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Pro-spam

People or groups who, by their words or actions, are seen either to support spam, or be spammers themselves.

Spammers

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Spam Sources

SpamHaus - www.spamhaus.org
SpamHaus China - www.spamhaus.cn - Chinese language version of SpamHaus
BlockAlert - www.blockalert.com - spamvertised websites listed by IP block
Top 10 Black Hat ISPs - www.polarbeach.com/topics/topten.htm
Registrar Spam Statistics - www.polarbeach.com/topics/Registrars.htm
NIC BR Security Office Brazillian Spam Sources - www.nbso.nic.br/stats/spam/
SPAM ISP Hall of Shame - www.frws.com/spam-hallofshame.html

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Listed Spammers

Register of Known Spam Operations - www.spamhaus.org/rokso/
Spamsites - www.spamsites.org - sites selling bulk email software
Today's Top 20 Spammed Domains - www.vrooms.net/tools/?sub=spammers
Clueless Mailers - www.cluelessmailers.org
Spambag of the Month - www.spambag.net
The Story of "Nadine" - www.honet.com/Nadine/ - mirror: 1
Spammer Quick Reference - www.rahul.net/falk/quickrefa.html
Anti-Spamming Act - members.tripod.com/antispamming/asa.htm
Spams Mentioning CAUCE - www.cauce.org/incidents/
MMF Losers - home.earthlink.net/~marvinglenn/indexmmf.html
MMF Hall o' Shame - www.stupidspam.co.uk/mlm-mmf.html
Companies Providing Spamming Services - www.aboutspam.com/spamhaus.php
Deadbeats' Hall of Lame - www.studio42.com/kill-the-spam/
Exemplary offenders - www.deekoo.net/peeves/spam/spammers/
Burzurq Spam List - www.burzurq.com/spam/spam.html
Spam A'holes - www.trainix.com/Spam/list.html
Spam Companies - www.koree.net/spamcompanies.txt
Swedish Spammers/Svenska Spammare - www.softwolves.pp.se/internet/svenska_spammare/
The Canary Trap - www.stentorian.com/antispam/canary.html - companies buying spammer's leads
Evil Casino Spammers - www.casinomeister.com/evil_spammers.html
Brasillian Spammers inc. Eduardo Hart & Ricardo Dantas - www.geocities.com/spam_no_brasil/
CAN-SPAM Spammers - www.tmisnet.com/~strads/can_spam/
abusedemailaddress.com - abusedemailaddress.com, spamtrapaddress.com
Pyramid Spam - www.pyramidspam.com

Try some of the blacklists as well. Beware of spite listings.

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MainSleaze/White Collar Spam

Mainstream companies who have pages alleging that they have spammed. Worried your company might end up sending spam? Use Permission Marketing and opt-in properly and you should be okay.

Political Spammers - spamvertized.org
Mainsleaze spam
- mainsleazespam.com
Mainsleaze companies that send spam - www.stop-spam.org/Mainsleaze/
SpamCrusader - spamcrusader.org

WH Smith's spam - oberon.idunno.org/whspam/ (WH Smith)
Lowes redefine spam - www.etherboy.com/lowes_statement.jpg (Lowes)
Real spam? - www.stormy.ca/technology/realspam.html (RealNetworks)
Yahoo Spam Policy - www.unicom.com/yahoo-hearts-spam/ (Yahoo)
FT.com spams - www.cis.hut.fi/kaip/spam/s/ft/ (Financial Times)
Evesham Micros spam - www.theinquirer.net/?article=11626, www.asa.org.uk/adjudications/show_adjudication.asp?adjudication_id=37119 (Evesham)
Tiscali spam Freeserve users - www.asa.org.uk/adjudications/show_adjudication.asp?adjudication_id=36985 (Tiscali)
Business in a Box spam - www.asa.org.uk/adjudications/show_adjudication.asp?adjudication_id=37117
Council of International Awards spam - www.asa.org.uk/adjudications/show_adjudication.asp?adjudication_id=35790
EU Registry Services spam - www.asa.org.uk/adjudications/show_adjudication.asp?adjudication_id=37050
List Exchange spam - www.asa.org.uk/adjudications/show_adjudication.asp?adjudication_id=35867
Phone Direct spam - www.asa.org.uk/adjudications/show_adjudication.asp?adjudication_id=36682
The Training Guild spam - www.asa.org.uk/adjudications/show_adjudication.asp?adjudication_id=36597
Amicus plan to spam? - news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3348597.stm
AT&T Data Networking - www.merit.edu/mail.archives/nanog/msg03388.html

