{"id":119,"date":"2011-06-03T14:21:08","date_gmt":"2011-06-03T21:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.b2b-bl.com\/?p=119"},"modified":"2011-06-03T14:26:01","modified_gmt":"2011-06-03T21:26:01","slug":"b2b-spam-from-gmail-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.b2b-bl.com\/?p=119","title":{"rendered":"B2B spam from gmail.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google&#8217;s gmail.com has proven to be a useful tool for the India-based <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spamhaus.org\/rokso\/listing.lasso?file=1082\">Data Champions \/ Sloan Marketing<\/a> spam and scam group in sending out their B2B spam.<\/p>\n<p>Google&#8217;s mail servers are generally never blacklisted, no matter how much spam they send, and spammers like the Data Champions can easily take advantage of this.<\/p>\n<p>You might receive Data Champions spam from Gmail addresses such as <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>miriam.wallaceappend@gmail.com<\/code><\/li>\n<li><code>markswright1@gmail.com<\/code><\/li>\n<li><code>ben.mcampos@gmail.com<\/code><\/li>\n<li><code>nancy.brownq@gmail.com<\/code> (perhaps related to the <code>nancy.brown@aboutwebinars.com<\/code> identity that they&#8217;ve also used in the past?)<\/li>\n<li><code>chris.petty.us@gmail.com<\/code><\/li>\n<li><code>peter.galison1@gmail.com<\/code><\/li>\n<li><code>linda.daveq@gmail.com<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Subject lines for these spams tend to be typical for Data Champions spam. For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Software Users List 2011<\/li>\n<li>Email List- 2011<\/li>\n<li>Email Lists &#8211; Any Industry<\/li>\n<li>Email Marketing Lists<\/li>\n<li>Marketing Lists<\/li>\n<li>Affordable Email Lists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As usual, non-existent company names and rented mailboxes tend to be used, since there are no real offices.  For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Accurate Contacts, Inc., 1024 Iron Point Road, Folsom, California 95630, tel: 800 294 5407<\/li>\n<li>eMailBridge, 1024 Iron Point Road, Folsom, California 95630, tel: 213-455-2094<\/li>\n<li>Email Bridge. Inc, 5th Street Downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90013, tel: 213-455-2094<\/li>\n<li>Data Services Inc, 1024 Iron Point Road, Folsom, California 95630, tel: 213-455-2094<\/li>\n<li>Business Emails List, 1024 Iron Point Road, Folsom, California 95630, tel: 213-455-2094<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Typical Data Champions spam starts with lines like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hi, Would you be interested in owning an OPT-IN email list based on your target criteria in an Excel Spread Sheet Format?<\/li>\n<li>This is Mark, Online Marketing Manager. We are a leading Business Database provider, we provide you prepackaged lists of any Industry according to your requirement that enable you to reach thousands of qualified prospects via Verified Email, Phone &#038; Direct mail.<\/li>\n<li>Hi, This is Nancy Brown, Database Manager with Email Bridge Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Hi, I hope you are the right person to discuss about the database of IT Industry. We are a leading player in the list vending industry&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Hi, This is Linda Davey, Database Manager with Email Bridge Inc. Would you like to reach 7,503,302 plus top level IT decision maker across USA, UK &#038; Canada ?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t want to hear from us please reply as &#8220;Leave Out&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google&#8217;s gmail.com has proven to be a useful tool for the India-based Data Champions \/ Sloan Marketing spam and scam group in sending out their B2B spam. 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