RE: Equifax/NCR partnership in spam???

2004-12-17 Thread Kang, Joseph S.
-Original Message- From: Michael Barnes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 2:27 PM To: SpamAssassin Users Subject: Equifax/NCR partnership in spam??? All, Does anyone have an opinion of the mail below? To me it looks like deceptive marketing practice

Re: Equifax/NCR partnership in spam???

2004-12-17 Thread Justin Mason
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Barnes writes: All, Does anyone have an opinion of the mail below? To me it looks like deceptive marketing practice where the people at equifaxmktg.com are trying to validate emails or something. The scary thing is that

Re: Equifax/NCR partnership in spam???

2004-12-17 Thread Jim Maul
Justin Mason wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Barnes writes: All, Does anyone have an opinion of the mail below? To me it looks like deceptive marketing practice where the people at equifaxmktg.com are trying to validate emails or something. The scary thing is that

RE: Equifax/NCR partnership in spam???

2004-12-17 Thread Gary W. Smith
Looks like the first attempts at some phishing. The domain name and everything look like NCR BUT the DNS servers are NCRWEBHOST.COM with what looks like a bogus email address for admin contract. Gary -Original Message- From: Michael Barnes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday,

RE: Equifax/NCR partnership in spam???

2004-12-17 Thread Chris Santerre
Also, this mail was sent via PowerMTA, which appears to be a tool of choice for spammers. I've created a rule for this, should this be a standard rule? Could be a fish. But I wanted to comment on the PowerMTA. It is a legit mailerHOWEVER it is often used by spammers. I also have a local

Re: Equifax/NCR partnership in spam???

2004-12-17 Thread Hacksaw
Having worked for an Equifax subsidiary many years ago, let me assure you that Equifax is a real company. In fact, they are one of the credit reporting bureaus, and have been for a long time. But this mail looks pretty suspicious. The website look a little sketchy as well, having no front