Spam fritters
Hi experts,
This isn't perhaps a normal question so there's no "best" forum to put it in, so let's see what you guys here think.
I'm fed up with hoax E-mails telling me to go to my bank website, go to Paypal, or telling me they've deducted money from my credit card and I have to follow their link to get it back, etc, etc., plus offers to buy shares, offers to buy items you've got for sale if they send a big cheque and you return the difference to them, etc; you know the sort of rubbish I mean.
They all come from short-lived E-mail addresses and are probably sent automatically. It's a penalty from having my E-mail address on my web site.
I sometimes send them a rude reply, but one is going to make no difference.
Now....
Do you know of any program that will send the same reply to them let's say 1000 times, maybe with my E-mail address removed? Maybe enough people doing that might discourage them.
Thanks, Stuart
This isn't perhaps a normal question so there's no "best" forum to put it in, so let's see what you guys here think.
I'm fed up with hoax E-mails telling me to go to my bank website, go to Paypal, or telling me they've deducted money from my credit card and I have to follow their link to get it back, etc, etc., plus offers to buy shares, offers to buy items you've got for sale if they send a big cheque and you return the difference to them, etc; you know the sort of rubbish I mean.
They all come from short-lived E-mail addresses and are probably sent automatically. It's a penalty from having my E-mail address on my web site.
I sometimes send them a rude reply, but one is going to make no difference.
Now....
Do you know of any program that will send the same reply to them let's say 1000 times, maybe with my E-mail address removed? Maybe enough people doing that might discourage them.
Thanks, Stuart
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in fact, *if* the response actually gets to the spammer, you have then verified to him that your address is a working, valid address - which he can then continue to use, and sell to other spammers!
I know this question is already closed, but this might help for your website to prevent spambots. Instead of the mailto link in your website, use this script in the code of your page where you want the email address to appear:
<!-- // Javascript Email Address Encoder
// by www.stevedawson.com
var first = 'ma';
var second = 'il';
var third = 'to:';
var address = 'user';
var domain = 'domain';
var ext = 'com';
document.write('<a href="');
document.write(first+secon
document.write(address);
document.write('@');
document.write(domain);
document.write('.');
document.write(ext);
document.write('">');
document.write('name to appear on web page');
// -->
Replace the items in these lines to fit your email address:
var address = 'user';
var domain = 'domain';
var ext = 'com';
and the last line - replace with your name, not your email address. Or you can put an image there.
The author also has a page where you can plug in your info to create the code to copy and paste:
http://www.stevedawson.com/emailencode.php
<!-- // Javascript Email Address Encoder
// by www.stevedawson.com
var first = 'ma';
var second = 'il';
var third = 'to:';
var address = 'user';
var domain = 'domain';
var ext = 'com';
document.write('<a href="');
document.write(first+secon
document.write(address);
document.write('@');
document.write(domain);
document.write('.');
document.write(ext);
document.write('">');
document.write('name to appear on web page');
// -->
Replace the items in these lines to fit your email address:
var address = 'user';
var domain = 'domain';
var ext = 'com';
and the last line - replace with your name, not your email address. Or you can put an image there.
The author also has a page where you can plug in your info to create the code to copy and paste:
http://www.stevedawson.com/emailencode.php
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I'll try your suggestions.
Meantime, please someone figure a way to shut down these people...