Where does this SPAM Originate ? ? ?

Just curious.
Of all the spam and junk mail I receive, by far the majority comes
from supposed sexual enhancement drug purveyors as well as those
wanting to alert me that my application for a $400K mortgage has been
approved, which incidentally I didn't apply for. These obviously have
to be coming from the same stable as they are either remarkably
similar or exact clones of each other. My question is where does these
msgs originate from? They must be from some central place that is
either sending them constantly under different names or they are
convincingly convincing others that they can make a profit by
investing in sending them out. Of course it could be that tens of
thousands got the same idea to offer unlimited mortgages as well as
sex enhancements all at the same time. Anyone else like to chime in
and share their info or give their opinion?
Tha RagMan

Once upon a time, far far away Tha RagMan <wmercier.nospam@shelby.net>
muttered

>Just curious.
>Of all the spam and junk mail I receive, by far the majority comes
>from supposed sexual enhancement drug purveyors as well as those
>wanting to alert me that my application for a $400K mortgage has been
>approved, which incidentally I didn't apply for. These obviously have
>to be coming from the same stable as they are either remarkably
>similar or exact clones of each other. My question is where does these
>msgs originate from? They must be from some central place that is
>either sending them constantly under different names or they are
>convincingly convincing others that they can make a profit by
>investing in sending them out. Of course it could be that tens of
>thousands got the same idea to offer unlimited mortgages as well as
>sex enhancements all at the same time. Anyone else like to chime in
>and share their info or give their opinion?
>Tha RagMan
>

And what about the final warning from eBay ? I've lost count of the
number of final warnings I've had from "them" (actually phishing
crooks, and not eBay).

Matt

And lo, Tha RagMan didst speak in alt.www.webmaster:

> These obviously have
> to be coming from the same stable as they are either remarkably
> similar or exact clones of each other.

It's been said, and is probably true, that 90% of the spam you get comes
from a small group of 200 or so[1] professional spammers.

Grey

[1] and the networks which support them

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In article <op.ssogvoe5sl6xfd@news.nas.net>, GreyWyvern says...

> It's been said, and is probably true, that 90% of the spam you get comes
> from a small group of 200 or so[1] professional spammers.

So if these 200 gentlemen (or ladies) suddenly ceased to exist, spam
would drop to 10% ?
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And lo, Alfred Molon didst speak in alt.www.webmaster:

> In article <op.ssogvoe5sl6xfd@news.nas.net>, GreyWyvern says...
>
>> It's been said, and is probably true, that 90% of the spam you get comes
>> from a small group of 200 or so[1] professional spammers.
>
> So if these 200 gentlemen (or ladies) suddenly ceased to exist, spam
> would drop to 10% ?

Initially, no doubt. But I'm also quite sure that others would soon fill
the vaccuum.

The "ceasing to exist" part isn't hard. The trouble is *finding* them

Grey

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On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, Alfred Molon wrote:

> In article <Pine.GSO.3.95.iB1.0.1050620165131.23154B-100000
> @halifax.chebucto.ns.ca>, Norman L. DeForest says...
> >
> > the Royal Canadian
> > Mounted Police
>
> Do they still operate exclusively riding horses and wearing red
> uniforms? Just curious.

I think red uniforms are reserved for special occasions and they mostly
ride in police cars.

(I saw a couple of Halifax Regional Police a couple of days ago who were
riding bicycles.)

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On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, Dennis wrote:

> On 20 Jun 2005 Norman L. DeForest wrote in alt.www.webmaster
>
> >
> > Since I'm in Canada, I also report phishes to:
> > info [at] phonebusters.com
> > and 419 spams to (WAFL is for West Africa Fraud Letters):
> > WAFL [at] phonebusters.com
>
> Ya meen then leters from Nigerria isnt teling the truth?

Well, one I got told part of the truth. The alleged widow claimed that
her late husband had made eight hundred million dollars from fleecing
people in 419 scams (complete with links to anti-419 sites including the
419 Coalition website) and now that he has died, could I please help her
smuggle the money out of Africa before the police seize it?

I was drinking coffee when I read that and almost lost a keyboard.

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