Spam ??

Hi folks,

I am getting far too much rubbish from:
Plaza Neptuno, local #7
Via ricardo J Alfaro, Tumba Muerto
Panama Ciudad
Republica de Panama
Which uses a different e-address every time for all different products! They will block up my email allowance if I don’t get on top of it. I have requested the standard "remove me" option but I suspect that only gives them more scope!!

I have scanned thro the pages here but cant find anything that appears to fit this problem. Does any one have some clues as to what I must do to rid myself of these people?

Tnx for all help offered.

 

Post a full header from an email you received. I'll try to help regarding who to complain to but it may be a spambot

You are right regarding responding, spammers don't care and the majority of the time all you've done is confirm the email address is valid. Can you easily change your email address (it may be the only option)?

 

OK, thanks for that info ...

I will post it up next time I get one. I delete these things as soon I recognise them.
I have been putting up with this for about a year!

My email address is used in many, many places and changing it at all those places does not appeal to me at all. Maybe this is part of the problem?

 

MailWasherFree sounds like a good idea. I shall d/load it and see what happens.

Thanks ...

 

I have had another one from Panama ! It's a new e-address for the same product I got some time ago. They are obviously using unlimited number of e-addresses to somehow get past the filters.

I tried to zip the email below but couldn't find the "Manage Attachments" button. ( Hope this help you experts a bit )

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Thank you,

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If you want to stop receiving mail, please go to:
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or you may contact us at the following address:

Plaza Neptuno, local #7
Via ricardo J Alfaro, Tumba Muerto
Panama Ciudad
Republica de Panama

 

Just jumping in, trying to help.

You've posted the email... but not the header. That's the info that the "real experts" around here need to help. All you need to do is:

1 - Right Click on the email in Outlook Express (which is what I use... the instuctions I've typed should be similar for other email clients) in the list of your emails.

2 - Then Left Click on "Properties ".

3 - Click on the "Details" tab.

4 - Then highlight and copy the entire header.

5 - Paste it in a reply here! You can (should) xxxxx over any sensitive data, like your email address... or delete all of them if you and a bunch of other people's email addresses are listed also...

So your post should look something like this:
--------------------------------------------

Return-path: <xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.com>
Envelope-to: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.com
Delivery-date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:47:50 -0600
Received: from [zz.zz.zzz.zzz] (helo=ArthurPC) <----NOTE - I "x "ed out this info since this is just so you see what it should look like... there will be numbers in place of the z's in your header
by server205.xxxxxxxxx.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.69)
(envelope-from <xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.com>)
id 1L8UTe-0003DD-IX; Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:47:50 -0600
Message-ID: <F0F7998B976D459CAFBCEF381EE0919E@ArthurPC>
Reply-To: "Arthur" <xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.com>
From: "Arthur" <xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.com>
To: "A nice guy!" <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.com>
Cc: <xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.com>
Subject: Also...
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 01:48:00 -0500
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
boundary= "----=_NextPart_000_00C3_01C9567B.80F3FE90 "
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6001.18000
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.0.6001.18049

-------------------------------------------------

Smarter people than I can then assist you.

Good Luck!

Arthur

 

OK, I couldn't get anything like that on my Thunderbird, deck. So I opened my O.E. and d-loaded all my emails again, that took some time. ( I have been using Thunderbird for a couple of years ).

Here's the header page ...

Return-Path: <pdf@pdf-net-online.info>
Delivered-To: ( fairwind's e-address )
Received: (qmail 9218 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2008 18:25:48 -0000
Received: from unknown (HELO icp-qv1-irony-in2.iinet.net.au) ([203.59.1.191])
(envelope-sender <pdf@pdf-net-online.info>)
by mail.iinet.net.au (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP
for <( fairwind's e-address )>; 5 Dec 2008 18:25:48 -0000
X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true
X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvFtAMoAOUnPmsuXV2dsb2JhbACDHYc0gXEBhwQBFgEKBAYHEVYCAQIBAQEBsDONHg
X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i= "4.33,722,1220198400 ";
d= "scan'208 ";a= "215728855 "
Received: from cname1.net-office-tools.com ([207.154.203.151])
by inbound.icp-qv1-irony-in2.iinet.net.au with SMTP; 06 Dec 2008 03:25:47 +0900
From: PDF Reader Support <pdf@pdf-net-online.info>
Subject: Download PDF Reader 2009
To: ( fairwind's e-address )
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:25:49 PST
X-Peer-Info: 039.3972408373
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 081205-0, 05/12/2008), Inbound message
X-Antivirus-Status: Clean

 

The IP address above is your mailserver...

And the above received line is when your ISP recieved the email from 207.154.203.151, this is the originator of the email so a lookup on that address should let you know who to complain to...