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Specific Spammers

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Domain Spammer - www.chsw.com/domainspammer/
Sanford Wallace - www.annonline.com/interviews/970522/biography.html
Behind Enemy Lines - Rodona Garst - belps.freewebsites.com - mirrors 1 2 3 4 5
Steve Irwin + dio.pp.ru - www.geocities.com/dio_pp_ru/dionis.html
Robert Lavelle - www-personal.si.umich.edu/~wmwines/lavelle/
Steve Hardigree - www.nukespam.org/OptInInc.html
Sam Khuri - Benchmark - www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Congress/1484/
Benchmark Print Supply - www.tmisnet.com/%7Estrads/spamlore/benchmark/
Tom Cowles - Empire Towers - toledocybercafe.com/ivtg/, www.angelfire.com/rant/et/, www.mugshots.com/Criminal/Computer/Thomas_Carlton_Cowles.htm
Jobseekernews - oriez.org/spammerscum/
Tommy Brock - www.ste-marie.net/brock.html
David Scott Anderson - www.mccullagh.org/avoid/david-scott-anderson.html
William Dee - home.earthlink.net/~marvinglenn/spamresume.html
Crushlink - www.rhythm.cx/crushlink/
Ryan Dong - www.pcworld.com/resource/printable/article/0,aid,101769,00.asp
Dana Jones - members.aol.com/frederi108/special/ballman.html
Patrick Stafford - www.computerbits.com/archive/2002/1000/internetmailaddresses.html
Platinum Spam - www.platinumspam.com/sponsers.html - does spam pay?
WTC scammers - www.alia.ie/finalstraw/
Andrew Brunner - members.impulse.net/~thebob/Brunner/, members.impulse.net/~thebob/BurglarLoses/
Andrew Brunner - www.angelfire.com/pa3/AndyExposed/, bruce.pennypacker.org/Andy/
Brad Jesness - www.concentric.net/~cyperber/bj.html, www.lart.com/brad/ - see example 3: www.cyber-stalking.net/therapists3.htm
Eddy Marin - www.mugshots.com/Favorites/Eddy_Marin.htm
Robert Soloway - www.geocities.com/wccarton/Soloway.html
Paul Mentesidis - RX Group - www.georgerickle.com/paulmentesidis/
Richard Morton Scoville - FreeSpeechStore - static.samspade.org/flynow.html, ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff60400.htm, www.pearlgates.net/nanae/kooks/freaspeachk00k.shtml, www.interocitor.net/freespeechstore.html
lokalaguider - user.it.uu.se/%7Eandersa/mail/lokalaguider/ - in Swedish
Alan Ralsky - www.geocities.com/leftreveggplant/ - mirrors: 1, www.mugshots.com/Criminal/Computer/Alan_Ralsky.htm
Bernard Shifman - petemoss.com/spamflames/ShifmanIsAMoronSpammer.html
DHS Club, ClubBucks - www.theclubbuiltonspam.com
Martijn Bevelander/CyberAngels - www.cyberangels.nl, www.megabot.nl/bevelander.php
Pill Spammers and Rogue Pharmacies - www.voy.com/156189/
Braden Bournival - www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,59907-2,00.html, homepage.mac.com/billtomlinson/Chessnut/photos/frappeboy.html
Email Results - www.tnl.net/blog/entry/Uncovering%20a%20Spammer
123awayout/Credit Counseling Express - www.123awayoutofdebtspam.com
Adbusters - self-admitted plan to spam AOL customers, no longer accessible on the site
Topsitez - www.dynamoo.com/diary/topsites_topsitez_us.htm
Jody Smith - www.smithfamilyfun.com - mirror: smithfamilyfun.tk
Jeremy Janes - www.mugshots.com/Criminal/Computer/Jeremy_Jaynes.htm
Richard Rutowski - www.mugshots.com/Criminal/Computer/Richard_E_Rutkowski.htm
Alexey Panov - members.aol.com/alexeypanovspams/ - mirror: www27.brinkster.com/alexeypanovspam/
Travis Wood / Opt-In Enterprises - johnbokma.com/spam/traviswood.html
C Fry, Prank-a-Mate - www.asa.org.uk/adjudications/show_adjudication.asp?adjudication_id=37209
EMarketersAmerica - www.emarketersamerica.com
1UpAutomated - www.theclubbuiltonspam.com/1upautomated.html
John B. Nelson, Lidas.org, "A Former Spammer" - lidas.org/nomorespam.html
Word of Mouth - www.snopes.com/computer/internet/wordofmouth.asp
Scott Richter, the spammer High-Volume-Email-Deployer - www.ahved.com

