Re: If you need proof that spammers use the same resources as us ...

[Jim Maul <jm...@elih.org>]

Chris Santerre wrote:
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>>From: Craig McLean [mailto:craig@craig.dnsalias.com]
>>Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 10:33 AM
>>To: users@spamassassin.apache.org
>>Subject: OT?: If you need proof that spammers use the same resources as
>>us...
>>
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>>Call me paranoid, but a few weeks back I posted a couple of 
>>rules on this
>>list and to the exit0 wiki which were designed to catch a common phrase
>>seen in many 419 spams. Notably one which catches a common "allow me to
>>introduce myself" style opening.
>>It was not particularly clever, simply searching for the 2-word phrase
>>"introduce myself", but lo and behold this week I get:
>>
>>"allow me to introduce my humble-self"
>>"must introduce,myself"
>>"to introduce my very self"
>>
>>And various others. It appears to me a timely reminder, as if one were
>>needed, that some spammers know what measures are being used 
>>against them
>>and learn how to combat at least some of them.
>>
>>Three cheers for Bayes and the SARE ninjas, then!
>>
>>Kind Regards,
>>Craig.
> 
> 
> Oh this is most definetly a fact. And we have been using it to our
> advantage. When certain things are leaked and posted in certain places, we
> monitor the changing spam traffic. Add this to our research to figure out
> which spammers are looking where. It makes us feel like Nancy Drew :) 
> 
> Some of the rules in our files are even crafted in certain ways to help us
> monitor this. 
> 
> I have no doubt they watch us close. I bet they have some file on me that
> says I'm some Hockey nut who loves violence :)  A *few* of the spammers are
> pretty smart. Its kind of like the movie HEAT. Sure we both know they will
> spam, and I will stop them. But it doesn't mean we can't have a cup of
> coffee together. Just means the spammer pays for the coffee :) 
> 
> We haven't seen the end of their tricks. 
> 
> Hi Mr. Spammy!
> 
> --Chris (I'm Al Pachino!)
> 
>

Ahem, its Pacino Mr. Santerre ;)

-Jim