Yes, they’re at it too. Debbie Docherty‘s happy smiling face pretty much every day on yet another spam email.
Spam
Lots of Spam From Hashtag Events
It looks like Andrew Charlton has bought himself a spammer’s mailing list and is happily churning out spams about events no-one cares about.
And then of course he adds the usual lies at the bottom of each email to pretend it’s legitimate:
“You received this email because you subscribed to our list and have opted in to receive news, offers and deals from our partners.”
No, I really didn’t! Never heard of you before, Hashtag Business Services Limited. Still, given he’s already had one company dissolved (Exposure Business Events Limited) and almost had another one go – only just saved by the bell, according to Companies House – you can maybe understand the desperation.
Lots of Spam From Hashtag Events
It looks like Andrew Charlton has bought himself a spammer’s mailing list and is happily churning out spams about events no-one cares about.
And then of course he adds the usual lies at the bottom of each email to pretend it’s legitimate:
“You received this email because you subscribed to our list and have opted in to receive news, offers and deals from our partners.”
No, I really didn’t! Never heard of you before, Hashtag Business Services Limited. Still, given he’s already had one company dissolved (Exposure Business Events Limited) and almost had another one go – only just saved by the bell, according to Companies House – you can maybe understand the desperation.
Emailmovers ICO Report
After yet another Spam from our old friends Emailmovers – who have a history of playing fast and loose with the law when it comes to Spam (see for instance this post and this article) – I have today decided that it is time to report them to the ICO to see if they’ll slap these spammers with a nice, big, juicy fine.
We’ll see.
Emailmovers Irony Filter Broken
Whilst checking my Spam folder earlier, I found one sent direct to one of my email addresses by our old friends Emailmovers who have a history of playing fast and loose with the law when it comes to Spam (see for instance this post and this article).
“See how Emailmovers can help you with your marketing post GDPR”
Oh really?
And worse still, Emailmovers’ website currently says:
“Working closely with the DMA and ICO we are making sure all our data is GDPR ready for May 2018”
Well, clearly it’s not, but there’s no surprise there, is there?
Travis Perkins Text Spam Using Textlocal
More spam received this morning. This time from Textlocal – al@txtlocal.com – advertising Travis Perkins’ trade accounts:
Opening a Travis Perkins account is quick and easy, simply visit https://tx.vc/{tracking URL removed} and start trading today! Optout: Text TPSTOP to 60777
They’ve suggested via Twitter that I direct message them my number so they can opt me out of such texts, spam that I never opted in to receive in the first place.
And wasn’t the first rule of spam never to confirm that the e-mail address or telephone number was a live one?
CIOB Selling e-mail Addresses?
Well that’s very disappointing: I’ve today received a Spam e-mail from Karnack Books sent to an e-mail address I set up and use solely for the Chartered Institute of Building.
I’ve checked my profile on the CIOB website and have specifically opted out of third party mailings, so no consent has been given.
So either their membership records have been hacked or they’ve gone against my wishes.
William Hill Hacked?
Hmm. Well that’s interesting. I’ve just received a junk e-mail to an e-mail address set up specifically for use on the William Hill website some months back.
So does that mean someone’s hacked their customer database or is it just a bizarre coincidence that someone has managed to combine their site name with one of my domain names? Hmm…
Spam Statistics 2008
Here are my numbers for 2008 (2007 stats. in square brackets) broken into two parts:
First half of 2008 (up to 30 June 2008):
227659 e-mails received (plus the GMail ones).
211699Â spams filtered by MailWasher Pro.
93% spam.
Second half of 2008 (up to 30 December 2008):
62,319Â e-mails received (plus the GMail ones).
41,672Â spams filtered by MailWasher Pro.
66% spam.
Combined
289,978 e-mails received (plus the GMail ones) [356,032 so minus 19%] .
253,371Â spams filtered by MailWasher Pro [319,499 -Â minus 21%].
87% spam then.
Commentary
The headline figures look good, but that split is what’s important. Basically in June 2008 with my spam stats. looking like heading for another record, I decided to kill my “catch-all” e-mail set-ups and painstakingly create all legitmate mailboxes and aliases. And with that, the spam stats. have come down dramatically.
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