. I do NOT associate with anyone on Myspace, I don't have an account and don't visit any. I have NO connection to Myspace or facebook for that matter. There is no one for me to contact IRL!
Slow the roll
by AlexDeGruven - 5/15/08 8:23 AM In reply to: It IS from Myspace! by mbishopsbuWhoa, slow down there. I wasn't implying that you're a noob or anything of the sort.
So, what you're saying is that you get e-mails advertising porn and other junk directly from MySpace addresses? If that's the case, I can't imagine that MySpace as an entity (and a property of News Corp) is sending out the messages, but rather someone that found a way to game the system and get these messages out.
My other question is: Do you, yourself, have a MySpace account? If not, it's possible that you had an account registered for you (I don't know how, but they do. There was an existing account that didn't belong to me when I first signed up. I had to take it over), and the account has a crapton of friends that are spammers sending out these messages.
Oy
by mbishopsbu - 5/15/08 8:40 AM In reply to: Slow the roll by AlexDeGruvenFor the third time now:
I D O _N O T_ H A V E A M Y S P A C E A C C T.
Myspace should never allow an account to be setup without sending a confirmation email to the address given in order to confirm the person really wants the account.
Tons of spam comes from AOL, owned by Time Warner, so the relationship Myspace has with News Corp has nothing to do with the quality of emails coming from Myspace members. If News Corp was so concerned about the quality of their members there would be no pervs trolling for kids to molest/abuse on Myspace, let alone members who send out spam.
Try to register.
by AlexDeGruven - 5/15/08 9:05 AM In reply to: Oy by mbishopsbuPlease try my idea. I know it sounds inane, and I wouldn't believe it if I didn't see it myself.
Attempt to register for MySpace using the e-mail address at which you're getting spammed. It will tell you that an account already exists, and give you the option to reset the password or completely reset the account. When you attempt to reset, you can then do with the account as you please, including deleting it.
I can almost guarantee that once you do this, your spam from MySpace will stop.
Great, thanks.... Pfffft
by mbishopsbu - 5/15/08 9:23 AM In reply to: Try to register. by AlexDeGruvenNow I'm stuck with a myspace account I never wanted.
There was NO account with my email address on it.
NOW give me your real email address so I can get rid of this miserable account.
Easy to fix that
by AlexDeGruven - 5/15/08 9:35 AM In reply to: Great, thanks.... Pfffft by mbishopsbuhttp://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.faq&Category=1&Question=16
Instructions for removing the account.
It was worth a shot, and I really don't appreciate your flaming me so hard for just trying to help.
That being said, I still have strong doubts that the messages are originating from MySpace itself. Having successfully prosecuted their own anti-spam lawsuit, it would be a severe breech of ethics to send spam, themselves. My guess would be someone masquerading under MySpace addresses and flooding out the messages. It's a pretty common tactic, and just reading the headers doesn't always afford the actual source of the messages.
here are the headers
by mbishopsbu - 5/15/08 9:45 AM In reply to: Easy to fix that by AlexDeGruvenReceived: from vmta13.myspace.com (vmta13.myspace.com [204.16.33.76])
by xxxxxxxxxx (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id m4F4JDQQ004601
for <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Thu, 15 May 2008 00:19:14 -0400 (EDT)]
xxxxx= my mail server.
NSLookup on the domain returns the same IP Number, lookup on the IP# returns the domain.
There are no intermediate servers.
Interesting
by AlexDeGruven - 5/15/08 11:04 AM In reply to: here are the headers by mbishopsbuHave you tried contacting MySpace's abuse contact about it. It sounds like a server (or a few) of theirs got hacked.
Yes.
by mbishopsbu - 5/15/08 11:23 AM In reply to: Interesting by AlexDeGruvenSeveral times a day. Every email I get I send to them.
Fire your lawyer
by Renegade Knight - 5/15/08 11:33 AM In reply to: myspace spammers by mbishopsbuApparently your lawyer isn't working hard enough for you. Or you didn't hire one and the PI to slueth out the responsible spammers.
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