[Cialug] OT: Linux World magazine emails

[Jeff Davis]

As always: Just say no to Bill.



David Champion wrote:
> I'm getting spammed from a Bill Grindle <surveys@columbus.rr.com>, 
> offering Linux World Magazine if you fill out a survey. Are others 
> getting spammed by this too? His email claims "So far  other members of 
> Central Iowa Linux User Group have taken advantage of the offer..."
> 
> I've asked him to stop, after he sent several to me in one day. I 
> suspect it's a spambot. Notice the extra space between "far" and 
> "other". I'm guessing that's where his spambot program is supposed to 
> insert a number, but it's zero, so it leaves it blank. :)
> 
> A quick google search for "Bill Grindle" finds that he's spamming other 
> LUG's with the same offer, and some of them think it's fishy too.
> 
> Spammers suck.
> 
> -dc
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Jeff Davis