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Robert Soloway and SPAMIS

If you get email, no doubt an email from SPAMIS has found it's way into your mail box.  This is the product of Robert Soloway, a notorious spammer; rumored to be among the “Dirty Dozen” as cited in “Spam Kings”, by Brian McWilliams.

Anyhow, Soloway is railing on against Microsoft purportedly in response to the Sender-ID framework, which will positively identify senders of email, thus putting the spotlight on spammers.

About.com: “Spammer vs. Microsoft” reports:

Soloway's activities have gotten him into so much hot water with ISPs that he is currently operating his spam campaign sans domain.

Spamhaus claims that evidence indicates Soloway was hijacking zombie PCs to relay spam "for his (now suspended) 'broadcastadvertise.net' spam service." And still others contend that Soloway continues to use zombie PCs for his current anti-Microsoft rampage.

Dood.  Move out of your parents' basement and get a job.

posted on Friday, July 29, 2005 1:43 PM

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# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 8/16/2005 3:45 PM Oberon

Comment to Robert Soloway and his followers - if any such idiots exist:
Howcome I never get spam from MS, but I keep getting your junk - just prey that we dont meet one day. You should be jailed in a cell with no windows - and no LAN port !!

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 8/17/2005 4:48 PM Ben

What he said... --^

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 8/17/2005 4:51 PM Ben

Oh and here's Robert Soloway's address if you'd like to spam hin back with some (hehe) "thank you" notes!

Robert Soloway, PO Box 1259, Seattle, WA 98111.

Enjoy.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 8/17/2005 6:41 PM John M. Cook

This guy is human sewage. Politically incorrect or not.... I would beat this sumbitch into tomorrow if I could find him.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 8/17/2005 8:25 PM Mr. Helpful

Public information. Now Mr. Cook can pursue his dreams...

http://www.spamhaus.org/rokso/evidence.lasso?rokso_id=ROK4300

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 8/17/2005 8:27 PM Mr. Helpful

And where the "business" is...

http://www.harborsteps.com/contactinfo_content.htm

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 8/18/2005 12:51 AM Jim Stewart

I would like to know how this cowardly troglodyte is harveting his addresses. He is spamming an address I only use for registering domain names. What an absolute coward though- no name in his emails no phone number - Thanks for the postal address though!!! ;-)I wil THANK him

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 8/18/2005 3:37 PM Mr. Helpful

He is getting the email addresses from easy WHOIS lookups. Unless you hide that info (and some registrars will let you) then a simple:

http://samspade.org/t/lookat?a=jimstewart.net

will give him all the info he needs... Change the address to something more junk-email-y. Create a hotmail or yahoo account expressly for that; one which you don't care about getting spammed...

HTH.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 8/18/2005 4:01 PM acebirddog

I received about 8 of these this morning all from different IP's. All of them have my e-mail address as the from and to. I think they call that a "JOE JOB".

I would like to thank Robert Soloway for servicing my joe. I hope giving me a joe job gaged you.

As for your SPAMIS rant, keep it up. You are giving a pit bull reason to tear you apart. And it will.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 8/18/2005 4:47 PM Mr. Helpful

Integrate your MTA with a few DNSBL lists and most of the crap simply gets rejected. If you can control your mailserver, then adding this DNSBL will catch a lot of spam:

http://www.spamhaus.org/xbl/index.lasso

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 8/18/2005 5:20 PM CrisM

I am now receiving this SPAMIS email addressed to me from my own website emails. Has anybody else had this problem?

I've received 5 of them so far today - it just started last nite.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 8/18/2005 5:30 PM acebirddog

Soloway is joeing you also?

Dang that guy just cannot get enough joe juice...

See my post above... He is joeing me also. And lots of others from what I read at Spamcop.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 8/18/2005 10:18 PM Jim Stewart

I understand what you are saying by whois - however the address he is spamming me under was used through a specific Aussie registrar (I'm based in Melbourne) the one you reference is actually out of date. I'm wondering why / how that specific address got targeted. Mmmm I must have registered a .com or .net with it methinks, the .au namespace is meant to be regulated fairly heavily as far as whois lookups go, i.e. bots are forbidden. I feel a Vodcast coming on.....

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 8/19/2005 8:12 AM Cameron

I was just investigating this for a friend.
It looks like the culprit has just extracted Melbourne IT's data. But I'm not sure if it was a .com or a .com.au that was picked up.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 8/19/2005 8:15 AM Cameron.

By the way, I wonder if the Register can get him for copyright infringement? As far as I can be bothered checking, he just duplicated the entire article from 2000.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 8/19/2005 2:12 PM Mr. Helpful

I doubt our boy will be quaking at the thought of being litigated for copyright infringement. The ROKSO database has him laughing at the MS judgment against him...

Then again, I could always hand deliver a summons; after all, I work 2 blocks away from his flat. Nice area, shame about the residents. (Well, some of 'em...)

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 8/20/2005 5:57 PM Jon

The latest garbage from Soloway uses your own website address. How he is getting them specificly is beyond my technical knowledge. But it involves either hacking web-hosts for the info on their servers, or some other collecting method.
I got an e-mail sent to me from my domain using my wifes first name and last initial. That one pissed me off.
He registered the domain emailoptin.org on the 18th of August 2005, it expires in '06.

This is probably his new home. Don't know where else to post the info, but hope word can get spread out about this new tactic.

Would be nice if someone would just take him out to the Pacific ocean and see that he doesn't come back.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 8/25/2005 8:00 AM Hollyoak

Anyone would think you guys did'nt like this man.

# emails from "you" 9/6/2005 2:23 PM Mike

There's nothing complicated in sending an email "from" a different email addresss. In your email client, you can set your from address to be whatever you want it to be-- for example, my from address is my business email, even though I'm sending my email from home. It's absolutely trivial to change it, and anyone with even a bit of technical know-how can figure out how to do it in 5 minutes if they wanted to. No hacking is necessary.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 9/8/2005 8:25 AM Loretta

So how do I block incoming emails from SPAMIS and how do I get a message to him to buzz off?

I live 2 blocks from Harbor Steps apartments. What's his apartment number?

