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                        Getting back at Chinese spammers
                                        
The other day I recieved a piece of spam. Nothing spectacular, no jewel
cartels [1], no ex-girlfriends [2], no marijuana [3] and no pleas for help
from timetravellers. [4] Nope, just your ordinary porn spam.

Only it was to my private email address—the one that until now was spam free.

I want to make sure the person that sent this out pays.

So I start tracking headers, and well, it seems to come from China, which
means there isn't a whole lot I can do. Or is there? This is what I sent back
to the spammer and various upstream providers (including the one in China):

> This is unsolicited spam. Please remove me from your list promptly. To the
> others I have carboned on this message: the user is a spammer and I did not
> request to receive this email, nor do I wish to receive such email, nor do
> I want the products advertised herein. A copy of the full email follows.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> [headers removed—nothing important here]
> 
> Hello I am your Falun Gong instructor.
>  I am the one you dream About,
>  I will train you in the ways of Falun Gong, for it is my life,
>  Love to talk about and any subject.
> 
> 
>  Falun Gong is my way of life, 
>  Ultimate in exercise.
> 
>  Yeeeeeeeeaaaahhh
>  I am ready for you.
> 
>  It is not yoru looks but your determination that matters most,
>  With My teaching skills I can make your dream come true…
>  
>  Hurry up! call me let me instruct for you…………….
> 
> 
> TOLL-FREE: 1-877-451-8336
> 
> For phone billing: 1-900-993-2582
>  – 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> 
> 

Falun Gong [5] being an illegal religion in China. I hope the spammer doesn't
mind me changing the message a bit.

[1] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2001/01/26.1
[2] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2001/02/21.3
[3] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2001/11/19.1
[4] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2001/12/05.2
[5] http://www.fofg.org/

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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