In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Iljitsch van Beijn
um writes:
>
>I usually ignore spam other than to sift through my spambox for false
>positives from time to time, but now I got one that was significantly
>higher up the annoyance scale. A quote:
>
>"we can offer you stolen data about credit cards of Europe and USA
>inhabitants and also of Asian countries. Here and just here you'll be
>able to find out all about your boss, how much does he earn, his SSN
>and a lot of other info. We accept orders for DDOS-attacks of any
>servers and also we offer spam-services."
>
>Since they say in so many words that they're breaking the law, and
>there is a good number of URLs listed, it may be worthwhile to track
>them down. Anyone have a pointer to a law enforcement agency or group
>or whatever that might be interested in this?
>
Many -- probably most or even all -- spam that advertises blatantly
illegal services is an attempt by one group of spammers to annoy
another group of spammers/hackers. That is, the folks who posted that
are trying to cause trouble for the web sites they listed.
--Prof. Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
