Today I received a spam that promoted spamming and it used GMail addresses for their contact information. I sent it off to
[email protected], but I don't expect any response other than the automatic ticket. So I called the number they listed.
I asked the guy how long they thought they could do this - he said he had been doing it for 6 years. I asked about Gmail - he said Gmail doesn't care - they never do anything to them. He went on to say that they had servers offshore and they were immune.
Here is the mail he sent me. Spam and
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[email protected]
Real name ,Caller ID: Walter Mike Schofill
Caller: Productiveco,report him to the FBI at the link provided in this message. Now that we have the Internet there are people looking to pounce on us, here is how you can pounce back. https://complaint.ic3.gov/default.aspx
Upon checking this site I called one of the other numbers 206.426.1939 and it was the same voice. I'll be using this site from now on.Also working twitter under fake name Mike Welles (ProductiveCo) on Twitter
Ripoff. Spamper