[tor-relays] Jerk spammers on tor-relays (was Re: Fwd: Tor GuardRelay)

[Mirimir]

On 09/20/2018 09:33 PM, Keifer Bly wrote:
> So, for me, it appears that the jerk spammers have advanced, Instead of
> sending spam to the tor-relays at lists.torproject.org email address, they are
> now directly sending spam to specific addresses subscribed to the list. I
> got one today from  colemanrosettad at gmail.com, and have been receiving some
> over the last few days that were sent directly to this email address. I did
> not think they were related, but the other email addresses the one I
> received today was also sent to the addresses below, which I believe are
> addresses that are subscribed to the list. I have reported it to Google via
> their abuse report email address which is registrar-abuse at google.com, so I
> will see what they say (and forward it to the list if requested).

I've also been getting sex spam from Gmail addresses. Some of it's from
Google Kik users. I reported a bunch to registrar-abuse at google.com, and
got this:

| Hi there,
|
| My team specifically covers Google Domains and questions and issues
| that are related to domain names that users have registered using
| this service.
| Since this issue is unrelated to Google Domains, let me point you
| to the right spot to make sure you reach out to the correct team
| directly.
|
| You may report Gmail abuse using this form
| <https://support.google.com/mail/contact/abuse>.
|
| Thanks,
|
| The Google Domains Support Team

> The other addresses were: johndalton289 at gmail.com, and teor2345 at gmail.com.
> I tried attaching a photo of the "to" field but it was rejected due to size
> limitations.
> 
> 
> Just thought I'd give a heads up.
> 
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 9:10 PM Keifer Bly <keifer.bly at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> So, for me, it appears that the jerk spammers have advanced, Instead of
>> sending spam to the tor-relays at lists.torproject.org email address, they
>> are now directly sending spam to specific addresses subscribed to the list.
>> I got one today from  colemanrosettad at gmail.com, and have been
>> receiving some over the last few days that were sent directly to this email
>> address. I did not think they were related, but the other email addresses
>> the one I received today was also sent to the addresses in the attached
>> photo, which I believe are addresses that are subscribed to the list. I
>> have reported it to Google via their abuse report email address which is
>> registrar-abuse at google.com, so I will see what they say (and forward it
>> to the list if requested).
>>
>> Just thought I'd give a heads up.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 7:47 PM Keifer Bly <keifer.bly at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I looked it up. You can forward the spams that the Gmail address are
>>> sending to registrar-abuse at google.com, which reports spam emails and
>>> inappropriate content being sent by Gmail users to Google. Try that.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From: *Mirimir <mirimir at riseup.net>
>>> *Sent: *Friday, July 13, 2018 7:41 PM
>>> *To: *tor-relays at lists.torproject.org
>>> *Subject: *Re: [tor-relays] Jerk spammers on tor-relays (was Re: Fwd:
>>> Tor GuardRelay)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 07/13/2018 03:07 PM, Keifer Bly wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dang. I stopped getting them for a while due to the SPAM filter I
>>>
>>>> configured in Gmail, however they are now coming through again. These
>>>
>>>> spammers are trying to be smart by sending these spam messages from
>>>
>>>> different domains; they are now coming from
>>>
>>>> scarlettsofia710182 at it.argmx.com
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> Anyone else  getting these?
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I haven't received those after posts since June 27. And nothing from
>>>
>>> *.argmx.com. But I am getting sex spam from a few Gmail addresses, with
>>>
>>> blank subject lines. New, and perhaps related.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Sat, Jun 9, 2018 at 10:38 PM Roger Dingledine <arma at mit.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> <SNIP>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>> Maybe there is a mailman module that lets you send a different
>>> watermarked
>>>
>>>>> mail to each subscriber, or to send mails out with different timing
>>>
>>>>> patterns to do a binary search over the list, in order to discover
>>> which
>>>
>>>>> addresses are triggering the spam? But I don't know of an easy way to
>>>
>>>>> do it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> That would be a bad precedent, I think ;)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>> Also, I hear from at least one person that some tor-dev subscribers are
>>>
>>>>> getting spams too. :(
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Searching for the spam addresses, I found reports from other mail lists.
>>>
>>> So it's not just Tor lists.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> <SNIP>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>>
>>> tor-relays mailing list
>>>
>>> tor-relays at lists.torproject.org
>>>
>>> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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