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Re: Is anyone tracking the "Fw: New Message" joe-job spammer?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Conlen)
Tue Oct 27 16:24:07 2015

X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Mike Conlen <mike@conlen.org>
In-Reply-To: <2205BB6B-6050-45FC-B0E5-E88EAA8858DC@ianai.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 16:23:57 -0400
To: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org

I've seen this attack on a private list I'm on as well. It wasn't clear if t=
he subscribed address was being spoofed or if the user had an infected compu=
ter.=20

--
Mike Conlen

> On Oct 26, 2015, at 13:27, Patrick W. Gilmore <patrick@ianai.net> wrote:
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> I have 521 messages that match:
>    To:        nanog*
>    Subject:    new message
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> In the last week. Obviously that includes things like Jay=E2=80=99s messag=
e below, but still a lot more than 100.
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> It also hit outages@, and probably other places.
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> Of course, I=E2=80=99m very upset about that. After 500+ tries, they did n=
ot spoof my name once!!! Guess I=E2=80=99m not important enough. <pout>
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> --=20
> TTFN,
> patrick
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>> On Oct 25, 2015, at 12:11 PM, Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com> wrote:
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>> Cause if so I got about 100 examples from last night I can send you if
>> you think they'll help.  :-)
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>> Cheers,
>> -- jra
>>=20
>> --=20
>> Jay R. Ashworth                  Baylink                       jra@baylin=
k.com
>> Designer                     The Things I Think                       RFC=
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>> Ashworth & Associates       http://www.bcp38.info          2000 Land Rove=
r DII
>> St Petersburg FL USA      BCP38: Ask For It By Name!           +1 727 647=
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