Global Prosperity

The Global Prosperity Group Scam mirrors - homepage.ntlworld.com/sapient.fridge/
Global Prosperity scam - www.quatloos.com/groups/gpg.htm - mirrors: www.goldmark.org/jeff/anti-spam/mirrors/

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T3Direct

T3Direct were involved in a lawsuit against an anti-spammer, which they lost.

Lets Fight Spammers - www.spamblocked.com/auspam.html, www.isux.com/c-n-c/auspam.html, oriez.org/spammerscum/ausspam.html
Australia's most prolific and persistant spammer? - www.rts.com.au/spam/t3direct/

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Spamming "Antispammers"

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SpamArrest send spam

SpamArrest is an anti-spam whitelisting service. The owners of SpamArrest use spam to promote their product. On being questionned about this spamming they stated: "Ultimately, we are a business, and we'll have to make our decisions based on what's best for the company." To make decisions on what is best for your network, their netblocks are: 66.150.163.128/26 and 63.251.163.144/28

SpamArrest is Spamming - static.samspade.org/spamarrest.html
SpamArrest defends its right to spam - www.politechbot.com/p-04457.html
Revenge is a Dish Best Served with Spam - www.groovymother.com/archives/2003/02/13/revenge_is_a_dis.html
SpamArrest Is A Spammer! - www.toyz.org/cgi-bin/wiki.cgi?SpamArrestIsASpammer
Spam Arrest: Busted - www.doingfreedom.com/nas/spamarrest.htm

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Jamie Baillie sends spam

Jamie Baillie's attempt to buy "spammable" proxies - openproxies.com/jamie.html
Jamie Baillie's Picture - www.john-oliver.net/jamie.jpg
Jamie Baillie's Voice - www.john-oliver.net/jamie.mp3
Jamie Baillie, hacked - Mirrors: 1 2 - was at: a.1asphost.com/spamfree/
Who is Jamie Baillie? - www.jamiebaillie.com (mirror: jamie.etherboy.com)
Spammer: Jamie Baille - www.spamreaper.com/baillie.html
Jamie Baillie, DHS Club spammer - www.theclubbuiltonspam.com/Jamie-Baillie-SOTW.html
Jamie Baillie in the SBL - www.spamhaus.org/sbl/sbl.lasso?query=SBL8414
More Jamie Sites: 1 2 3 4 5

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Other "antispammers" spamming

These have been asserted or mentioned in public postings as spammers.

Spam Hunter send spam - www.spamhunter.info - see: www.spamhunter.info in news.admin.net-abuse.sightings
SpamJanitor send spam - www.spamjanitor.com - see: 8cd9d315.0305032212.4aed5d80@posting.google.com
Mail-Block send spam - www.mail-block.com - see: politechbot.com/p-04703.html
Pharycon send spam - www.pharycon.com/spam.html - see: pharycon.com/spam.html in news.admin.net-abuse.sightings
"Email Filtering" send spam - www.emailfiltering.co.uk - see: FzxvHJAGoxK9EwOQ@canismajor.demon.co.uk
"Slam the Spam" send spam - www.slamthespam.com - see: Xns93EA6EF126122heyyouclanhobbsorg@130.133.1.4
"Junkmail Scanner" send spam - www.junkmailscanner.com - see: 9ltsdvom406rgsj4hebbkbi84uiu7po1nr@4ax.com
BlockSpamNow send spam - blockspamnow.com - see: blockspamnow.com/makemoney.html, groups.google.com/groups?q=blockspamnow.com+group:news.admin.net-abuse.sightings
KillJunkEmails.biz send spam - www.killjunkemails.biz/6378/ - see: killjunkemails.biz in news.admin.net-abuse.sightings
Sunbelt Software/Stu Sjouwerman send spam - see: www.isoftmarketing.com

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Spammer Boards

The Warrior Forum - www.warriorforum.com/forum/ (old forum: www.uni-sol.com/warriors/)
eMarketing Forum - www.mailworkz.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi
WhoWho911 Discussion Board - www.maxout.com/overcame.html - only a few spammers
Proxy tech on SamAir - www.samair.ru/f/
The Bulk Club - www.thebulkclub.com
G-Lock EasyMail - www.justlan.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=2

Dead Spammer Boards?

