Using CNN Alerts to Spam

I had been just alerted by the following email, as I do not remember I used this email address to subscribe to the CNN alerts. I am receiving these alerts through a different email address. So, this is what make cautious. The email came with the following information:

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From: CNN Alerts Judy-pettingi@texpacftw.com
Reply-To: Judy-pettingi@texpacftw.com
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Subject: CNN Alerts: My Custom Alert
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Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:27:33 +0200
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The body of the message:

Alert Name: My Custom Alert

Homemade bomb discovered near Pentagon redirects to http://virginiavotersforanimalwelfare.com/cnnvid.html
Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:27:31 -0700

FULL STORY redirects to http://virginiavotersforanimalwelfare.com/cnnvid.html However, other links point to the CNN sites. The links that point to manage preferences has prompts to login. Therefore, I suspect this spam. A professional service like CNN will never have prompts to login when they send you messages with links to manage preferences.


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Strange Email Spam

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RE: Important Legal Notice Regarding Commission Junction’s Affiliate Network

If you joined or were a member of the affiliate marketing networks operated by ValueClick, Inc., Commission Junction, Inc. and/or Be Free (collectively, “Defendants”), between April 20, 2003 and the present, you may be a class member in Settlement Recovery Center et al. v. ValueClick, Inc. et al., No. 2:07-cv-02638-FMC-CTx, a lawsuit which is pending in the Central District of California. The Settlement Notice informs you of the Court's certification of a class for settlement purposes; the nature of the claims alleged; your right to participate in, or exclude yourself from, the class; a proposed settlement; and how you can claim an award of advertising credits under the settlement or object to the settlement.

The proposed settlement will resolve claims that Defendants failed to adequately monitor Commission Junction’s Network for the use by third parties of software that does not comply with Commission Junction’s (“CJ”) Publisher Code of Conduct and that is intended to steal or divert commissions from publishers on CJ’s network (“Non-compliant Software”), failed to adequately monitor or prevent third parties from engaging in the theft or “hijacking” of commissions from Advertisers and Publishers on CJ’s Network, and failed to make sufficient disclosures regarding the existence of Non-compliant Software and commission theft, resulting in losses to both advertisers and publishers on the CJ Network.

The proposed settlement will provide a monetary recovery to eligible class members. For class members that currently maintain an account on the CJ Network will receive payment through payments or credits deposited or applied to their CJ accounts; eligible class members that no longer have accounts on the Commission Junction Network will receive a check for an equal amount.

If you are a member of the class, your legal rights are affected by whether you act or do not act. You should review the Settlement Notice as soon as possible as there are several important deadlines that you must meet to take certain actions in connection with this proposed settlement. In particular, the deadline for filing an objection or excluding yourself from the proposed settlement is September 30, 2008. For further information, please refer to the Settlement Notice.

For a copy of the Settlement Notice, click on the link, or visit the case website at www.CJSettlement.com (This address redirects to this one:) http://listener.bliemail.com/forwarder.aspx?ID=6f4bb819-e94f-4ab7-a894-343ec1c6de0e|http://www.CJSettlement.com

If you would prefer not to receive further messages from this sender, please Click Here and confirm your request. http://listener.bliemail.com/unsubscribe.aspx?UNQID=6f4bb819-e94f-4ab7-a894-343ec1c6de0e

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Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:35:57 -0400
Subject: Settlement Recovery Center v. ValueClick settlement
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Compensation Exercise for Fraud Victims Worldwide

This email spam about Compensation Exercise for Fraud Victims Worldwide came from British High Commission in Nigeria as indicated in the email spam. I do not think it was sent from this commission. However, the email spam says:

British High Commission
Dangote House
Aguyi Ironsi Street
Maitama District
Abuja
E-MAIL: britishhighcommission.abuja at gmail.com

Tel: +234 (7) 032 950 066
Fax: +234 (7) 032 950 067


Attention ,
The British High Commission in Nigeria, Benin Republic, Ghana and Burkina faso, South Africa, Togo, Senegal In collaboration with UK (London) Anti-Crime Squad received a report of scam against you and other British/US citizens and Malaysia, Etc. whom the country of Nigeria/Benin, Burkina faso, Ghana And UK (London) Anti-Crime Squad have recompensed you due to meeting held with Four countries Government and the world high commissions against fraud activities by the Four country Citizens.

Your name was among those scammed as listed by the Nigeria Financial Intelligent Unit (NFIU). A re-compensation has been issued out to all the affected victims and has been already in distribution to all the bearers. Your name was among those that were reported undelivered as at on Friday and we wish to advise you to see to the instructions of the Committee to make sure you receive your re-compensation Fund.

NFIU further told us that the use of Nigeria Couriers and the Benin was abolished due to interception activities noticed in the above mentioned courier services in Benin, Nigeria and Ghana and thereby have made a concrete arrangement with the National West Minster Bank to transfer to any designated Bank of the victims choice once the beneficiary meets up the demand of the conveyance.

We advise that you do the needful to make sure the NFIU dispatches your recompense. You are assured of the safety of your fund and be advised that you should stop further contacts with all the fake lawyers, Individuals security companies or group of persons who in collaboration scammed you.

Call the Consular to check if the Bank transfer suits you or if another means of getting your fund will be preferred and directives on how to get your re-compensation at: +234 (7) 032950066

You are to contact directly the office of the Consular
at: britishhighcommission_ab at presidency.com

yours in Service,

Linda U Travis
Secretary to the Consular/Diplomat

BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONS ABUJA.
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Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:33:57 +0700
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Subject: Compensation Exercise for Fraud Victims Worldwide
From: British High Commission
britishhighcommission.abuja at highcommission.gov.uk
Reply-To: britishhighcommission_ab at presidency.com
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Check the way the spammer wrote Burkina faso in stead of Faso.

TD Commercial Bank

Spammers send email spam using Phishing URLs to banking and other services to hunt login information from many users. The following email is an example of Phishing emails to get my login info to TD Canada Trust & TD Commercial Bank although I have no any account or even any information about that bank.

Dear TD Canada Trust & TD Commercial Banking customer,

TD Group Customer Serice would like to inform you that we are currently carrying out a scheduled upgrade of TD Security software.

In order to guarantee high level of security to our customers, we require you to complete “EasyWeb Form” (for TD Canada Trust customers) or “Web Business Banking Form” (for TD Commercial Banking customers).Please select and complete your form using the link below:
http : // customerform. td. com/service/serverid/form.aspx?user=and there are 51 numbers here&id=9909817

Thank you for being a valued customer.
Sincerely,TD Group Customer Serice

Who Stole Your Traffic?

This is one of those Blogs to be stealing my traffic: adsenseclix dot com/adwords-blog-google-login.php. The extension file is where my articles supposed to be published. However, there are only some rubbish and tricks to bring in traffic but no serious content. Note that the owner of the site may come here read this and change every thing. I do not know him or her.

If you are writing articles to articles directories then you may need to subscribe to Google Alerts. When you get there to Google alerts, create your own alerts using the complete titles/headlines of your articles.

You may need to operate a new email for those alerts to check them in other free email services. Keep that email only for Google Alerts.

You will come to know those who stole your traffic while you are content thinking that you build links popularity through articles submission to many articles' directories.

I will keep on tracking bad behaviours like this to expose them.