Notan
Tue Sep 20 12:34:53 CDT 2005
John McGaw wrote:
>
> Notan wrote:
> > matchstich wrote:
> >
> >>ok, is there somewhere i can report this scams?
> >>
> >><snip>
> >
> >
> > Sure.
> >
> > Look at the headers, and find an IP Address (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx).
> >
> > Run this address through a "Whois" tool (Google "whois"), copy
> > all headers and the body of the offending post, and send them
> > to the abuse address, listed in the Whois results.
> >
> > Notan
>
> But before you do that you should learn to read the headers and
> _understand_ what they mean and what parts can be trusted and which
> parts cannot. Most IP addresses in an email header can be faked quite
> easily to lead the uninitiated to believe they came from where they did not.
>
> Probably the best thing that most people can do is to report 419 and
> other scams to a central clearing house. Check this out:
>
>
http://makeashorterlink.com/?K39F2365B
>
> This is not the only such site and you can google for "report nigeria
> scam" (without the quotes of course) to find others.
Yeah, you're probably correct about people learning to read headers, first.
Another option is submitting all headers, and bodies, to services which
specialize in SPAM reporting.
Personally, I use SpamCop... A free reporting subscription can be found at:
http://www.spamcop.net/anonsignup.shtml
Notan