SPAM from Noodles?

[w9mlp]

I started getting SPAM emails from Noodles and Company with an opt-out procedure that doesn't work. Interesting thing is the email address is the one I listed on QRZ, and no place else. I found the address of the VP of Marketing and sent him an email outlining the follies of SPAM and received a nice reply promising deletion from the SPAM DB. It dawned on me that the address might have been hand harvested from QRZ database in which case many other hams are receiving it. If you are receiving this SPAM and would like the VP's address, look me up on QRZ and send me an email. If I get bombarded I will publish his address here. He is sure I signed up for the email or someone else signed up for me. It doesn't look like a wide spread problem. Never Mind!

[W0LPQ]

Never heard of them ... but by even responding, you have proven to them that the email is valid. #That is the one thing you don't want to do.

If you just delete and ignore, eventually they give up since they figure the address is phony.

Or go into your email program and block them. That will stop it right now.

Bill, W0LPQ/9

[n6hcm]

nope.

i am, however, getting unsolicited email from this nutcase in southern california ... she (?) is spamming random people because she's been excluded from a ministry down there. her isp (verizon) won't do anything about it either.

[kb2vxa]

Hi all,

There is a clause in the Verizon service contract about spam but it's been a while since I read it and have forgotten the details. I'm sure you can obtain a copy (all 22 or so pages of it) and use it as leverage.

Recently I obtained a copy of the UPS delivery policy and beat them over the head with it to resolve a dispute to my satisfaction.

Documentation is the key to success, "don't leave home without it".

[n6hcm]

Quote[/b] (kb2vxa @ Aug. 07 2007,15:37)]Hi all,

There is a clause in the Verizon service contract about spam but it's been a while since I read it and have forgotten the details. I'm sure you can obtain a copy (all 22 or so pages of it) and use it as leverage.

Recently I obtained a copy of the UPS delivery policy and beat them over the head with it to resolve a dispute to my satisfaction.

Documentation is the key to success, "don't leave home without it".
right (in fact, their AUP pretty much states that you may never get any email at all, even if it's not spam) ... of course, this only works if you can get someone there to respond to the problem ... and, since i'm not a verizon customer, i have no leverage.

[KE3WD]

Run a junk mail filter.

[w3wn]

Quote[/b] (w9mlp @ Aug. 04 2007,17:34)]I started getting SPAM emails from Noodles and Company with an opt-out procedure that doesn't work. #Interesting thing is the email address is the one I listed on QRZ, and no place else. #
Probably bought the list from a spammer.

List provider either harvested email addresses, or compiled a list by matching up call signs with known amateur radio email providers/forwarding services (ie call @qrz.com, call @arrl.net, call @qsl.net, etc.), or even bought or otherwise obtained a QRZ CD and extracted emails from there. Or one of a thousand other scenarios.

And, of course, they say that YOU must have signed up for it. THEY never do anything wrong, do they?

Best bet is to block the email address.

Now if we could just do something about that ham spammer in Belgium and his gahdawful artwork that he's trying to hawk...

73