Resources - Miscellaneous

Benzedrine - Annoying spammers with pf and spamd
http://www.benzedrine.cx/relaydb.html

This spam-fighter documents some techniques used on Unix systems to annoy spammers by wasting their resources without making outbound connections to their systems.  With this technique, you can hinder the effectiveness of spammers when they connect to your systems.

There is also a very useful description of how to create your own internal blacklist that can be automatically updated by the system.

Flashing Cursor, The
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~af380/

Norman De Forest is a spam-fighter with other general interests that include internet security and internet accessibility, the combination of which is another contribution to a better internet.  His web site includes useful information about these topics, and presents them with a nice sense of humour.

Purple Cow, The:  Sue Spammers
http://www.angryox.com/vaspam/

Peter Beckman, a spam-fighter in Virginia, USA, explains step-by-step how he sued a company for hiring a spammer that sent 58 junk eMails to him; a judgement of USD$623.00 ($10 per eMail message, plus court costs) was awarded.  Includes settlement and collection letters, copies of offical documents and correspondence, useful information about the court and collection procedures, etc.

(Previously "http://purplecow.com/vaspam/" was this web site's address.)

Whew.com
http://www.whew.com/

Mr. Ferguson, a spam-fighter who actively sues spammers, provides litigation progress updates and other interesting details for public consumption.

White Collar Fraud (by Mr. Sam E. Antar)
http://www.whitecollarfraud.com/

Mr. Sam E. Antar, a convicted felon, dedicates his life to educating the public about white collar crime.  Through his web site, which provides useful and insightful information about how to "Protect Yourself against White Collar Crime," Mr. Antar exposes the key elements of fraud in a straight-forward manner.

He also highlights some of the major problems and weaknesses (and provides some constructive solutions) that still exist in present day governmental, legal, and regulatory systems, which continue to enable scammers to operate their nefarious schemes without regard for accountability.

XERO Magazine:  Spammers, spyware promoters, and other undesireables
http://www.xeromag.com/fvspam.html

Franklin, a spam-fighter in Florida, USA, describes his experiences in attempting to stop a spammer.  The spammer commits credit card fraud as part of a scheme that misrepresents commercial software as shareware, and eventually switches to a spam-friendly ISP despite making a variety of both specific and implied threats.

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