dzaidle Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 Received a PayPal phishing spam that parsed oddly, yielding the message, "619.197.189 is not a routeable IP address." Here's the link. http://www.spamcop.net/sc?id=z947255965zee...49daf061b1823fz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telarin Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 Nah, your spammer just messed up. If you look, there are two links in the message. The one at the bottom is to 6.19.197.189 and a report did get sent for that one. The other is to 619.197.189, which is probably a typo on the spammers part, as that is not a valid IP address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlyn Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 Could also be 61.9.197.189 which is a trojanned machine currently in CBL DNSBLNETAUT1 SBL-XBL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btech Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 Could also be 61.9.197.189 which is a trojanned machine currently in CBL DNSBLNETAUT1 SBL-XBL Here's what baffles me about the spamming world. You know that this machine is trojaned and on the SBL, so why do the damn network admins not know that? Seriously, what kind of 1/2 assed IT people are businesses hiring that can't find the zombies and take them offline for scrubbing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dzaidle Posted May 19, 2006 Author Share Posted May 19, 2006 Here's what baffles me about the spamming world. You know that this machine is trojaned and on the SBL, so why do the damn network admins not know that? Seriously, what kind of 1/2 assed IT people are businesses hiring that can't find the zombies and take them offline for scrubbing? ISP abuse departments are either (1) staffed with the brain dead or (2) operating under corporate policies that are dumber than a bag of hair. The bigger the ISP (Comcast, RoadRunner, SBC GLobal, et al), the worse the problem. The dumbest thing that seemingly all mail server administrators do is bouce back to the address in the From line rather than authenticating then bouncing back to the sending server before the transfer ever takes place. That is just plain dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farelf Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 ISP abuse departments are either (1) staffed with the brain dead or (2) operating under corporate policies that are dumber than a bag of hair. The bigger the ISP (Comcast, RoadRunner, SBC GLobal, et al), the worse the problem. ...Being a good corporate citizen comes a poor second to the corporate bottom line. Never mind, Comcast are saving the planet with their new water-saving headquarters in Philadelphia - and somehow 57 floors/stories (sic) of excreta does seem an appropriate edifice, does it not? Sorry, getting OT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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