Wow, somebody's spoofing one of my domains pretty hard - GoFuckYourself.com

mardigras · 09-26-2005, 11:44 AM

For several days I'm getting a LOT of bounced returned spam messages all supposedly originating from one of my domains, each one using a different username@, none of which are the single one I've ever used for it, so this is not harvested addresses but spoofing many non-existent ones @mydomain.com

When I first saw them I thought they might be trojan related but I haven't had a chance for more than a couple minutes online for the past few days so when I got to check them out today I find they are all spam for a single affiliate link and what I am receiving are legitimate bounce-back messages to the various non-existent addresses on my domain. From the number of these bounces I have received I can imagine the actual total number sent using my domain as a return addy is pretty high.

The domain is not a dictionary word and it's a wordplay using a number that would not likely be used by anyone else, so either the person was aware of the domain or got it from a list of known valid domains.

Since the sponsor is a board advertiser chances are the perp may read this, so I'll ask... If you are going to use a fake return address, why not use a FAKE return address?

Makingcoin · 09-26-2005, 11:58 AM

Sorry to hear this.

adultguus · 09-26-2005, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by mardigras

Since the sponsor is a board advertiser chances are the perp may read this, so I'll ask... If you are going to use a fake return address, why not use a FAKE return address?

You said the link had an affiliate code. So may be you should just notify the sponsor about this. Chances are they don´t know it´s happening.

mardigras · 09-26-2005, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by adultguus

You said the link had an affiliate code. So may be you should just notify the sponsor about this. Chances are they don´t know it´s happening.

I did that immediately. The pages connected to that domain have always assured the surfer that they are in good hands (no spam/BS) so after contacting the sponsor I also put a notice on the main page of the domain

Sparks · 09-26-2005, 02:53 PM

Man, that sucks when stuff like that happens. It can take awhile to sort out.

Good luck!

Violetta · 09-26-2005, 03:49 PM

yep that sucks!

mardigras · 09-26-2005, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Hostive

Man, that sucks when stuff like that happens. It can take awhile to sort out.

Good luck!

LOL, one of my few things not washed away by Katrina was my websites... I feel like I've been looted

09-26-2005, 11:44 AM	#1
mardigras Bon temps! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: down yonder Posts: 14,194	Wow, somebody's spoofing one of my domains pretty hard For several days I'm getting a LOT of bounced returned spam messages all supposedly originating from one of my domains, each one using a different username@, none of which are the single one I've ever used for it, so this is not harvested addresses but spoofing many non-existent ones @mydomain.com When I first saw them I thought they might be trojan related but I haven't had a chance for more than a couple minutes online for the past few days so when I got to check them out today I find they are all spam for a single affiliate link and what I am receiving are legitimate bounce-back messages to the various non-existent addresses on my domain. From the number of these bounces I have received I can imagine the actual total number sent using my domain as a return addy is pretty high. The domain is not a dictionary word and it's a wordplay using a number that would not likely be used by anyone else, so either the person was aware of the domain or got it from a list of known valid domains. Since the sponsor is a board advertiser chances are the perp may read this, so I'll ask... If you are going to use a fake return address, why not use a FAKE return address?

09-26-2005, 11:58 AM	#2
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