Another good thing to do, is find out the name of the spammer, and call the IRS and report them for having income that they don't report. Nearly all spammers who sell CD's or crap from their home don't report that income. Leads to a nice hefty fine at the end of the year and they get audited. :) I just reported this one. :) > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Kochie [mailto:ben at nerp.net] > Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 2:14 PM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: RE: [TCLUG] Are you a 'For Dummies' with Computers? > > > hahaha.. sounds like a web page my roomie found on "having fun with > telemarkers" you could rack up points based on how many min > you had them > on the phone, how many times you changed the topic of > conversation, how > many levels of managers you could get to. I remeber one time > when USWest > called trying to sell us their free internet connection kit.. > we got up > through 3 managers, had them get us pricing on T1's and DS3's (to our > apartment) and had them going for over half an hour.. > eventualy coming to > "do you want the free internet kit or not" "no *click*" > > Thank You, > Ben Kochie (ben at nerp.net) > > "Unix is user friendly, Its just picky about its friends." > > On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, Austad, Jay wrote: > > > Awww, their answering machine seems to be full. They're > either not home, or > > others figured out their phone number. Maybe a call at 4 > am would be > > better. > > > > I read a document awhile back about taking action and > spamming the spammers > > back by filling email boxes, fax machines, and answering > machines and > > bugging them all hours of the night. I don't remember > where the document > > was though, I think someone posted it to the list a couple > of weeks ago. If > > companies only get bogus information and useless crap, it's > not even going > > to be worth it to wade through all the crap to find > legitimate orders and > > eventually they'll consider spam a waste and stop. > > > > In any case, you can send free faxes from zipfax.com. > Usually, I just paste > > the text of the spam into it a few hundred times and hit send. > > > > There's a Mixmaster anonymous remailer interface at > > http://www.gilc.org/speech/anonymous/remailer.html also. > This one is a good > > one to use to fill their box full of crap. If they have a > form on their > > webpage, fill it out with seemingly good info, but make the > phone number the > > number to an FBI office, FTC, or a police station. I > really really really > > hate spammers. I guess I have too much time on my hands too. :) > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Austad, Jay > > > Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 1:49 PM > > > To: 'tclug-list at mn-linux.org' > > > Subject: RE: [TCLUG] Are you a 'For Dummies' with Computers? > > > > > > > > > Here's the person who sent the spam and their phone number. > > > I'm calling > > > them now to yell at them. I think I'll call them again at > > > like 4 am. You > > > can also call them for free through net2phone and other > internet phone > > > services. > > > > > > Hicks,Emily > > > 2204 Florida Drive > > > Fort Wayne, IN 46805-4514 > > > > > > 219 471 0091 > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Nate Sanders [mailto:mauvehead at nerp.net] > > > > Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 1:30 PM > > > > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Are you a 'For Dummies' with Computers? > > > > > > > > > > > > HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha > > > > I think they need to focus on more money into their marketing > > > > department. > > > > > > > > Sales wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Dear tclug-list at listserv.real-time.com, > > > > > > > > > > Are you a 'for dummies' when it comes to computers and Want > > > > to learn? > > > > > > > > > > Think you know alot about computers? > > > > > > > > > > Then This CD-ROM is for YOU!! > > > > > > > > > > The Complete PC Technician Users Guide!! > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Nate Sanders > > > darkskull at IRC (newnet) > > > > mauvehead at nerp.net > > http://www.damnation.net > > > _______________________________________________ > > > tclug-list mailing list > > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > tclug-list mailing list > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > > tclug-list mailing list > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >