Wednesday, March 12, 2003

New Promise How To Post Spam Using Google Alerts

Spammers bring flora a really elementary agency to trick GMail spam filters - they purpose Google News Alerts.

It is quite slow shipping spam post using the Google Alerts service:

Goto google.com/alerts in addition to type your (spam) message text within the warning box. The message tin flaming live on upto 256 characters long and you lot may likewise include URLs.

Enter the electronic mail address of the mortal you lot wishing to spam in addition to hitting "create alert" -  GMail volition never score this message equally spam fifty-fifty if contains words similar viagra pills because it originated from a valid in addition to known electronic mail address - googlealerts-noreply@google.com

And there's piffling purpose marker this message equally Spam since the "from" address inwards the Google Alerts Confirmation electronic mail is owned past times Google itself in addition to thus your "Report Spam" activeness is unlikely to bring whatever effect.

If someone is novel to Google Alerts, he may easily autumn inwards the trap in addition to click the URL which could Pb him to malicious websites.

Either Google should disallow URLs inwards the warning text (like they create inwards YouTube comments) or format it inwards such a mode that it stays equally plainly text (non clickable).

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