Junk Mail Predators

How many times have you thought to yourself how fantastic it would be if they started a registry similar to what is used with sex offenders? Well have a I got some great news for you - there is such an animal.

While the existence of such a registry is certainly no excuse for acts of violence against these trash bag-hugging piles of scum, it can at least help you to understand what type of people perpetrate this sort of behavior in addition to understanding why specific national laws are all but useless in most cases. Then again the likelihood of any sort of international effort is simply not going to happen.

How do they do it, anyway?
Obviously, I am not going to explain or show you how or where people are locating zombie software to be installed on Windows machines, but I will say that in most cases it comes down to who you know and how much you research that person is willing to do.

Still wanting a real example? Fine, I will give you a very old and outdated one. Floodgate bulk mail software, circa 1996. Yes, Floodgate is an “oldie” but was an effective method for annoying back in the day. Of course zombie software now installed along with spyware applications have become the new standard as they work to increase these kinds of efforts, but nonetheless, you can see how tempting this kind of behavior is to people who feel that they have nothing to lose.

Spamming services of today.
After looking closely at the following linkage to make sure the provided info was in fact, dead now, I have decided to take you into the world of today’s spam services - circa 2002-2003.

Those of you paying attention have noticed that most of the services out there catering to spammers appear to frequent the shiftier mailing lists and of course, spam-based newsgroups. One thing that many of these so called “services” claim is how they are legal as they offer an opt out option. Well guess what folks, they lie.

The sad thing is that so long as there are people out there that are hell bent of a “free lunch,” spamming will always find a way. With the right know how, it can yield a comfortable income to the sleaze bags that employ these kinds of marking methods. And so now you know why this is such a problem, it’s just too darned easy to get started.

[tags]spam, junk mail, scum, trash, security[/tags]