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 9/8/2005 10:39 AM JB

Maybe everyone should forwarded his emails to info@harborsteps.com and asked them to please deliver their REMOVE ME emails to Mr. Soloway. Include the fact that he does not have the decency to include his return email address and is conducting his business sending spam emails from his apartment in their complex. If he is conducting business on their property I would hope they have some responsibility after being made aware of the situation. They might get irritated with him and he will get the message and quit sending.

# Strange world: Spam about Microsoft 9/11/2005 10:11 PM MarcoFrom.Com ☆ Marco in Seattle

I received a Spam Mail today. Nothing special about that ;) But the Mail was about Microsoft and how Microsoft is a spammer itself and how bad a person Steve Ballmer is. OK, so it's a propaganda spam mail. But...

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 9/11/2005 9:30 PM Opsan

Yeah; I got that one myself. In fact, I posted again about it at http://blog.opsan.com/archive/2005/09/11/1432.aspx. This guy has too much time on his hands.

# Robert Soloway and SPAMIS, Part Deux 9/12/2005 1:05 AM OpsanBlog

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 9/13/2005 8:23 AM Lee

Open letter to Mr. Soloway and his cohorts at nim@cyberservices.com, et al:
"I am curious about something regarding these broadcasted e-mails that I see regularly. My curiosity is at a technical level. Do you actually have any control over the specific e-mail addresses to which your messages are sent? That is, can you include or, harder perhaps, exclude an individual e-mail address, or a specific list or group of e-mail addresses, from your broadcasts?

"From a technical standpoint I think the ability to blindly launch e-mails throughout the "internet" is mere child's play. The real measure of a person's ability is to have a high-level control over those e-mails. The difference, as I see it, is akin to the difference between the 1960's era "carpet bombing" in Vietnam and today's "smart bomb" technology that can put a nuclear warhead in the back pocket of an individual person at will.

"It takes very little for a person to walk into a subway car and blow himself up trying to take as many with him as possible with no regard for the individuals targeted. That's just simple, cowardly terrorism. But if that person can do the same thing while making sure everyone under the age of twelve is unharmed, then it becomes valid warfare. Warfare can be noble but terrorism can never be noble!

"I have my doubts that anyone will actually read this e-mail. In the event that someone does, could you please do me the courtesy of responding? I am genuinely interested in the answers to my questions."

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 9/14/2005 8:04 PM bbbbaaarrr

Anyone looking for a way to reach them? Here you go: QUESTIONS ABOUT NON-COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATION SPAMIS? CONTACT:
SPAMIS, Box 1259, Seattle, WA 98111 / Phone & Fax: (206)260-2409

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 9/16/2005 3:24 AM acebirddog

Oh yea almost forgot... That number on his registrar information is for a law firm. They say "never heard of him"



.......

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 9/21/2005 12:35 AM Sterling

What pisses me off, is that he took my personal email address that I use for business, and sent off god knows how emails using my identity (email). Who the fuck does he think he is?

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 9/22/2005 4:49 AM Chris

What pisses me off, is that he took my personal email address that I use for business, and sent off god knows how emails using my identity (email). Who the fuck does he think he is?

I totally agree with that comment. People like him can do a great deal of damage to ordinary people .

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 9/22/2005 9:15 AM Dave

I thought the CAN-SPAM Act protected us from this sort of thing... I guess that is why I get MORE SPAM every day rather than less. You mean to say my government failed me?

Come on people - use your SPAM filters and if you don't know how to use them - LEARN!

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 9/22/2005 10:47 PM Prozach

SO I have been tracking this guy for a few months. I have a strong case being that I live in Wa State and he does business and operates out of Wa State. I am currently looking for an attorney that would be willing to persue a case. He is spamming my whois email address which means he knows I live in Wa State. The headers are forged and unsubscribe doesn't work this is a violation of state law. I have kept copies of all the emails I have gotten as well as when I unsubscribed and whatnot. I sent myself an email on the day/time that I unsubscribed so its timestamped by my server. I am serious about trying to get this into court. the guy is abusing the system and blatantly breaking the law. Anyone with a lawyer friend or whatever that is competent about cyber law is free to contact me at spam*remove*me@za*remove*chula.com

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 9/23/2005 12:12 PM ken

dave -

how can u turn on your spam filter when it comes from you? i do send stuff from one machine to another via email. i use outlook [subject of my latest spam] on xp...

thanks

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 9/27/2005 5:30 PM Pete G

I go the SPAMIS email. Notice what computer it is sent from:

Received: from cable-62-205-120-65.upc.chello.be (cable-62-205-120-65.upc.chello.be [62.205.120.65])

I think he has a friend in Belgium that is sending the messages for him.

Could this be true?

Pete G.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 9/27/2005 8:29 PM Michael Coates

It could also be a bot that has taken control of a system, sending emails from whomever :(

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 10/15/2005 8:29 AM Skydeals

I've been getting his latest charity scam spam emails for about a month now, and I have been successful in getting seveal of his domains shut down. Whenever he would open up a new website and start spamming I would contact the registrar (example: he used Network Solutions for about 6 of his domains) and informed them about the scam spams. I also informed them about the false WHOIS data listed on the domain name lookup, as the email address is always fake. Network Solutions was slow to respond until I filed a complaint against them with the BBB for harboring a client engaged in illegal activities... and tada!!! I suddenly start getting telephone calls from their exec office and the sites are cancelled!!!

Then he switched to OnlineNIC.com for his registrar and they were very good in instantly shutting down the domains. Now, his latest rock that he's hiding under appears to be Joker.com with emailingtoday.org. I have filed a complaint with Joker and also with ICANN/INTERNIC to get the ball rolling with this latest one.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 10/15/2005 10:20 PM Phil

Soloway is a "legend in his own mind"

For what it's worth, here are a few things I've successfully done to fight him and other spammers.

1. I Use a non-Microsoft web browser and email client. (Too many exploits in Microsoft's) I use Mozilla's Firefox browser and Thunderbird email client (www.moxilla.com). They're programmed with open source code and hackers aren't sure how to hack it. Besides, they're free and work every bit as well as Microsoft's only without the exploits. Goodbye tracking cookies. I haven't use IE or Outlook for a couple of years now and am extremely happy with Mozilla's performance.

