…spammers have found a great way to send 419 spam, courtesy of the lame idiots running the site. According to an article at The Register,
Scammers pumping out emails that try to trick recipients into parting with large sums of cash are getting a helping hand from the Democratic National Committee.
According to a researcher with anti-spam company Cloudmark, 419 fraudsters have been relaying a “significant” amount of messages through the democrats.org domain name. The abuse, which dates back at least to the beginning of this month, helps evade filters that internet service providers employ to block the messages.
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The messages were sent courtesy of this page, which allows anyone with an internet connection to send emails. The PHP script employs no CAPTCHA, or other measure to help ensure there is a real human being behind each email that gets funneled through the service. The service allows messages to be sent to 10 addresses as a time and even provides a way for people to import contacts they have stored in their address book.
As the use of spam filters has grown over the past few years, fraudsters sending large amounts of email have struggled to find low-cost ways to get around those protections. Carelessness at democrats.org is providing some relief.
Yeah, I trust these people to run the Internet.
Not.