[SpamCop-List] Re: Weird/funny unsubscribe page

[John Malmberg]

Marjolein Katsma wrote:
> Marc (AlRalsky at spamcity.com) wrote in news:c266kd$pov$1 at news.spamcop.net:
> 
>>Sorry, I don't see how any of these helps the spammer or is any kind of
>>no-no.
> 
> Some spammers get paid for referrals to a web page.

Or think that they do.  There is no honor among thieves.

What are they going to do if they do not get paid?  Call the cops and 
confess that the con man that suckered them into committing a crime is 
now refusing to pay them?

Alleged transcripts of spammers forums have been pasted here indicating 
that spammers are complaining to the people they are spamming for are 
not paying them for hits.

When a browser contacts a spamvertised link, it confirms to the spammer 
that the ISP is not blocking their spam, so they can target more to it. 
  Depending on the browser configuration, it may also reveal more 
information about you.

In addition, it can expose you to "cookie exploits", if any of the web 
sites you use have insecure cookies, even after the public exploits.

Since people that work in the computer field are still stupid enough to 
click on obvious viruses, there has to be some of them that have not 
learned to prevent cookie harvesting.

-John
wb8tyw at qsl.network
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