2. I Use Zone Alarm Pro Personal Firewall (www.zonelabs.com. It will stealth your PC's Internet ports upon installation to where your PC might as well be invisable. Plus, you can do nifty things like type into your trusted zone all of your trusted IP addresses from your friends and family's email providers and using a couple of simple expert rules, Block the unwanted ones from the Internet Zone. (Viewing the header of your incoming emails will show the "Received From" IP address of the sender.) That's only two of the arsenal of built-in tools it has. Zone alarm also has a built-in Spy-ware Scanner. Try their free version and then go to https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 and test your ports for holes.

3. Speaking of Spy-ware scanners, Ad-Aware SE and Spyware Doctor are good backups to have. Never trust just one and never trust SpyBot. (There is a lot SpyBot doesn't catch that Ad-Aware SE and Spyware Doctor does and Spybot itself is spyware.) Even the free version of Ad-Aware will actually detect and remove any spyware it finds.

Hope this helps - Phil

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 10/16/2005 3:02 PM opsan

Phil, thanks for the comment. This has become an interesting discussion.

RE: your 'non-microsoft' and 'too many exploits' comment; the browser / email client has nothing to do with getting onto a list, especially with the methodologies this guys users.

On exploits, Microsoft (my employer) is patching security exploits at an alarming rate, and in fact had fewer exploits than Firefox the last time I saw George Ou's comparison study: "is the Firefox honeymoon over", at http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/index.php?p=103.

Hacking is a for profit venture (several articles on this blog about that): no one is safe from exploits.

# Are we making progress against spam and spyware? 10/16/2005 5:01 PM OpsanBlog

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 10/16/2005 10:46 PM Phil

Opsan,

Thank you for your response.

RE: the browser / email client has nothing to do with getting onto a list.

I agree with your above comment; however unwanted mail as you know can be blocked in many ways including at the IP level using some firewalls. As for IE vs. Firefox, I used to get tracking cookies all the time back when I used IE and I don't with Firefox and I still believe Firefox is more secure as a rule. I can appreciate who you work for but I'll never go back to IE and Outlook and mainly because of that "alarming rate" of security patches you mentioned. I do realize no one is safe from exploits but some people are safer than others. It all depends on how strong of fort you want to build. The fact is, I get a spam message very seldom anymore and when I do get one, it's usually from one of Soloway's zombie PCs and it gets quarantined by Postini and blocked by my firewall before it has a chance to reach my inbox. Best wishes,

Phil

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 10/16/2005 11:24 PM Skydeals

You are correct - My systems here are protected quite well as they need to be inspected for PCI compliance (credit card security) That basically means all systems here have been proven to be hacker proof. I own over 400 websites, and "Bob" merely spiders them as well as the WHOIS info to gather email addresses. I do believe that he's using adware/viruses to send out his spams though... I have no proof of this but my SpamCop reports hint towards this.

I am proud to say that I have hit a nerve with him today though. The method of going after the registrars for the false WHOIS data on the registered domains works rather well. If the registrar is in the USA you give them 24 hours to shut the spam/scam website down and if they do not then you file a complaint against the registrar with the BBB. If the registrar is overseas then you file a complaint with InterNIC/ICANN. Knowingly allowing a client to operate a website with false WHOIS data is a big no-no and they are quick to react. His latest site, http://www.emailingtoday.org, was registered through a proxy of Joker.com... that took 3 days but it is now shut DOWN!

In addition, I usually keep calling his phone number, which usually rings forever unless he has a fax turned on (for a sucker that he has hooked with his spams). Today I got his fax and let him know that I was the one that is filing complaints and getting responses from the registrars. He actually sent me a email as a response... it stated:

OPT-IN EMAIL ADVERTISING IS 100% LEGAL / 100% ETHICAL / 100% RESULT-PROVEN

The best part is that his claim came from a forged email header of charityinfo@coolgoose.com. My WOPR dialer is already posed for a response to let him know that his "opt-in" list is forged as my email addresses were harvested.... not opted-in.

Oh yea, SpamCop.net works quite well too. And don't trust just SpyBot and AdAware.... run the full online scan on Trendmicro.com at least once a week.

Bob Soloway is starting to bleed. I will not stop my counter-attacks until he goes back under the rock from which he crawled.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 10/17/2005 7:08 AM acebirddog

OPT-IN EMAIL ADVERTISING IS 100% LEGAL / 100% ETHICAL / 100% RESULT-PROVEN

I got the same e-mail twice last night... He is sending that crap to everyone.

Glad we are getting his sites shut down as fast as possible.

As far as suing him, get in line. No one ever gets their money from him.

Criminal charges is the only way we are going to stop Joe Job Soloway.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 10/17/2005 5:53 PM Phil

Delighted to hear it, Skydeals and good job and thanks for your efforts. I hope all of this Teaches soloway a major lesson in humility.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 10/17/2005 5:54 PM Phil

Delighted to hear it, Skydeals and good job and thanks for your efforts. I hope all of this Teaches Soloway a major lesson in humility.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 10/20/2005 1:23 PM Skydeals

Well, today he opened another site at searchengineranking.cn... and he was stupid enough to spam me again! I immediately contacted the registrar as he listed forged info on the WHOIS data. I also filed a complaint with hichina.com and interNIC.

This is getting fun! I also received a response back from the WA Attorney General ( I filed a formal complaint there for spamming and suspected charity fraud). The AG let me know there is an ongoing investigation against Bitchin' Bob.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 10/20/2005 4:19 PM opsan

heh. Stay on him :D

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 10/21/2005 9:45 AM Skydeals

Joker.com allowed his site to re-open at BROADCASTINGEMAILING.ORG so I filed a complaint directly with InterNIC for forged registrarion data against him. You can also call and complain to "Bob" directly at 1-206-223-1270 (press 13 when prompted) or fax at 1-206-260-3270. He is operating under "Newport Internet Marketing" so I updated the WA AG on this latest data.

