Re: Does it work?

Blammo wrote:

> On 05 May 2006, - Gareth entered spamcop and left 
> news:[email protected]:
> 
> 
>>but I 
>>know for sure someone had it before me as I have had emails from 
>>companies to which the previous owner had subscribed (eBay and the like).
> 
> 
> Are you sure those are from eBay, I never get anything from eBay unless I 
> buy something. Try reporting them and if they are from eBay or PayPal 
> Spamcop will say so (you can cancel if it looks legit). It very well may be 
> "phishing" spam, as I get those among the dictionary attacks to a new 
> address that eBay don't have.
> 
> Don't be fooled, read the headers, if in doubt, report it. Though I agree 
> that someone certainly could have had it before, but don't assume those are 
> legit, or change your address.
> 


They all independently knew the guy's full name and didn't look like 
pishing scams. They were just adverts and weren't asking me to log in to 
anything. The eBay one looked identical to ones I have received in 
another account which I don't mind since I signed up for it. 
Unfortunately I trashed the eBay one but here is the report from one 
sent by ashampoo (a German based software retailer):

http://www.spamcop.net/sc?id=z935483606z37da30f120103b39b5bfe3c7a9577287z

I am no good at figuring out all the headers, etc, but from one part of 
the report it tells me ashampoo have been reported previously but appealed.

I conclude that the guy had previously bought various stuff on the 
internet and is subscribed to a number of legitimate marketing mailing 
lists.

Gareth