Spam Wars author Danny Goodman doesn’t just write about spam wars - he’s actively engaged in the trenches. Here, guest author Danny Goodman, fresh from the ordeal, tells us about taking aim at a phisher just last night:

May 10, 2005

Imagine That: Phishers Are Cynical
One newbie PayPal phisher forgot to fill in some of the blanks to the message, so the phishing kit’s placeholders got through in his first attempt. The placeholder link for this one was to the nonexistent domain:
paypalvictims.com

Eight minutes later, he corrected his mistake and sent out the same message (through the same zombie, no less), but this time with a newly-minted domain hosted at yahoo.com.

Click on the link, fill out the form, and you will be a victim.

UPDATE: Kudos to yahoo.com for taking down the working site from the second phish within about an hour after my report. Others may have reported, too, and that’s OK. As long as they act quickly.

UPUPDATE (18:53 PDT): Well, I see this is going to be a battle. No sooner did the yahoo-hosted site go down, than the same spammer opened up a new…

[Danny Goodman Takes Aim at a Phisher, Continued]