Anyone can also file complaints against his domains, but you must make sure the info that you are providing is correct. Soloway always registers the domains and the email address is always a closed account, which is enough to get the domain cancelled. File your complaints at http://wdprs.internic.net/ . InterNic is the "buck stops here" as far as domain registrars.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 10/21/2005 10:21 AM Skydeals

Just filed a complaint with Consumer Affairs for his latest charity scam. There is also a site at http://www.ic3.gov/ which is the Internet Crime Complaint Center and I filed a complaint for suspected charity fraud as he claimed to be doing charity work in his mass emailings and thus was not subject to the laws of spam.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 10/21/2005 11:15 AM opsan

That is brilliant! Thanks for the complaint URLs!

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 10/22/2005 9:52 PM Skydeals

He's now hiding behind false domains out of China. Any domain that ends in .cn can only be a business operating in China... not Seattle!

I just emailed all of the senators and congressmen in both my state of MN and WA about this jerk. He is really an abusive person to talk to!

Since he spams me up to 10 times a day I am also looking into harassment charges as per the WA AG suggestions.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 10/23/2005 8:54 AM benjamin

I Almost fell for his attractive scheme till i did a little research and came across this blog. Thanks guys!

Benjamin
Manila, Philippines

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 10/23/2005 9:24 PM opsan

Skydeals: do you have links to the WA AG suggestions? Are they posted on a government site?

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 10/25/2005 2:30 PM Skydeals

WA AG direct email: CCRCman@ATG.WA.GOV

I also Cc's the complaint to both the Washington Senators and Congressfolks regarding the shameful and illegal activites that Soloway is engaging in and I asked why it was being allowed to continue.

Soloway is now hiding behing forged domains out of China with fake WHOIS data. They are a little harder to shut down. But I did find out that these domains go through the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) and they have an email address at service@cnnic.cn

Soloway is selling people's email addresses without their consent. They are not "opt-in" as he so claims. He spiders domain WHOIS data and websites and harvests any email address that he can find. His claim that they are folks who signed up to be spammed is pure BS.



# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 10/27/2005 4:05 PM Finchop

In reply to the other aussie posters above, I too have recently started receiving the charity spams at (and from) an address I used to register a .au domain. I have never registered a non .au domain, so it seems that the regulation is not as strict as we might have hoped.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 10/29/2005 11:12 PM Skydeals

Got another one of his domains nuked. Every time I do it, I let him know vis telephone that I will continue to shut down his domains every time he sends me a spam.


http://www.searchengineranking.cn/ was shut down by the CNNIC for forged WHOIS data on his domain regsitration.

Broadcastingemailing.org was also nuked, though Joker.com was kind of slow to do it, so I filed a formal complaint with InterNIC against Joker for allowing customers to register domains using false information.

This guy never learns... He keeps buying domains and setting them up, and I just get them shut down. He just opened up another one today (and of course spammed me) at broadcastemailservices.biz. I sent Joker.com a nastygram, informed his hosting company that I am getting their IP blacklisted thru spamcop because of the spamming, and also filed another complaint with InterNIC.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 10/31/2005 2:11 PM Spamhater

I just traced one of Soloway's mails to a German provider. I called them up and they've agreed to shut his site down... Making sure I kept all copies of his shit, I went to the FBI's website (http://www.fbi.gov/) to "File a cyber Complaint" for identity theft and spamming. Happy Halloween Bob!!

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 10/31/2005 4:30 PM Skydeals

That moron is now back to forging the email address to make it look the same as where it is being sent to. Joker or InterNIC shut down broadcastemailservices.biz but now he's operating under broadcastemailservices.org which still has a false email address... so I filed another complaint to get that one nuked as well.

Thanks for the FBI link, I'm going there right now to file a complaint!

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/1/2005 12:43 AM nospam

I just got spammed from broadcastemailservices.org with a spoofed from address - so I used the url above to file a complaint

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/2/2005 10:39 AM Robert L

Im sick of this IDIOT! Im getting 2spams a day spoofed as my admin account. I looked up the originating ip's and there all different. This IDIOT is pissing me off.

How can we stop this jerkoff? Its pretty bad when my webmail abuse team says that the site appears to be shutdown but were still recieving spam?

Someone stop this clown please!

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/2/2005 11:31 AM Vol

If he is sending you his fake charity scam spams, you can be sure that he is also selling your email addresses as well.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/2/2005 11:47 AM Skydeals

There's several steps that I have found are worth doing. I own several domains and Soloway is mass spamming them all, up to 10+ times a day. Since he is now spoofing our email addresses as the sender he is guilty of ID theft, Go here and file a complaint:

https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/widtpubl$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU03

Then file a cybercrime complaint at the IFCC division of the FBI for his fake charity assist program which is actually selling stolen email addresses that he is claiming is opted-in:

http://www.ifccfbi.gov/cf1.asp

Then, and most important, send a detailed email complaint to the Washington Attorney general. I have been complaining to them almost every day & also forwarding the complaints to the Senator for WA. They are having a meeting about the AG placing a lawsuit against Soloway but they need pushing. If enough people send enough complaints to the AG then something may be done. Soloway laughed at me when I told him that I was sending the WA AG on him... he thinks that he's above the law.

WA Senator: webmail@cantwell-iq.senate.gov
WA AG: CCRCman@ATG.WA.GOV

You should also file a complaint with your local state's Attorney General. The AG here said that I should also contact the FBI but I have not execpt for the online complaints.

The last thing is to go after his domain itself. This has worked very well for me and I have gotten numerous of his domains shut down for false WHOIS data. He always lists a fake email address on the domain WHOIS, so you need to first send a complaint to the registrar (currently joker.com) and then also file a complaint for false WHOIS data with InterNIC.

http://wdprs.internic.net/

I also have been filing complaints against his registrar, joker.com at InterNIC as they are continuing to allow him to operate a domain under false information.

And then I go to SpamCop.net and list the spam there so that his IP address gets blacklisted.

After all them I usually call him up and let him know that I was the one that got all of his other scam websites shut down and that I have filed complaints everywhere. He usually just hangs up on me or makes a comment on how I should perform some sort of self-copulation.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/2/2005 2:27 PM Robert L

Wow!

