Re: mail list concerns

From: Crispin Cowan (crispin@private)
Date: Mon Oct 15 2001 - 11:37:57 PDT

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    Adam Lipson wrote:
    
    >Along these lines has anyone else noticed that they have been receiving more
    >Spam in their inbox since we got that message entitled "DENÚNCIA, crime ,
    >ESTAMOS SENDO PREJUDICADOS".  I don't know if it is a coincidence that I
    >have been getting a lot more, but if other people have noticed this as well
    >can we somehow limit the membership of this list in some fashion?
    >
    I have not noticed any significant change in spam rates. IIRC, there has 
    been one or two full-on spams sent to CRIME, and several more posts of 
    people forwarding spam here to ask questions.
    
    IMHO, the spam questions are marginally off-topic for CRIME.  Generic 
    spam discussion belongs elsewhere (see http://www.cauce.org/ for 
    resources). The part of the question that is marginally relevant here is 
    the criminal aspect. Many spams contain various outright illegal 
    solicitations (stock pump & dump scams, the famous Nigerian/etc. money 
    laundering scam, plain old chain letter/Ponzi schemes, child porn, etc.) 
     Would any of the law enforcement folks on this list have info on how to 
    introduce these charming characters to their local law enforcement?
    
    Thanks,
        Crispin
    
    -- 
    Crispin Cowan, Ph.D.
    Chief Scientist, WireX Communications, Inc. http://wirex.com
    Security Hardened Linux Distribution:       http://immunix.org
    Available for purchase: http://wirex.com/Products/Immunix/purchase.html
    



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