Eat your spam...and LIKE IT!!!

[tacit]

So over the past two weeks or so, this journal has been under constant attack by LiveJournal comment spammers; I've been averaging about 2-5 pieces of spam a day, mostly for penis enlargers, "herbal Viagra," and tooth whiteners, in comments to various posts.

Interestingly, all the spamvertised Web sites are hosted by the same ISP: Sago Networks,

Comments

[bailey21975]

If nothing else, showing up in person will make them actually think a bit. It puts a real live human (and angry!) face on something they'd prefer to ignore.

[tacit]

Yep, that's why I want to do it. I think I'll talk to LJ abuse first, and see if I can get the server logs in question. If so, I'll be able to walk in there fully armed.

[bailey21975]

*nods* Perfect!

[virtualmel]

Just curious, have you contacted LJ abuse?
They should easily be able to get you those logs, and they (ideally at least) should be blocking those IP's if they are spammers.

[tacit]

I haven't talked to LJ abuse yet, but it's a good idea. I don't know if they release server logs or not, but it's worth a shot.

Ideally, I'd be able to walk into Sago's office with a printout of the server logs, slap 'em down on the desk, and tell 'em to stuff their pet spammers up their...well, you get the idea. :)

[virtualmel]

Oh definitely. I'd still pursue the Sago end too. Poor business practice in the long run.

I actually work Fraud stuff at another Atlanta-based ISP, so we actually see this stuff a good bit. I'd have to look over LJ's terms of service and such, but yea, it'd be a good idea for them to take some action.

[merovingian]

Gah! I hate spammers!

I've been getting an increasing number of spammers on my LJ too. Only like 2 or 3 a week, but it's irritating. Enough so that I had to start screening anonymous comments. Grr. Spammers.

[chaos5023]

i have a confession to make. it is this: that i am really enjoying the new trend of building spam out of literary hash to get it past filters. it means that any email spam i actually end up seeing is like the world's most fucked up beat poetry.

prize subject line from the other day: "The stars have a gravitational pull, but the missiles don't, because that'd take up too much processing power, according to Wikipedia."

i mean, come on. that's just awesome.

[visudo]

I have a Gmail label specifically reserved for "Spam Poetry". Once in a blue moon I comb through some spam mail before I delete it to see if there are any new gems!

[tacit]

The random subject lines are often harvested from RSS news feeds. I remember seeing the news article with that line in it a couple days ago, at CNet News... ah, here it is.

[james_the_evil1]

ENLARGE YOUR PENIS NOW

Then you can use it as a trebuchet counterweight!