This topic is pretty popular. Thanks sky to his ideas, Ill be sending the info to our webmail abuse team. The part that gets me so mad is hes using my main admin account and its sad that hes has NO LIFE! this moron started a war now and im prepared to take him down!

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS, Part Deux 11/2/2005 2:33 PM OpsanBlog

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/3/2005 1:06 AM AJ

So what about his home address then?
I'd like to send him a Christmas card.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/3/2005 4:35 AM Nancy M

Thanks very much for the details of net contacts for reporting this miscreant.

I've never been spammed at my home email addy and there is only one place that this broadcastemailservices.org operator could have found it from - an Australian domain name registry entry.

My isp's only reaction to my advice of the activity was to offer me the option to purchase their spam blocking service. Ha.

I've reported the activity to all the agencies noted above.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/3/2005 5:24 PM George P

"Yes" - my ISP downunder - have also put their hands up after my forwarding every spam/scam message from myself to myself to them. Daily. I've asked them why they continue to allow their mail service to be used for distributing this daily rubbish. No real answer, & no real action on their part.

Their only advice is to crank up spam filters to the max, instal anti-aircraft guns and landmines, put out a few more rolls of barbed wire and throw some more crocodiles into the moat.

It appears that the most modern method in an age of super high technology is to apply a band-aid rather than treat the root cause of the problem.

It looks like we can keep reporting this bloke to every possible authority and he will still find a way to keep sidestepping them and keep creating new sites to operate/irritate from.

Perhaps the best malicious spam removal tool is the one manufactured by Smith & Wesson. Where's "Dirty Harry" when we need him most?

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/3/2005 6:22 PM Mr. Helpful

People KEEP asking for his address in Seattle. If ya'll do just a little research (even reading some of the URL's posted here) you'll find this:

http://dor.wa.gov/content/brd/Results.aspx?Valid=Yes&RequestType=1&Criteria=nim+corporation&City=

Washington State Dept of Revenue
State Business Records Database Detail

TAX REGISTRATION NUMBER:...6024226472
UBI:.......................6024226472
LEGAL ENTITY:..............NEWPORT INTERNET MARKETING CORP
DOING BUSINESS AS:.........NIM CORPORATION

MAILING ADDRESS:
1200 WESTERN AVE APT 17E
SEATTLE, WA 98101-2964

BUSINESS LOCATION:
1200 WESTERN AVE STE 17-E
SEATTLE, WA 98101-0000

OWNER TYPE:................CORPORATION
ACCOUNT OPENED:............12/01/2003
ACCOUNT CLOSED:............OPEN
STD INDUSTRIAL CODE:.......5961

There. Now how hard was that, eh?

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/3/2005 8:43 PM viruswitch

I also got an email from that rediculous site broadcastemailservices.org with my email spoofed. I send email to all abuse emails i could get. The registrant abuse email was not there in the who is info but it was the name, so i googled for the name of the company and found their site. Lets see what happens.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/4/2005 8:42 AM Skydeals

broadcastemailservices.org is now running out of a server in China. His point of contact on the registrant info is an inactive email account. The registrar is Joker.com but they are typically a spammer haven. SpamCop stated his server is hosted by cnc.noc.net and all complaints should be sent to abuse@cnc-noc.net.

This is a tough one to get shut down, usually it only takes me a week to shut down one of his websites (because of false WHOIS registrant data).

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/4/2005 9:31 AM Viruswitch

Yes, abuse@cnc-noc.net is the abuse email I also found in the who is info. I also sent a spam complaint to joker but I didnt know that they reinforce spammers! Can this be true? I also found a company which seems to be cooperating with joker, the name was also listed in the who-is query as "CSL Computer Service Langenbach GmbH (R25-LROR)".

Yes, I also didnt rely on the earthling abuse mail and searched for a contact email of CSL Computer Service. Are they the same as joker? My complains were also sent to noc@nrw.net and service@nrw.net.

The funnier thing is that I found a script of a counter in the source code of broadcastemailservices.org . I emailed the counter provider and let them know that a spammer uses their services. They were the only one to reply so far and the counter is no longer on the site LOL . I dont what that means... At least we took off the counter. LOL

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/4/2005 11:51 AM Skydeals

Sweet - good thinking Viruswitch! LOL

I wrote to earthling.net and asked if they were associated with the spamking, and I never got back a response, but Soloway's email address there was deactivated.

Joker.com is horrible on policing their customers. I've written to them at least 10 times about this latest domain of Soloway's having false info on the WHOIS data & nothing has happened. So I filed a complaint with InterNIC against Joker.com stating that they support false domain registrations which are used in deceiving spams. <grin> That way InterNIC can light a fire under Joker's butt and get them to comply to ICANN regulations regarding domain registration.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/4/2005 12:30 PM Viruswitch

Yuhu!!! I m really so glad something is happening against spammers! This blog is great.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/6/2005 10:53 PM Tamra

for every spam I receive from Soloway, I immediately enter the information/email into an open FBI report (computer intrusion/hijacking falls w/in their realm) and I file a report w/ICANN because of his fake contact information, as well as cc the FTC and his DNS provider. w/in about a week his domain is shut down so he has to keep thinking of new broadcastsomethingcrap domains.

I always include his actual telephone number in the ICANN reports: 206-223-1270, as well as a list of all the other domains he's previously had, so the information can be looked up.

so right now, I'm looking for his spam, which is becoming less frequent, because all he's doing at this point is building a strong case against himself and ensuring a large fine and long jail term.

he's now resorted to using the address he wants to spam as the from address, reply-to and return-path address to ensure his mail is received. that is also against the law.

he also guesses addresses which he then turns around and sells if the mail is successfully delivered. however, some mail goes into a catch all box and then drops off face of earth w/address being blocked for receiving mail.

what a creep Soloway is. I can't wait until this guy is stopped once and for all.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/6/2005 10:57 PM Tamra

oh and the other priceless thing I forgot to add, the addresses he's primarily spamming are: abuse@ and forlawenforcement@

what an idiot! but I guess he can sort it all out in prison while he's deciding whose prison beeooottch he'll be. that creep!

