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Entries Tagged as 'Spam and Telemarketing'

Scam Alert: Domain Registry of America

May 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Relax, INeedAttention.com isn’t expiring. But we did get this rather amusing letter suggesting that it was, from one of the oldest players in the domain slamming industry – the “Domain Registry of America” (DROA). It read:

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Tags: Computers · Spam and Telemarketing

Scam baiting and the art of reverse prank calls

December 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

The name’s James Bond – James – Bond. As far as you know, if you’re a telemarketer. Enter the world of scam baiting – according to 419 Eater, perhaps the #1 scam baiting forum, scambaiting is “[entering] a dialogue with scammers, simply to waste their time and resources. Whilst you are doing this, you will [...]

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Tags: Spam and Telemarketing · Telephones · pwn3d! (Hacks and Tricks)

Google: Chili’s.com “may harm your computer”

July 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

If you know me, you know that I love Chili’s buffalo chicken salads. I was in the middle of installing two brand new terabyte hard drives in my PC when my hunger instructed me to purchase one tonight. I really wanted to finish up everything with the new hard drives, so I figured I could [...]

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Tags: Business · Computers · Spam and Telemarketing · Technology

Advanced AIM Spam-bots

November 12th, 2007 · 35 Comments

“I make myself very available.” This attitude leads to both opportunities and annoyances. More often than not, it leads to annoyances. Once of the key annoyances it leads to is spam. Spam arrives in my mail box, my PO box, my email inbox, and now in my AOL Instant Messenger client. But the spam I’ve [...]

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Tags: Computers · Spam and Telemarketing · Technology