Tag Archives: Spam

Unsubscribing from AirAsia

I cannot unsubscribe from AirAsia’s email newsletter. They say email unsubscribe@fly.airasia.com to be removed from the mailing list. That email address is dead. Likewise unsubscribe@airasia.com is also dead. I’ve tried contacting their customer support department, nothing. AirAsia’s emails appear to … Continue reading

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Degree spam – fight back

I just received an email offering me “Bacheelor, MasteerMBA, and Doctoraate diplomas”. Somewhat ironic that there’s spelling errors. They’re probably to try and fool the spam checkers. I’ve always been intrigued by the idea of buying qualifications. I opened the … Continue reading

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Regex spam prevention

I have been receiving large volumes of spam to random, numerical addresses at my domain. For example 48321819.1928382@, and so on. It’s not practical to block a single address. The spammers make up new addresses at random. I wanted to … Continue reading

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Sophisticated Spam

I received the most sophisticated spam email I’ve seen this weekend. The text of the message was: Man you have got to tell me where you picked her up. I saw this on the web, it has to be you. … Continue reading

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Scuttle Spam

I installed Scuttle a few weeks ago to take my bookmarks online. I logged in for the first time in ages and discovered I’ve been spammed. I’ve had hundreds of user registrations and a bunch of links submitted. After a … Continue reading

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Evolving Spam

In my view, spam has reached a new low. I now receive fake e-cards with a generic message like “You have received an e-card from a family member, click here to see it”. If the click here address starts with … Continue reading

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