Code:

Whois Record (Irrelevant info snipped)

OrgName:    Global Technology Solutions, Inc 
OrgID:      GTS-85
Address:    611 Wilshire Blvd.
Address:    Suite 502
City:       Los Angeles
StateProv:  CA
PostalCode: 90017
Country:    US

NetRange:   207.154.192.0 - 207.154.255.255 
CIDR:       207.154.192.0/18 

OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE1398-ARIN
OrgAbuseName:   ABUSE1398-ARIN 
OrgAbusePhone:  +1-877-701-5888
OrgAbuseEmail:  abuse @ misdivision.net

OrgName:    Kevworks, LLC 
OrgID:      KEVWO
Address:    2243 Hollywood Way
Address:    #502
City:       Hayward
StateProv:  CA
PostalCode: 91505
Country:    US

NetRange:   207.154.203.0 - 207.154.203.255 
CIDR:       207.154.203.0/24 

RAbuseHandle: NOC3379-ARIN
RAbuseName:   Network Operations Control 
RAbusePhone:  +1-818-568-8064
RAbuseEmail:   kev @ kevworks.net

Two organisations are responsible for that address, Kevworks, LLC who lease it from Global Technology Solutions, Inc.

Complain to Kevworks first, if no joy there then complain to Global Technology Solutions, Inc. (note take the spaces out of the email addresses)

Btw the email came from California not Panama

 

I have done some very good learning here, with this problem. I thank all of you guys, Wildfire, Christer and Deck for helping me through this hassle.

I haven't sent the complaints to the relevent people yet, that's my next job this am.

I dont use this forum all that much these days as my PC skills have improved over time, but when I do need help this forum is the BEST !!

I will post details of the out comes as they come in.

Thanks a million ...

 

No problem, a couple of tips when composing your complaints...

Supply the full header (as you did on this forum).

Be respectful (I'm sure that didn't need to be said), request feedback but be aware that although the spam came from their server they may not even be aware of it. In fact you may even be doing them a service by letting them know they have an open server/spambot/rogue employee and they need to look at their security.

Whatever happens let me know how you get on fairwind.

 

Just to add to Christers comments about MailWasher. I've been using the Pro version for years (free version before then) and cannot say enough good things about this program. I never get SPAM into my mailbox on my PC.

When I want to check my mail...
- I start MailWasher or if it's all ready running double-click icon in system tray to open it
- It then downloads all the headers of mail mail from 3 different mailboxes (my ISP and 2 GMail accts)
- It will then mark the mails, that it considers spam, for deletion ( I go through them to verify in case it incorrectly marked a good e-mail bad)
- I then tell it to "Process Mail "...it will then delete the mail marked for deletion from my 3 accounts then open my mail editor (Outlook 2007) and the e-mails that were marked as "Friends" will then download into my mailbox.

It does take a few extra minutes to get my mail but I don't get spam and that's what it's all about.

 

Christer and dobhar,

Tnx guys. for your support. I have d/loaded mailwasher and it looks impressive, complicated and will take me a bit of time to say anything comprehensive about it.

What I do seem to understand is, mailwasher will prevent unwanted emails d/loading to my PC and that the unwanted emails will then be left in my ISP's PC. Is that correct? If so, then I still have a minor problem in that my ISP has an upper limit (50Mb) on what they will allow me to hold in their PC. Once that limit is reached I must then login and delete the stuff myself. This is something new my ISP has dumped on me ( and I suppose other clients ). It's not all that onerous, just a bit of a nuisance, stuff I can program into my weekend maintenance work.

Wildfire, Re: "a couple of tips when composing your complaints... ".

Tnx for that, it gave me exactly what I needed to frame my "email of complaint" to the first addressee. I sent that yesterday and hopefully I will get a response today. Will post details later.

 

Your welcome fairwind...

Actually that is incorrect...when you mark the "SPAM or unwanted" e-mails for deletion they are deleted from your ISP. I only log into my ISP e-mail 2 or 3 times a year as I do everything using Mailwasher.

From Mailwasher FAQ => http://www.mailwasher.net/faq#

 

OK, I have been playing around with MailWasher and have tried the "blacklist" function. It's easy to choose where to place each sender with a RH mouse click.
I logged in and checked my ISP and sure enough, those blacklisted are indeed gone !! It seems to delete any email I choose as well without my logging into my ISP. I can also get the Header now from Thunderbird with MailWasher.

Wonder of wonders, I am on a winner here.

I will check out the SpamCop thing later on, after my "email of Comlaint" exercise.

Tnx dobhar and Christer.

 

Yer welcome

 

Hi there Arie,

Tnx for your response. I cant see how I have a toolbar from a music site. I play CDs sometimes on my PC but surely they wont instal a toolbar? Have I downloaded a toolbar? I have no recollection of ever having done so. Music is not something I look for on the web. I do surf around a bit but that is mainly focussed on Forex currency trading forums and blogs, forex brokers and similar. That takes about 90% of my surfing. Another 5% on computer sites for assistance, particularly WindowsBBS. The 'Jeaks' label rings no bells for me, a PC search doesn't bring 'Jeaks' up either.

I can see the option to "Unsubscribe" but having done that several times from the spam emails I am somewhat reluctant. Then again, having done it from emails several times, maybe once more wont change anything? I will try this tomorrow.

I have had no response from "kev @ kevworks .net" yet, regards my "email complaint ". I will try the other e address tomorrow if kev doesn't reply.

More news later, as it comes in.