Increased level of spam in German

It started approximately 5 hours ago. The level of spam has significantly increased. All messages come from different IP addresses. The only thing they have in common is that they all are in German. Does anyone else experience the same problem?
Thanks
DK

weigl
Thu Jun 10 08:13:56 CDT 2004

"DK" <DK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<6A370CD5-EFAC-431C-BDB9-2C649C522993@microsoft.com>...
> It started approximately 5 hours ago. The level of spam has significantly increased. All messages come from different IP addresses. The only thing they have in common is that they all are in German. Does anyone else experience the same problem?
> Thanks
> DK

We have seen the same thing. It looks suspicious, especially since
some of the messages are not the usual "spam" like subjects. One was
a quick blurb on foreigners in swiss jails. Anyone else seeing this?

TW

FreeWilly
Thu Jun 10 10:55:41 CDT 2004

I'm seeing a buttload of these emails.

Started between 7PM-8PM CST yesterday


"SCCgeek" <weigl@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:d72e9d06.0406100513.6b27150e@posting.google.com...
> "DK" <DK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:<6A370CD5-EFAC-431C-BDB9-2C649C522993@microsoft.com>...
> > It started approximately 5 hours ago. The level of spam has
significantly increased. All messages come from different IP addresses. The
only thing they have in common is that they all are in German. Does anyone
else experience the same problem?
> > Thanks
> > DK
>
> We have seen the same thing. It looks suspicious, especially since
> some of the messages are not the usual "spam" like subjects. One was
> a quick blurb on foreigners in swiss jails. Anyone else seeing this?
>
> TW

FreeWilly
Thu Jun 10 11:20:49 CDT 2004

All of the email headers that I've checked so far are qmail.


"FreeWilly" <spamthehellouttameplease@thankyou.com> wrote in message
news:40c88408$0$15833$39cecf19@news.twtelecom.net...
> I'm seeing a buttload of these emails.
>
> Started between 7PM-8PM CST yesterday
>
>
> "SCCgeek" <weigl@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:d72e9d06.0406100513.6b27150e@posting.google.com...
> > "DK" <DK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:<6A370CD5-EFAC-431C-BDB9-2C649C522993@microsoft.com>...
> > > It started approximately 5 hours ago. The level of spam has
> significantly increased. All messages come from different IP addresses.
The
> only thing they have in common is that they all are in German. Does anyone
> else experience the same problem?
> > > Thanks
> > > DK
> >
> > We have seen the same thing. It looks suspicious, especially since
> > some of the messages are not the usual "spam" like subjects. One was
> > a quick blurb on foreigners in swiss jails. Anyone else seeing this?
> >
> > TW
>
>

weigl
Fri Jun 11 16:18:25 CDT 2004

"FreeWilly" <spamthehellouttameplease@thankyou.com> wrote in message news:<40c889ec$0$15831$39cecf19@news.twtelecom.net>...
> All of the email headers that I've checked so far are qmail.
>
>
> "FreeWilly" <spamthehellouttameplease@thankyou.com> wrote in message
> news:40c88408$0$15833$39cecf19@news.twtelecom.net...
> > I'm seeing a buttload of these emails.
> >
> > Started between 7PM-8PM CST yesterday
> >
> >
> > "SCCgeek" <weigl@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> > news:d72e9d06.0406100513.6b27150e@posting.google.com...
> > > "DK" <DK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:<6A370CD5-EFAC-431C-BDB9-2C649C522993@microsoft.com>...
> > > > It started approximately 5 hours ago. The level of spam has
> > significantly increased. All messages come from different IP addresses.
> The
> > only thing they have in common is that they all are in German. Does anyone
> > else experience the same problem?
> > > > Thanks
> > > > DK
> > >
> > > We have seen the same thing. It looks suspicious, especially since
> > > some of the messages are not the usual "spam" like subjects. One was
> > > a quick blurb on foreigners in swiss jails. Anyone else seeing this?
> > >
> > > TW
> >
> >

Here is the answer. Its lovely when nazi spammers and viruses writers get together.

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,63806,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_4

DK
Mon Jun 14 19:41:01 CDT 2004

True, checked several of these and they all have qmail specified as the mailer.

The spam level has increased again. We are getting several hundreds of these e-mails per day. There are not many variants of these messages though.

The e-mail addresses in MAIL FROM and RCPT TO do not match the ones used in From and To fields in the message header.

I am wondering if it is area specific problem (I am in Australia) or is it a problem around the globe.


"FreeWilly" wrote:

> All of the email headers that I've checked so far are qmail.
>
>
> "FreeWilly" <spamthehellouttameplease@thankyou.com> wrote in message
> news:40c88408$0$15833$39cecf19@news.twtelecom.net...
> > I'm seeing a buttload of these emails.
> >
> > Started between 7PM-8PM CST yesterday
> >
> >
> > "SCCgeek" <weigl@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> > news:d72e9d06.0406100513.6b27150e@posting.google.com...
> > > "DK" <DK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:<6A370CD5-EFAC-431C-BDB9-2C649C522993@microsoft.com>...
> > > > It started approximately 5 hours ago. The level of spam has
> > significantly increased. All messages come from different IP addresses.
> The
> > only thing they have in common is that they all are in German. Does anyone
> > else experience the same problem?
> > > > Thanks
> > > > DK
> > >
> > > We have seen the same thing. It looks suspicious, especially since
> > > some of the messages are not the usual "spam" like subjects. One was
> > > a quick blurb on foreigners in swiss jails. Anyone else seeing this?
> > >
> > > TW
> >
> >
>
>
>