privateisperfect
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posted on January 15, 2001 08:24:06 PM
I make a living selling on ebay. I haven't used this site for more than 6 months under a different account. WHY AM I GETTING SPAM EMAIL?!!!
This is the FOURTH email in 2 weeks I've gotten entitled "Attention All auctionwatch.com users".
Auctionwatch - stop this immediately or I will submit you to the spam police.
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kathyg
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posted on January 15, 2001 08:26:11 PM
Are you sure it's from them? I've been here and on eBay all along, and I've never gotten one of these messages.
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privateisperfect
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posted on January 15, 2001 08:30:05 PM
kathy,
I don't get them for every single item I post (I have around 20 active right now). It's probably a third party spammer, but they are using AW's name for some reason.
(Very annoying!)
pip
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Here's the full message:
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This is NOT a loan and you will NOT be turned DOWN!
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* credit cards
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THIS IS NOT A LOAN!
How do we do it? We reduce or eliminate the high interest that you are
currently paying. Not only does this save you money, your debts will
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of the interest.
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For additional free information:
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To unsubscribe please hit reply and send a message with
remove in the subject.
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kathyg
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posted on January 15, 2001 08:36:10 PM
Well I'd be willing to bet a lot that it's not from AuctionWatch. These spammers are idiots, and because they assume we are as stupid as they are, we are more likely to fall for a gimmick that uses the AuctionWatch name. It's not that hard to harvest email addresses.
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gjsi
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posted on January 15, 2001 09:06:15 PM
This is almost certinaly NOT from auctionwatch. I get the same email addressed to all users at my ISP.
Greg
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psyllie
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posted on January 15, 2001 09:09:31 PM
PIP--I have received that exact spam, but the spammers have addressed me as "special offer for all ***ISP users". I have reported it to my ISP spam police and they say they have been trying to get to the bottom of it, and said that lots of legitimate services are being hit in this way. It's not Auction Watch!
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ptimko
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posted on January 15, 2001 09:40:38 PM
The email you posted is almost identical to other emails I have received addressed to "All eBay users". I would suggest you examine the "header" of the email to try and determine the originating IP...
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mzalez
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posted on January 15, 2001 10:06:04 PM
I got the same email but for 'all Cox@Home users'.
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abacaxi
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posted on January 16, 2001 03:53:26 AM
"Please visit our site: href="http://www.fortunecity.se/arkaden/strategifaltet/40/D115/index.html
Here's what to do:
Forward the SPAM to [email protected] and ask them to delete that user's account.
They bought or scavenged the addresses and are spamming them without the knowledge or consent of AW and are violating Swedish privacy and anti-spam laws!
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mark090
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posted on January 16, 2001 06:15:53 AM
I keep forwarding that email to abuse@(WHATEVER).COM and I keep getting it from different sender and reply addresses. Maybe if I start sending a bill to fortunecity for proofreading services?
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mrlatenite
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posted on January 16, 2001 06:56:04 AM
I've been getting this spam for the last week saying: "Attention all email.com users"....
It's the same thing, they're only segregating their lists to spam a certain domain at a time now to make it more "personal". 
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Shoshanah
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posted on January 16, 2001 10:53:38 AM
You may also want to start reporting your SPAM to:
http://spamcop.net/w3m?i=9758839-83847
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Gosh Shosh!
http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/rifkah/
http://www.oldandsold.com/index.htm
Type rifkah in "GO" box, checkmark the "user" circle, hit GO...
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rosemountmn
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posted on January 16, 2001 11:10:49 AM
Ebay spams, I think, because I am new to auction watch, either them or Paypal because I get those emails.
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KamikazeKat
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posted on January 16, 2001 11:13:06 AM
I get that message a lot too, but it's made to sound that it comes from my ISP.
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dbsnd
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posted on January 16, 2001 12:28:55 PM
Boy, that is irritating! On a Hotmail account I use all of a sudden I have been receiving
a deluge of non-stop invitations to porn sites (I hate pornography and have nothing to do with it). Even though I block the sender, someone else sends an almost same message. I don't know how they got my name and address. I must have a 10 foot list of all the addresses I've blocked even with the inbox protector on! They try to make it look like it's coming from MSN/Hotmail when I've found out it's coming from abroad (.uk). Auctionwatch wouldn't stand to gain anything by spamming you and therefore losing you as a client or potential client. It's probably someone else.
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