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/7/2005 10:25 AM viruswitch

I dont understand what more proof is needed to arrest this guy. I am talking about the spamming now. One spam email is enough to prove. The only way to solve this problem worldwide is to allow the citizens of a country with strong spam laws to have space in server only of these countries that also have strong spam laws and cooperate. All others should be illegal.

Why for gods sake is there no organization in such matters? Governments still believe that the computer and the internet is a game, and they dont take seriously the crime that it can hide.

And if there is some kind of organisation, it fails in a great way, for now is proved the inability to act.

And joker is a german company if I remember correct? What else should we do to protect our rights? It seems that in this world, only rich people have the right to pursue justice with highly paid lawyers.

I give up.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/7/2005 7:11 PM viruswitch

We all think the same about this situation. I was reading the privacy statement in the fbi site and it didnt sound very promising:

" As such, we cannot guarantee that your complaint will remain confidential. People who voluntarily choose to file a complaint do so knowing that all information provided may be disseminated to one or more enforcement agencies, which may or may not take action on the complaint. The IFCC does not decide which complaints will be actively investigated by any agency and the IFCC cannot make any representations or guarantees as to the action that may or may not be taken on any complaint."

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/8/2005 11:19 AM Razz

I think web hosts should band together and start a class action agains him, hes been spoofing e-mails from us for years, and i think he needs another big fat whoppin court case on his hands. If not just to make his misery a bit more pronounced

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/8/2005 11:23 AM hmmm

better yet heres a few numbers he has listed.
one is for his his web site. http://www.broadcastemailservices.org/

1-206-223-1270

And the other.

1-206-223-1271

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/8/2005 1:21 PM hah

well I just spoke to him.. boy did he hang up fast. Pretty timid and cautios too. He asked if I wanted to place a spam order and I said I was looking to talk to him regarding the spoofs coming from my web server and he hung up faster than i could even finish, I suppose he nerver really knows whos gonna be on the other line these days lol.

I would urge all web hosts to call, keep calling, and keep leaving messages.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/8/2005 1:25 PM frig the fbi or the local police

If you want him arrested you need to hire an attorny to file a court case then he will be summonsed, if he doesnt show an arrest warrent is then issued. Personally I think hosts should pool thier resources hire an attorny and take him to the cleaners.

No law enforment agency is going to do anything unless hes defaulted on a court date.

And he cant be that hard to find someone is paying him. And he hasto have some kind of contact with his customers.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/8/2005 1:58 PM ...

Name : Robert Soloway
Email : 2millions@mail.com
Address : PO Box 1259 - Seattle, WA
Zipcode : 98101
Nation : US
Tel : (206)223-1271
Fax : (206)223-1271

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/8/2005 2:00 PM spam back

I say we fill his po box with endless spam.

So much so that he has to sift threw trashbags of junk mail to locate his bills and recievables...

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/8/2005 5:14 PM viruswitch

well there should be a way to fight back without becoming illegal...

ddos might be the only way to shut his websites LOL *joking*

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/9/2005 11:19 AM Skydeals

There's folks who have sued him, and won. He was also ordered by the court to cease in his tactics. There's huge amounts that have been awarded and pending, and yet this guy just keeps going.

Any time he sets up a "free" email address (such as the mail.com or Yahoo ones) all we have to do is complain to the ISP and then get it shut down. I also call him up and annoy him whenever he spams me. I think all of this is working... I used to get 10+ of his spams a day, now I just get 1 or 2.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/9/2005 2:37 PM spambusterid

Here is the conceirge email address at his harborsteps where he lives.
lbaca@eqr.com
We can send our opt out emails to the front desk maybe he could get thrown out because of the complaints. Who knows I have been reading for about an hour about this guy and the whole thing sucks

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/9/2005 11:42 PM Skydeals

Would you happen to have a fax number for the conceirge? I wouldn't mind faxing my complaints on a nice big 8.5x11 sheet of paper stating that I do not appreciate him forging my headers in in false "charity assist" and we should mmention that he is selling stolen email addresses and claiming they are opt-in lists.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/11/2005 12:36 AM geoego

The nuisance Spammer Bob carries on with his newest URL:
http://broadcastemailservices.odo4.meibu.com . Hope, he is stopped soon.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/11/2005 9:52 AM Viruswitch

I got again the same email spoofed by myself from http://www.broadcastemailservices.org

My abuse emails dont seem to achieve something. :(

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/11/2005 11:17 AM Skydeals

The Washington State Attorney General will not go after Soloway unless they receive overwhelming complaints. The lady that I had talked to said that the divisions resources were currently allocated elsewhere.

I urge everyone to file an email and/or an online complaint with every incident.

General complaint form is located at:
https://wws2.wa.gov/ago/formhandler/regularca3.html

The Attorney General MI Cyber CRC Manager's email address is : CCRCman@ATG.WA.GOV

A Washington law passed in 1998 and upheld by the state Supreme Court in 2001 makes it illegal to send unsolicited commercial e-mail that has been addressed in a false or misleading way. Soloway is clearly sending commerical emails that are forged, but he is claiming they are charity emails (which is why his spams always talk about charity assistance).

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/11/2005 11:35 AM the_cleaner

This bastard is soooo dumb, that he actually used a machine from the millitary as a zombie. I got an email from him yesterday which had an originating IP of 144.108.223.189, which is on the Defense Information Systems Agency network... Hopefully, that will help sink his boat a little fater...

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/11/2005 10:10 PM Tamra

spambusterid you are priceless with the concierge address LMFAO

but that phone number is bogus, the 223-1271 number. his ACTUAL number which he does answer (apparently it's part of the packages he sends to the dumb customers who buy his crap) is 206-223-1270

he may end up doing some serious federal time as he's now resorted to complete forgery to solicit his spam, which is a federal offense and felony.

he's obviously not trying to make new customers. I think he's just trying to show us that he can't be stopped so he keeps sending spam w/each new domain. he's obvious mentally disturbed as he can't get a clue, because there's no reason to keep sending spam to people not interested.

but the FBI will wear his ass down. they're not stupid and little fools like him are lunch for them. but at same time, don't be surprised to hear about or see on TV a Waco type arrest w/this crazy bastard. they'll have to take him out w/S.W.A.T., missiles, air national guard and a few other countries to help out because this motha is not going down easy.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/11/2005 10:17 PM Tamra

and guys the best way is to keep filing FBI complaints @ https://www.ifccfbi.gov/ -- the more complaints they get, the more bumped up he gets to being investigated and/or arrested. and keep adding each new email to your complaint, ESPECIALLY the forgery ones. those are the ones he's MOST punishable for, and for which he'll do the most amount of time for.

then while he's in prison for that the attorney general can catch up and slap on more charges.

