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lousygolfer
Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 5
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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:02 pm Post subject: Rob, what's with the Mercado Libre spam in Spanish? |
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I just received a cryptic e-mail from hifi-remote.com with the title "MercadoLibre" that contains a bunch of HTML codes, statements in Spanish and links to mercadolibre.com. A google search reveals that mercadolibre translates into "free market" and mercadolibre.com is owned by eBay and is essentially the Latin American version of eBay.
What's up with this e-mail? Have you been hijacked by some spam artist? If somehow some person or entity has been requesting my/our e-mail addresses, could you please refuse to give them out?
I never used to get spam, but I had a little tiff with a guy on eBay who defrauded me and became enraged when I dared to demand a refund and ever since then, I've been getting hit with spam. Over the past month, it's gotten worse and on somedays I delete between 50 and 100 spam messages a day. As you might imagine, I'm not eager to receive any more of this crap, especially masquerading as legitimate correspondence from a website that I sometimes do visit.
Please advise what is going on.
Thanks. |
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rhm5757 Advanced Member
Joined: 03 Aug 2003 Posts: 33
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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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I got presumably the same email, basically unreadable since it displays as plaintext but contains lots of HTML. |
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shadsnz
Joined: 13 Jan 2006 Posts: 16 Location: Auckland, New Zealand |
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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Me too. |
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The Robman Site Owner
Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Posts: 21246 Location: Chicago, IL |
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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I got it also, I don't know where it came from but it wasn't from me.
And I'd like to thank the 30 or 40 people who have sent me copies of it via email also reporting it as spam, as id I don't get enough already. _________________ Rob
www.hifi-remote.com
Please don't PM me with remote questions, post them in the forums so all the experts can help! |
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sfhub
Joined: 12 Oct 2003 Posts: 287
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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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I guess maybe it is looking to graduate from spam to worm status. |
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greenough1
Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 659
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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:30 pm Post subject: odd email from forums@hifi-remote.com? |
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Hi Rob,
I got an odd email from the admin of "JP1 Remotes" that didn't make it through the comcast screening intact. It came through as raw html. Might part of the forum/website been hacked?
there are some odd http stuff in it like:
http://www.mercadolibre.com.ar/org-img/promos/Nue_usad/PROMO_01.gif
I don't recommend clicking on that...
Best,
jeff |
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aperry
Joined: 03 Apr 2004 Posts: 11
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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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The Robman wrote: | And I'd like to thank the 30 or 40 people who have sent me copies of it via email also reporting it as spam, as id I don't get enough already. | In fairness to the forwarders, that is what the email tells you to do... |
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Herbie
Joined: 02 Feb 2004 Posts: 81
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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 7:05 pm Post subject: |
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aperry wrote: | The Robman wrote: | And I'd like to thank the 30 or 40 people who have sent me copies of it via email also reporting it as spam, as id I don't get enough already. | In fairness to the forwarders, that is what the email tells you to do... |
Yep, that's the only reason I sent it... Sorry. _________________ TiVo FREAK!
Brutalizing my 15-1994 since 2000, thanks to JP1
Now abusing a 6131m, 2116, and 2104 too! |
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SemperFi
Joined: 25 Nov 2003 Posts: 54 Location: Tipp City, Ohio |
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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I have been away for a while and recieved an email just like above. Just came to see if anyone figured it out. I figured it to be some kind of spam/junkmail lifted from hifi-remote. _________________ Stupid is forever
Ignorance can be fixed |
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laytonlight
Joined: 12 Feb 2005 Posts: 2 Location: Columbia, Missouri |
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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Rob
Count me as one of the ones who sent you something. I sent just the header information in the hopes that you could track down who hacked in as a moderator and sent me spam.
Then you could kill them. '' Just kidding...
By the way, it was in Spanish, so I'm betting they snuck across the southern electronic border with nothing but a few pesos and a dream. '' |
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The Robman Site Owner
Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Posts: 21246 Location: Chicago, IL |
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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Now it's more like 60 people have forwarded it back to me, plus I'm starting to get PMs on it too, so I'd say this one's already passed the graduation. Ain't I the lucky one! _________________ Rob
www.hifi-remote.com
Please don't PM me with remote questions, post them in the forums so all the experts can help! |
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The Robman Site Owner
Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Posts: 21246 Location: Chicago, IL |
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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I found the user, his id was "root" and he had somehow made himself an administrator and was therefore able to use the admin-only "mass email" function.
I have since deleted that function from the admin panel.
Plus, I've now received 70 emails from kind souls letting me know about the spam. _________________ Rob
www.hifi-remote.com
Please don't PM me with remote questions, post them in the forums so all the experts can help! |
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greenough1
Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 659
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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Rob,
Aren't you glad that I didn't forward it to you?
Best,
jeff |
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ecarlson
Joined: 25 Apr 2005 Posts: 2 Location: Reston, VA |
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 11:15 pm Post subject: |
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I almost forwarded it to you too. _________________ - Eric, www.InvisibleRobot.com |
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Capn Trips Expert
Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 3990
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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 4:56 am Post subject: |
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I'm still debating whether to forward it. _________________ Beginners - Read this thread first
READ BEFORE POSTING or your post will be DELETED!
Remotes: OFA XSight Touch, AR XSight Touch
TVs: LG 65" Smart LED TV; Samsung QN850BF Series - 8K UHD Neo QLED LCD TV
RCVR: Onkyo TX-SR875; Integra DTR 40.3
DVD/VCR: Pioneer DV-400VK (multi-region DVD), Sony BDP-S350 (Blu-ray), Toshiba HD-A3 (HD-DVD), Panasonic AG-W1 (Multi-system VCR);
Laserdisc: Pioneer CLD-D704.
Amazon Firestick
tape deck: Pioneer CT 1380WR (double cassette deck)
(But I still have to get up for my beer) |
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