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Julie Barrett
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Lately, I've had several e-mails from MySpace pop into my inbox. I don't even have an account there. Apparently MySpace members can add any addresses they wish to their mailing list - whether the accounts belong to members or not. I don't have any problem with this for opt-in lists, but suddenly I'm getting spam, and some of it ain't pretty.
One from this morning pretends to want to assist me with promotion, but it's a variation on a spam about a "paypal like site" that's been going around the last few days. The other is about "hot" parties in NYC. Why would I want to party in NYC? Clicking on the unsubscribe link
Both e-mails contain a link to a photo. Clicking on the link redirects to what appears to be the MySpace main page. I get a message telling me that I need to log in. It doesn't appear to be a phising site, they're getting crafty these days.
Both e-mails gave me a link to unsubscribe (which also redirected to the home page and asked me to log in) or suggested I send a blank message with "BLOCK" in the subject line to privacy@myspace.com. Research shows that this appears to be a l I did that and got a message from support saying that they didn't understand my request. What part of "block" don't they get? Could it be that because I don't have a MySpace account that they can't help me?
There's also a snail mail address, but I shouldn't be required to drop everything, compose a letter and drop it in the mail on the slim hope that they'll do the right thing - when they get around to it.
I hope MySpace cracks down on these spammers, but I don't hold out any hope.
Tags: Spam