I always cc the attorney general, the sentinel@ftc.gov which adds the complaint to every law enforcement database, and of course the internic/ICANN bogus contact info complaint form. and thanks for his local Attorney General's email address. that should help them shut the creep down.

he may have skipped the country by now as he's in a wholeeeee lot of trouble now.

I thought I was the only one having such a nightmare w/the creep. glad to know there's many out there, which means if we all work together, we can celebrate soon when the creep is picked up once and for all. YAAAAY!!!!

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/12/2005 7:01 AM Fed up

Great to hear about all of the work against this spammer creep! Thanks, all!

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/12/2005 1:43 PM RKC

I have been receiving the same kind of spams from Soloway. SPAM from one of my alliases to myself with my allias in the subject line. I never open these, just scan the properties for information. This is the current pitch/domain he is selling. broadcastemailservices.org

Don't know how he got that allias since it is only used for specific customers and is not posted anywhere on my web site.

I agree that the Washington state attorney general should be acting on this. It is in violation of the law, as someone stated earlier. I hope that nail him soon.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/13/2005 10:09 AM Skydeals

RKC:
This spammer is famous for harvesting email address off of WHOIS data on domain registrations as well as breaking into servers.

Some of my email addresses well into the same catagory... they were unique and personal addresses and were used only for specific people (just friends and family). But the IS company that I had working on my server had a hacker get into their systems and than I started receiving spams. Soloway has also been in trouble in the past for his involvment in hijacking virus infected PCs (there was an article where he hired hackers to write these viruses/spyware) and steal all of the email addresses that were on the PC. He then would start spamming them and selling them as "opt-in" lists.

Here's a clip from one of the articles:

ROBERT SOLOWAY

Spammer who cons people into "legally mailing to opt in lists" with him, then sends spam to harvested addresses via hijacked virus infected PCs, fully criminal.

He spams his own "email with me" ads in the same method.

Sued multiple times with huge judgements pending. In the summer of 2005, a court ordered him to no longer break the law. That didn't help as he continued.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/14/2005 8:31 PM MasterDeBater

Hmmm... Don't you hate when you get a fax machine relentlessly calling your voice number? And isn't it really annoying if the fax machine is set to retry 10 or 20 times? And by all means be sure you don't accidentally try to send a fax to 206-223-1270 x181. ;)

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/16/2005 4:34 PM pete

That's good!

I just trust the laws of karma to take this moron down. he's even thumbing his nose at us! That's just ASKING for karmic payback.

He's probably reading this page right now laughing. he better hope the police catch him, from the sound of some of you folks, if one of you find him he's toast.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/16/2005 8:00 PM Tamra

I just checked. broadcastemailservices.org has been shut down. so I guess we can expect another email from his new domain once he finds a registrar that will touch him. and expect a registrar from the outer reaches of Russia/Asia. *sigh*

would be so nice to know ahead of time what the new URL will be to set up a nice trap for his retarded ass. but I can guess it will have the words broadcast, optin or email in the url name.

or if we're lucky, maybe he's doing time now, or completely on the run.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/17/2005 12:53 AM Skydeals

Good! Broadcastemailservices.org was a tough one. I do call up that "person" and taunt him about how many sites I have shut down as well as everyone else's great job.

Ahhhh, it's the little pleasures in life that count!

He well knows of me at Skydeals, as well as my domain company. He spams, we attack, he loses. Repeat as necessary. That's my motto with this bozo. I also talked with the BBB and filed paperwork with the MN AG on his business.

We are all winning this battle... keep up the posts and let's get this turd flushed!

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/18/2005 1:11 AM Skydeals

broadcastemailcorp.org is both registered thru AND hosted by joker.com.

Go to SpamCop and enter the spams... this will get Joker's IP addresses on the blacklists (bad mojo for servers) Then go to Joker.com and file a spam complaint at https://joker.com/index.joker?mode=support&support_type=spam
(which won't do much). Then go to the InterNIC links described above and file a complaint against both Joker AND the domain broadcastemailcorp.org as the domain is using a fake email address in it's WHOIS data.

I just filed the spam you listed at SpamCop and Joker. (I just love making Soloway's life miserable as he has done to ours).

That's how we got his other sites shut down! If this keeps up then Joker.com will drop him... especially once their IP addresses start appearing on blacklists.

Then file a complaint email to the WA AG at the email address listed above. If we continue to pound CCRCman@ATG.WA.GOV with complaints they will have to start taking notice.

The whole process sounds long but only takes 5-10 minutes, and it's better than just deleting the spam. I know that we have really been a pain in his side over the past month or two thanks to this site and everyone's work. His sites now only stay up for a few days to a few weeks. <grin>

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/18/2005 6:39 AM viruswitch

I just got the same email from http://www.broadcastemailcorp.org

going to send my complains... again :D

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/18/2005 7:32 AM Joe

Many years ago, I used to work 3rd party collections (which is viewed as the same as spammers).

I used to hear tales of putting in requests to disconnect power, cable disconnected, having a telephone number changed/disconnected.

A personal nightmare of mine would be have my name and SS# posted on the internet, sent in spam, etc. Imagine the federal crimes if someone then used that information to fill out a bogus 1040? Holy crap, they would deserve to go to jail.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/18/2005 7:49 AM Joe

I once heard a radio show where a woman was convinced by her boyfriend to send in a form (something from the post office) to the IRS declaring herself a sovreign citizen and, therefore, not under any obligation to the IRS.

