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Originally Posted by Keyser Soze
yes that is the questions, I guess I used [email protected] at around 40-50 sponsors.
On my :blackhole: email list I have 22 updated it with fatpockets@ and one more yesterday.
Its something sponsors should take a litte more serious cause if someone has their webmaster email lists do they also have their member email list? |
The email addresses I'm getting spam on are not as simple as
[email protected] - that's why it points to database security and/or sponsor integrity issues.
Also, if security has been compromised, then depending on the sponsor, other affiliate info may be at risk as well such as: passwords, bank info, id info, etc.
We need to determine if the problem is simply someone (stupidly) trying to cash in on an email list or if this spam demonstrates that our affiliate info is not safe with sponsors and/or processors.
As far as I can tell, this batch of spam started April/25. That's when email addresses I have hardly received email on before started getting hammered.
I suppose we could also follow up on which sponsors are the beneficiaries of this spam although it's often difficult (and dangerous) to follow links in spam to sniff out the affiliate codes.
Either way, this being the incestuous bunch it is, the spammers are probably following these threads as we try to ferret out who they are and how they got our info. I don't know about you, but it sure would be nice to send them and their partners in crime a very clear message.