BulkersGroup - www.bulkersgroup.net
SpamTraffic - www.spamtraffic.com - down for maintainence. Was connected to www.bulkertraffic.com
SpamSoft - www.spamsoft.biz - database error
BulkBarn - www.bulkbarn.net - Shawn Halfpenny, ListMate/BulkMate, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
BulkBarn - bulkbarn.com
Spam Planet - www.spamplanet.net
ArkySoft Forums - www.arkysoft.com/forum/
1st Bulk Email Message Board - www.bulk-board.com
SpecialHam - www.specialham.com
Bulkers Club - www.bulkersclub.com

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Spam Supporting Cast

Groups or individuals who support spammers or opt-out (or, well... spam) and some commentary on them.

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Direct Marketing Association: the view from this side

DMA to Internet: Shut up and Eat your Spam - www.mail-abuse.org/anti-dma.html
DMA Reneges on Agreements Reached at Spam Summit - mail-abuse.org/rbl/renege.txt
Why the DMA's "right thing" is the wrong thing to do - www.mcgath.com/dma.html

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Direct Marketing Association: in their own words

Direct Marketing Association's "Anti Spam" Documents - www.the-dma.org/antispam/
Council for Responsible Email - www.interactivemarketing.org/councils/CRE/
Association of Interactive Marketing Campaign Site - capwiz.com/aim/home/

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Other Supporting Cast Members

CATO Institute - www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-408es.html
Internet Marketing Center of California - www.imccal.com/spam_vs_uce.htm
Julian D. A. Wiseman - www.jdawiseman.com/papers/prose/spam.html
Brandon Gaille - www.spammingbureau.com
In Defense of Spam, Edgar J. Steele - www.conspiracypenpal.com/columns/spam.htm
California's antispam mistake By Walter Olson - www.reason.com/hod/wo120803.shtml
Netlaws - www.netlaws.us - lawyer actively seeking to defend spammers, or "senders of UCE", as he puts it
Digital Image Delights - www.digitalimagedelights.com/spam/spam.php
Orlando Soto - www.uniset.ca/other/wsj_spam.htm

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Anti-anti-spam

Sites which are against anti-spammers, as well as rarer legitimate complaints against server blacklists.

See Objections to Server Side Filtering.

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Global "Remove" Lists

Global remove lists are a central database of email addresses which have opted out of unsolicited email - they don't work.

Internet Experts Reject Direct Marketing "spam" Service - www.cauce.org/pressreleases/pr-emps.shtml
Spam 'Remove' Lists - www.spamhaus.org/removelists.html
Problems with opt-out lists - www.templetons.com/brad/spam/globout.html
Fraudulent use of remove.com - www.remove.com/removedisclaimer.html
CDT Operation Opt-Opt - www.opt-out.cdt.org/spam.shtml
Email à retirer des listes de spamming - www.caspam.org/remove/remove.html
Sham Site Is a Scam: There Is No "National Do Not E-mail Registry" - www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/02/spamcam.htm
Net Authority: The Anti-Spam Coalition - www.netauthority.org

The FTC has issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking technical information that could assist in creating a plan and timetable for establishing a National Do Not E-mail Registry: www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/02/dnem.htm

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"Pink" ISPs

The people who host these sites either have evidence or suspect that special "pink" contracts were drafted between these ISPs and spammers, such that spammers could send vast amounts of unsolicited bulk email without having their contract terminated.

Pacific Bell Internet harbors spammers - pinkbell.net
AT&T Spam-Supporting Contract Discovered - www.net4tv.com/voice/story.cfm?storyid=3052
UUNET Spam mini-faq - www.rahul.net/dhesi/uunet.faq.txt
Why UUNet Sucks - my.athenet.net/~hhhintze/uunetsux.htm
Australia's largest gateway for spam? - www.rts.com.au/spam/au.uu.net/
Boycott MCI/Worldcom for spam support - www.goldmark.org/jeff/anti-spam/mci/
UUNET Technologies Parody - www.rahul.net/falk/Uu/parody.txt

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