"Roger" wrote in message
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On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 22:56:12 -0600, -exray
wrote:

Roger wrote:

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:26:17 -0600, -exray
wrote:

Well clearly they want the things reported to them so they can get the
header info and have the bogus sites shut down as rapidly as possible.


Not really. It depends mainly on the integrity of the site hosting
the problem. A forward of the problem post/e-mail *with headers* to a
good ISP will cause them to check. If they come up with anything that
user is gone.

"Not really"? Are we disagreeing about something?


Probably not. I was referring to the remark about they must have a lot
of pull or influence, or something to that effect :-))

snip

Roger, we are preaching to the choir. These spam and fraud issues are
almost daily subjects (ad nauseum) on any internet forum such as this
one. Hell, these scams get reported on the evening network news. You'd
have to live in a cave...seems that quite a few people do!

When you consider (I think the number is 20%) of the computers hooked
to the net are infected It's one whale of a lot. :-))

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com



-Bill


MUCH tougher laws and punishments are needed - to "help" out in this area.
I say help, because it won't be a total and/or immediate cure. Though some
laws are coming out, they're slow and "untested". This is still a "new"
arena for the law makers, many of whom no doubt are still stuck in the stone
ages - mentally. They fail to keep up with "current" demands and issues. 20%
if that is the number, is pretty steep - and that isn't taking into account
the many who get online - new - each day. They get sucked into this not
knowing what to expect. Be it ripped off or a damned virus. My opinion, take
all those ass holes out - responsible for that - and execute them. They're
not worth any more than the terrorists we're trying to protect the citizenry
from in other areas. Once people see stiffer punishments being carried out,
they may stop and think about doing it again (if they've not been caught
yet) or in the future. This country is getting more and more like the
lawless Wild West. Laws are put into effect every day, yet more and more are
being broken just as fast. What good are laws, if not adhered to?

To those who "may" be new on here, DO NOT trust "everything" you read,
especially any e-mails coming your way - in particular from strangers.
BEFORE you open up any files - even in newsgroups, READ some comments from
those who've been around or know the tricks that are used by the scum bags.
It could save you some grief.

I got an e-mail the other day from a friend of mine which reported 3 of the
competing Online Servers are suing some people who were accused of sending
out canned spam - as per the Can Spam act. Spam which has no traceable
address or at least no way to tell them to drop you from their list. Will
they win? We'll have to wait and see. Will it stop them from doing it again?
Who knows. Some people never learn. Stay tuned!

TRM