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#1 - If you're going to spam, make sure you have current info on your targets. Spamming mailing lists that haven't existed in at least 4 years is both pathetic, and a good way to help identify yourself as someone that's been around and had a beef with the community you're targeting for at least that long.
#2 - Similarly, if you're going to spam mailing lists, you probably don't want to spam multiple lists in a single email. It lets your targets know who else you're targeting, which is another good way to help identify yourself.
#3 - If you're going to sign people up for mailing lists in an attempt to get others to spam them, make sure that the mailing lists you choose don't require any action from the person signing up to confirm the subscription. Lists that do require action from the person signing up a) aren't very effective at spamming your target, since they can just decline to complete the subscription, and b) lets the person being targeted know that someone is, in fact, out there targeting them. This can prompt them to go talk to the nice people running the mailing list and find out what IP address was associated with the signup attempt, which can then be tracked back to you. Yes, even through open proxies in many cases.
#4 - If you're going to sign people up for membership in obscure groups like, for instance, the BC Association of Family Resource Programs in an attempt to spam them or to get them in trouble for misusing the signup form, you probably want to make sure the site doesn't send a receipt with the details of the application to your target. Otherwise it lets the person being targeted know that someone is, in fact, out there targetting them which can, again, lead to a talk with the nice people running the site. This is especially true when you fill all of the fields on the form other than the email address out with gibberish, as this makes it extra-clear that the person whose email address was used was your intended target and that you weren't just using their address to try to get free stuff.
#5 - Here's your bonus tip: spamming campaigns that are part of a vendetta that seems to span at least 4 years and more likely stretches back to 2002? Sad, pathetic, and more than a little unbalanced. Seek professional help immediately. Especially if you've already gotten in trouble with the law once before doing stuff like this.
This concludes today's lesson, and remember class - there will be a quiz. ;-)
#2 - Similarly, if you're going to spam mailing lists, you probably don't want to spam multiple lists in a single email. It lets your targets know who else you're targeting, which is another good way to help identify yourself.
#3 - If you're going to sign people up for mailing lists in an attempt to get others to spam them, make sure that the mailing lists you choose don't require any action from the person signing up to confirm the subscription. Lists that do require action from the person signing up a) aren't very effective at spamming your target, since they can just decline to complete the subscription, and b) lets the person being targeted know that someone is, in fact, out there targeting them. This can prompt them to go talk to the nice people running the mailing list and find out what IP address was associated with the signup attempt, which can then be tracked back to you. Yes, even through open proxies in many cases.
#4 - If you're going to sign people up for membership in obscure groups like, for instance, the BC Association of Family Resource Programs in an attempt to spam them or to get them in trouble for misusing the signup form, you probably want to make sure the site doesn't send a receipt with the details of the application to your target. Otherwise it lets the person being targeted know that someone is, in fact, out there targetting them which can, again, lead to a talk with the nice people running the site. This is especially true when you fill all of the fields on the form other than the email address out with gibberish, as this makes it extra-clear that the person whose email address was used was your intended target and that you weren't just using their address to try to get free stuff.
#5 - Here's your bonus tip: spamming campaigns that are part of a vendetta that seems to span at least 4 years and more likely stretches back to 2002? Sad, pathetic, and more than a little unbalanced. Seek professional help immediately. Especially if you've already gotten in trouble with the law once before doing stuff like this.
This concludes today's lesson, and remember class - there will be a quiz. ;-)
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