Domain Spoof Spam!
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darrent

Original Poster:

630 posts

289 months

Tuesday 27th September 2005
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Can't believe it - just registered a few domains with Register1 (hi Jamie) and I have received my first spoofed spam from the domain address in a record 30 minutes!!!!

Scary stuff....

UncleDave

7,155 posts

261 months

Tuesday 27th September 2005
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Wow, I only get a couple every now and again, took weeks for the first one to arrive...
Then again did have a bit of a spam filter on but on a very low setting. Looks like you'd better do the same at that rate

Dave.

JamieBeeston

9,294 posts

295 months

Tuesday 27th September 2005
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darrent said:
Can't believe it - just registered a few domains with Register1 (hi Jamie) and I have received my first spoofed spam from the domain address in a record 30 minutes!!!!

Scary stuff....




Might well find if its a generic enough domain, that its been receiving email for ages, just there was never a domain to accept it, either that, or it used to be owned by someone else and it was deleted.

Still strange ;(

Alas the registries do sell new domain registration info to companies for a large price.

Rest assured we NEVER pass out details to anyone!

J

darrent

Original Poster:

630 posts

289 months

Wednesday 28th September 2005
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JamieBeeston said:

darrent said:
Can't believe it - just registered a few domains with Register1 (hi Jamie) and I have received my first spoofed spam from the domain address in a record 30 minutes!!!!

Scary stuff....





Might well find if its a generic enough domain, that its been receiving email for ages, just there was never a domain to accept it, either that, or it used to be owned by someone else and it was deleted.

Still strange ;(

Alas the registries do sell new domain registration info to companies for a large price.

Rest assured we NEVER pass out details to anyone!

J


Jamie - I have no doubt you are personally responsible for this spam Joking aside I think your answer about it being spammed/previously registered before I registered it is correct as all the spam comes to a particular user name.