Strange spam?

SheepGuy · 2007-04-25, 07:10 PM

I've had about 4 e-mails similar to this at different addys

Congratulations! You have successfully joined the blah-blah.comÂ affiliate program. You now can loginÂ with your username and password. Â If you would like to contact us for any reason please send us a ticket by clicking here.

Thank you for joining!

- Blahblah.com staff

When I click the link I get a 404, and while I am signed up with a quite a few programs I haven't signed up for any new ones in at least a week.

What would be the point of spamming like this? I could see that if the url worked they might catch a few, but it doesn't make a lot of sense to send people to a 404

Maj. Stress · 2007-04-25, 07:46 PM

They could be trolling for valid email addresses.

Fonz · 2007-04-26, 04:10 AM

I got an email from nastydollars on an email address I only use for one of my domain registrars.
They found one of my domains (a hub) and noticed I wasn't advertising their Fling site so they decided to send me some spammy email. Way to go ND

ronnie · 2007-04-26, 12:38 PM

I don't like the ones where sponsors e-mail you like your already an affiliate for their program. Or they use whois data to spam you. If you really visited my site you would'nt be e-mailing me with a whois e-mail contact.

Oddly the spam I have been getting lately is like all mortgages. Always have gotten them, but last week or so, it's like thats all the spam.

Jim · 2007-04-26, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ronnie

I don't like the ones where sponsors e-mail you like your already an affiliate for their program. Or they use whois data to spam you. If you really visited my site you would'nt be e-mailing me with a whois e-mail contact.

It's better to get spammed to your whois email address than regular mail from some registrar. We did a little experiment once where my last name was Porn and my first was Free. It only took a few looks from the mail man before I changed it back

ronnie · 2007-04-26, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim

It's better to get spammed to your whois email address than regular mail from some registrar. We did a little experiment once where my last name was Porn and my first was Free. It only took a few looks from the mail man before I changed it back

To funny!

2007-04-25, 07:10 PM	#1
SheepGuy It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 2,527	Strange spam? I've had about 4 e-mails similar to this at different addys Congratulations! You have successfully joined the blah-blah.comÂ affiliate program. You now can loginÂ with your username and password. Â If you would like to contact us for any reason please send us a ticket by clicking here. Thank you for joining! - Blahblah.com staff When I click the link I get a 404, and while I am signed up with a quite a few programs I haven't signed up for any new ones in at least a week. What would be the point of spamming like this? I could see that if the url worked they might catch a few, but it doesn't make a lot of sense to send people to a 404 __________________ If the Environment was a bank, they would have saved it by now.

2007-04-26, 04:10 AM	#3
Fonz Former pr0n slinger. Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Antwerp, Belgium Posts: 7,932	I got an email from nastydollars on an email address I only use for one of my domain registrars. They found one of my domains (a hub) and noticed I wasn't advertising their Fling site so they decided to send me some spammy email. Way to go ND __________________ See how I abuse little trees on my Shumi no Bonsai Blog

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2007-04-25, 07:46 PM	#2
Maj. Stress Progress rarely comes in buckets, it normally comes in teaspoons Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Dark Side Of Naboo Posts: 1,289	They could be trolling for valid email addresses.

2007-04-26, 12:38 PM	#4
ronnie Wheither you think you can or you think you can't, Your right. Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: midwest Posts: 2,274	I don't like the ones where sponsors e-mail you like your already an affiliate for their program. Or they use whois data to spam you. If you really visited my site you would'nt be e-mailing me with a whois e-mail contact. Oddly the spam I have been getting lately is like all mortgages. Always have gotten them, but last week or so, it's like thats all the spam.