Needless to say the IRS was not happy and did all sorts of nasty things to her, like auditing for a few years, relieving her of priviledge of declaring deductions on her W-2 withholdings, etc.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/19/2005 5:01 PM Tamra

LMFAO!!! THE CREEP STRIKES AGAIN! check out this new URL

I've commented out the receiving address just in case other genius spammers who run web scripts decide to use it. the address must have been obtained from cnc-noc.net as it's the reply-to address and has never been part of whois info or posted publicly.

but either way, the email is just going right to his attorney general, the FBI and a few other law enforcement sources

From [snipped for privacy] Sat Nov 19 16:33:02 2005
X-UIDL: >8Y"!$jT"!hnb!!&;)"!
Return-Path: <[snipped for privacy]>
Received: from 2-114-109-203.client.iqara.net (2-114-109-203.client.iqara.net [203.109.114.2] (may be forged))
by tmvision.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id jAJLWsm2030457
for <[snipped for privacy]>; Sat, 19 Nov 2005 16:32:59 -0500
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 16:32:54 -0500
Full-Name: tmvonline.net - Spam Reports
X-Message-Info: 64iiVivdKG32Seuw94cRUGifQZ730H0fauXSNmfwG475
Received: from dns470lcs.com.hk (44.226.216.84) by k72-f0.waitakere.govt.nz with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6824);
Sun, 20 Nov 2005 00:21:22 +0300
Received: from pwgsc.gc.ca (127.0.0.1) by dnszoznam.sk
(SMTPD32-7.12 ) id HY14JBW7; Sat, 19 Nov 2005 14:27:22 -0700
Subject: [snipped for privacy]
From: [snipped for privacy]
To: [snipped for privacy]
Message-Id: <45759.MJ277@cm-coimbra.pt >
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
boundary="--77237513896774665152"
Status: RO

----77237513896774665152

[snipped for privacy] is a nonprofit/charity contact email address right? if so...

WE WILL EMAIL YOUR WEB SITE TO 2,500,00 0PT-IN EMAILS FOR [Free]

http://broadcastemailcorp.odo4.meibu.com

----- ---- --- -- - -
second at our company web site above, read all about details on how our
emailing service works, then send a letter to the postal mailing address
on our company web site above with your non-profit and/or charity status
as registered in your country of origin along with your mission statement
enclosed, along with your email address and we will then send you all the
specifications needed on how to receive your non-commercial, non-cost,
non-transactional, non-relationship, charity/non-profit courtesy emailing.

this non-commercial, non-transactional, non-relationship, courtesy emailing
has an important primary purpose of helping society by assisting nonprofits
& charities have their non-profit/non-commercial mission statement/special
message sent out to 2.5mil option in emails as a courtesy to help worldwide
in national and global relief efforts for various causes in need of support.

----- ---- --- -- - -
thanks to the technology of email, here are only a few of the countless
charities & non-profit organizations we have countributed to this year alone:

adventist develop & relief agency international, child help usa, direct
relief international, doctors without borders, episcopal relief and
development, international medical corps, mercy corps, operation usa, red
cross hurricane relief division, red cross washington state chapter, the
salvation army, among countless others that have requested global assistance.

----- ---- --- -- - -
if this is not a non-profit/charity contact email address and/or you are not
interested in our occassional non-commercial, non-transactional, non-cost,
non-relationship, courtesy emailings we perform for various nonprofits and
charities, delist at: http://broadcastemailcorp.odo4.meibu.com/dounsub.php

----77237513896774665152--

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/19/2005 5:03 PM Tamra

oh and I did a network address lookup for his new URL, here's what I found

Name: broadcastemailcorp.odo4.meibu.com
Address: 218.88.44.247

Authoritative answers can be found from:
meibu.com nameserver = ns1.meibu.com.
meibu.com nameserver = ns2.meibu.com.
ns1.meibu.com internet address = 210.51.165.78
ns1.meibu.com internet address = 221.2.55.235
ns2.meibu.com internet address = 202.104.237.179

told ya, he'd be reduced to the outer parts of Asia.

now to get his ass reduced to another planet!! LOL

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/19/2005 8:51 PM Tamra

OMG LMFAO did anyone catch Saturday Night Live a little while ago (well anyone in the U.S.)?

one hilarious skit was called "The Spammies". it was priceless. awards were given out for spam categories. presenters included people discussed in spam (deposed Nigerian leader and the little sick boy who gets better if you forward the email continually), paired w/a well known celeb.

definitely worth watching if you're on the west coast and a definite keeper.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/21/2005 3:54 PM Tamra

de.geocities.com/broadcast78080email16378/ is mapped to fraud's site: http://83.69.46.224/wm

the FBI can surf w/out being detected and find out more info

but told ya he'd be forced to some remote area. he's now hosting in czechoslovakia (?spelling?)

inetnum: 83.69.46.0 - 83.69.46.255
netname: SCNETCZ
remarks: INFRA-AW
descr: Losan s.r.o.
country: CZ
admin-c: MH38-RIPE
tech-c: MM6144-RIPE
status: ASSIGNED PA
mnt-by: LOSAN-MNT
source: RIPE # Filtered

person: Milan Husak
address: Brezenecka 4808
Chomutov
430 04
phone: +420737142369
nic-hdl: MH38-RIPE
source: RIPE # Filtered

person: Michal Malina
address: Brezenecka 4808
Chomutov
430 04
phone: +420737142369
nic-hdl: MM6144-RIPE
source: RIPE # Filtered

% Information related to '83.69.32.0/19AS9148'

route: 83.69.32.0/19
descr: LOSAN-II
origin: AS9148
mnt-by: TRANSGASNET-MNT
source: RIPE # Filtered

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/21/2005 4:15 PM Michael Coates

Ah, the plot thickens against spammers. a UK spammer just got a six-year prison term: http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/thespamreport/0,39025001,39154333,00.htm.

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/23/2005 6:51 AM Traveler

michael,

that guy wasn't charged with spamming. he was charged with various other offenses that had nothing to do with spamming??

obviously the uk doesn't seem to care about spam..

# re: Robert Soloway and SPAMIS 11/23/2005 9:49 AM Michael Coates

Yeah, but this is priceless:

The jury also heard that Francis-Macrae ran the scam from his bedroom at his father's three-bedroom terraced house in St Neots, Cambridgeshire.