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[SC-Help] Re: Spam -Pumping penny stocks

Anti-Spam nobody at spamcop.net
Fri Apr 2 10:18:14 EST 2004


"Mike Easter" <MikeE at ster.invalid> wrote in message news:c4jrqk$vtu$1 at news.spamcop.net...
> BC Thies wrote:
> > This type of spam has no function other than to lure a gullible
> > investor to buy a worthless stock.  There are all legitimate and
> > innocent URL's crammed in the spam giving the usual history and
> > earnings of the company - but there is are no links to actually buy
> > anything and no link to unsubscribe from this so-called "newsletter".
>
> That is an accurate characterization, and of course you wouldn't be
> unsubscribing from a spam anyway.
>
> >    As a mole, I can't unselect any of the URL's - only report or not.
>
> As a mole, your report has nothing to do with spamvertised links or
> innocent bystanders.  Your report only contributes to the SCbl
> spamsource count.

FWIW, you can also (manually) forward a copy to the US SEC
<enforcement at sec.gov> if it's regarding a stock traded in the
US, or if it the spam originated in the US.

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