[Ecommerce] spam for National Wildlife Federation digital trading cards
Jeff Williams
jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com
Sat May 25 06:36:00 2002
Jamie and all,
Jamie, you also while you are at it, pass along the Kent Crispin incident
on the DNSO GA list as well. Do you recall? If not I think I or
Kristy can dig up the DNSO GA Archive of that post...
James Love wrote:
> Susan, I'm in Geneva this week, but will call the NWF next week to see if
> this was authorized by them. But in terms of spoofing who sends messages,
> isn't this fraud? The reason why the spoof is done is to hide who the true
> sender of the spam is, typically because they sender is violating some
> terms of service by its ISP. Not many consumers will be able to read to
> email headers and figure out what actually happened. Isn't fraud a criminal
> issue too? I feel like taking a meeting with USDOJ to find out what if
> anything they are doing about these cases, which have exploded in the past
> year.
>
> Jamie
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Susan Grant" <susang@nclnet.org>
> To: "James Love" <james.love@cptech.org>; "E-Commerce discusison list"
> <ecommerce@venice.essential.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 10:31 AM
> Subject: RE: [Ecommerce] spam for National Wildlife Federation digital
> trading cards
>
> : Jamie,
> : You'd complain to the FTC, but it's civil, not criminal, so no jail time,
> : I'm afraid. Are you following up on this with the wildlife folks? It's
> : outrageous if they've been a party to this.
> : Susan
> :
> : -----Original Message-----
> : From: ecommerce-admin@venice.essential.org
> : [mailto:ecommerce-admin@venice.essential.org]On Behalf Of James Love
> : Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 8:05 AM
> : To: E-Commerce discusison list
> : Subject: [Ecommerce] spam for National Wildlife Federation digital
> : trading cards
> :
> :
> : This note spoofed me as the sender. The Sender was listed as me, even
> : though I obviously didn't send this to myself. It appears to be actually
> be
> : authorized by the NWF, although even that isn't completely clear. If
> this
> : is fraud, who do I ask to put someone in jail over this? Jamie
> :
> :
> : Return-Path: <love@cptech.org>
> : Delivered-To: xborgwatch-james.love@borgwatch.org
> : Received: (qmail 21394 invoked by uid 48466); 17 May 2002 03:10:52 -0000
> : Delivered-To: xborgwatch-love@cptech.org
> : Received: (qmail 21195 invoked from network); 17 May 2002 03:10:44 -0000
> : Received: from unknown (HELO inet1.extendedstaynetwork.com)
> (216.154.205.88)
> : by pt01.futurequest.net (63.151.147.170) with ESMTP; 17 May 2002
> : 03:10:44 -0000
> : Received: from [216.154.205.90] by inet1.ExtendedStayNetwork.com (NTMail
> : 5.01.0003/NY6104.00.fdd8c8d2) with ESMTP id zuqtaaaa for love@cptech.org;
> : Thu, 16 May 2002 23:08:19 -0400
> : Content-type: text/html
> : Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 22:04:24 -0400
> : From: love@cptech.org
> : Subject: Complimentary pass good for 2 official National Wildlife
> Federation
> : collectible LEDOs.
> : To: love@cptech.org
> : Message-Id: <03081959313405@cptech.org>
> :
> :
> : <br><br>
> : <table width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">
> : <tr>
> : <td colspan="2">
> : <font face="Verdana,Arial" size="1" color="Black">
> : This is a complementary pass good for 2 free endangered wildlife LEDOs.
> : </font>
> : </td>
> : </tr>
> :
> : <tr><td><img
> :
> src="http://www.ledoplanet.com/et.cfm?&referrerID=223&uniqueEmailID=ME5448"
> : border="0" width="0" height="0"> </td></tr>
> : <tr>
> : <td colspan="2">
> : <font face="Verdana,Arial" size="1" color="Black">
> : LEDOs are the official digital trading cards of the <b>National Wildlife
> : Federation</b>. Each collectible LEDO features an endangered animal; by
> : collecting free LEDOs, you can help save endangered species, have fun
> : playing games, and win great prizes, including a chance to win a 7 day
> trip
> : for two to Yellowstone National Park.
> : <br>
> : </font>
> : </td>
> : </tr>
> : <tr><td> </td></tr>
> : <tr>
> : <td colspan="2">
> : <font face="Verdana,Arial" size="1" color="Black">Click on <a
> :
> href="http://www.ledoplanet.com/ef.cfm?refererid=223&emailAddress=love@cptec
> : h.org&uniqueEmailID=ME5448">Redeem Pass</a> and you'll be linked to Ledo
> : Planet to receive your 2 free LEDOs.</font>
> : </td>
> : </tr>
> : <tr><td> </td></tr>
> : <tr>
> : <td colspan="2" align="center">
> : <a
> :
> href="http://www.ledoplanet.com/ef.cfm?refererid=223&emailAddress=love@cptec
> : h.org&uniqueEmailID=ME5448"><img
> : src="http://www.ledoplanet.com/images/LEDOInvite.jpg" border="0"
> alt="Click
> : to claim your two free LEDOs!"></a>
> : </td>
> : </tr>
> : <tr>
> : <td>
> :
> : </td>
> : </tr>
> : <tr>
> : <td colspan="2" align="center">
> : <font face="Verdana,Arial" size="1" color="blue">
> : <a
> :
> href="http://www.ledoplanet.com/unsubscribe.cfm?unEmail=love@cptech.org">Uns
> : ubscribe</a>
> : </font>
> : </td>
> : </tr>
> : </table>
> :
> :
> :
> : --------------------------------
> : James Love mailto:james.love@cptech.org
> : http://www.cptech.org +1.202.387.8030 mobile +1.202.361.3040
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