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Anti-spammer rocked by porn attack

Dec 2, 2003 2:14AM PST

Anti-spam organization Spamhaus is the victim of a devious spam e-mail doing the rounds, which makes it a target of floods of angry e-mails.

Recipients are told that they have subscribed to a child pornography mail order service and that a set of CDs containing pornographic images of children is already being mailed out to them.

The e-mail states that if they believe they have received the message in error then they should contact the administrators and cancel their order. Scared that they may be about to receive illegal pornography and having been warned that they will be charged $100 per month for the service, many may instantly fire off an angry e-mail, without thinking.

http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5112487.html

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One of the replies explains it...
Dec 2, 2003 4:09AM PST
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[NT] I got the thing just yesterday and gave it the boot.
Dec 2, 2003 7:10AM PST

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