Spammers quickly adopting social media
Spammers have already discovered they can send spam through Apple’s new Ping service. Yes, some of the fastest adopters of new technology are spammers.
Isn’t technology wonderful?
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I’m currently being inundated at multiple address with spam advertising spamming services. Most of these notices have the subject line: IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION. The text includes:
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