Re: FN-FORUM: UK based spam muppets

date posted 1st December 2003 18:41

Evenin'

IMHO, Gary is solely responsible for his own actions (and need to open his
eyes), even if he thought he did the right thing. Tell spamcop
(www.spamcop.net) who'll tell Gary's/FXStyle's ISP's and let them deal with
it.

Oh and I'm new to the list so a quick introduction perhaps...

Swedish, based in London, just joined the network after having landed my
first freelance gig (whoppee) as finding a way to get back in the game after
being made redundant proved to take longer than initially thought, do web
application design and development and tech project management, no site yet
but in the works... look forward to many enlightening discussions with you
all!

Cheers,

Jakob

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Iain Bruce" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 4:20 PM
Subject: FN-FORUM: UK based spam muppets


>
> Lo all,
>
> I've just been spammed by [EMAIL REMOVED] to a mail address that is
so
> very NOT on any mailing lists. Foolishly, this plank links to his website
in
> his quality spam, where there's a contact number.
>
> Imagine his surprise when I called and expressed my love for the spam just
> received.
>
> He quickly stated that the email address was obtained from a company
called
> www.fxstyle.net, who unfortunately don't have a contact number.
>
> My question is: Gary spammed me from a UK company (for web design
services,
> doh!), is Gary liable for anything apart from abuse?
>
> Suggested options for giving Gary what he deserves?
>
> /me hates dumb spammers based in the UK who have a telephone number
handy...
>
> TIA,
>
> iain
> www.bspin.co.uk
>
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