[meteorite-list] eBay Sellers list, eBay name change

From: Walter Branch <branchw_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:21:00 2004
Message-ID: <003901c34572$856ff0c0$6801a8c0_at_b4b9e1>

Hi John,

>from people with foreign sounding names wanting my
> help to transfer several million dollars out of their
> failing country into the USA. I feel quite

This is no lie and I am not exaggerating. I get that one, and it's
variants, several times A DAY!

It is really quite aggravating as they keep changing their send from email
address, making it impossible to block.

I have seen several news reports about how dealing with spam is costing
business several million dollars a year. I can understand why.

-Walter


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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Gwilliam" <jkg_at_theriver.com>
To: "magellon" <magellon_at_earthlink.net>; "magellon"
<magellon_at_earthlink.net>; <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 12:06 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] eBay Sellers list, eBay name change


> List,
> About six months ago, I was getting as much spam as I was getting mail
from
> this list. I changed my ISP and started off with a different email
address
> and had remarkable results. For the first three months, I got almost no
> spam. Then the numbers started increasing. Maybe the solution is to
> change your email address a couple of times a year. This creates all sorts
> of problems and some of the folks that you only email once a year or so
> might not get the news of your email change.
> One thing I did notice with my new email address though was a LOT of
emails
> from people with foreign sounding names wanting my help to transfer
several
> million dollars out of their failing country into the USA. I feel quite
> impressed that they picked me because they heard, from a business
> associate, that I was a reputable and trustworthy person...;-)
>
> Best,
>
> John
>
>
> At 08:28 AM 7/8/03 -0400, magellon wrote:
> >All,
> >Thanks to those who replied to me off line.
> >The problem is greater than I expected and goes beyond the List and
> >ebay.
> >I checked with some AOL users who do
> >not even subscribe to any type of list or ebay and they
> >have had increasing spam coming directly to their email address starting
> >about 45 days ago...
> >Sorry for being OT.
> >Best,
> >Ken
> >
> >
> > > magellon wrote:
> > >
> > > Mark,
> > > I too have been getting a tremendous amount of spam since June.
> > > How about others?
> > > Best,
> > > Ken
> > >
> > > http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/magellon/
> > >
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