On June 15 I received some unusual spam. It arrived from an IP address in Turkey (88.224.75.25) that is listed by SpamHaus.<\/p>\n
Subject: Credit card processing courtiers<\/p>\n
Hello,<\/p>\n
Im Adam Aministers from credit card processing company. We can offer now good rates and bi-weekly payouts. If you are still looking for credit card processing, please contact me by ICQ 192687669<\/p>\n
With regards,
\nOffshoreInstantProcessing
\nKey account manager\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\nA credit card processor who would handle card data for all your customers has to be trustworthy. Someone who sends spam, doesn’t have a website and can not be contacted via either e-mail nor the telephone (let alone gives a physical address) is the exact opposite. What merchant in his right mind would do business with these people?<\/p>\n
My suspicion is that the credit card transactions these guys handle in themselves are illegal (e.g. software piracy, child pornography).<\/p>\n
Communications via ICQ are very common in Russian spammer and online fraud circles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On June 15 I received some unusual spam. It arrived from an IP address in Turkey (88.224.75.25) that is listed by SpamHaus. Subject: Credit card processing courtiers Hello, Im Adam Aministers from credit card processing company. We can offer now … Continue reading