jik, to Wyze
@jik@federate.social avatar

Let's talk briefly about what a tire-fire is and why you shouldn't buy from them.
I attempted to order COVID tests from them near the start of the pandemic. They sold more than they had, I never received the tests I ordered, and cancelling the order was a nightmare.
But then they started spamming me.
In 2022 I unsubscribed from their .
1/2

jik,
@jik@federate.social avatar

In February 2024 I asked them to delete my account (created only to order the COVID tests).
They just spammed me again.
When I click the unsub link, the page it takes me to claims I'm already unsubscribed.
In addition to all this you're probably aware they've had numerous security and privacy issues with their products.
You really, really shouldn't patronize this company.

SergKoren, to Pubtips
@SergKoren@writing.exchange avatar

I love phishing from “Literary Analysts” who can’t seem to put a grammatically correct sentence together.

marcoboh, to random Italian
@marcoboh@devianze.city avatar

E tutto ad un tratto...

remixtures, to ai Portuguese
@remixtures@tldr.nettime.org avatar

#AI #GenerativeAI #Spam #Facebook #SocialMedia: "Over the last few months, many have proposed that the AI spam taking over Facebook is a great example of the “Dead Internet Theory,” which posits that large portions of the internet are made up of bots talking to bots, filtered through the lens of recommendation and engagement algorithms. Facebook is undeniably cooked, a decaying, depressing hall of horrors full of viral AI-generated content that seemingly gets worse every day.

But I do not think Facebook is the dead internet. Instead, I think it is something worse. Facebook is the zombie internet, where a mix of bots, humans, and accounts that were once humans but aren’t anymore mix together to form a disastrous website where there is little social connection at all.

I have spent more time than anyone I know endlessly scrolling through AI spam on Facebook. I have watched the evolution of Facebook’s AI spam go from slightly uncanny modifications of real images to the completely bizarre and obviously fake. I have done this from my own Facebook account, which I have had since 2005, as well as from two burner accounts I created specifically to track how AI-generated content is recommended on the platform and to see whether Facebook would put AI-generated images into my feed organically. I now use Facebook exclusively to see what kinds of bizarre AI content is going viral, and to attempt to figure out who is making it, why they are making it, and who is interacting with it."

https://www.404media.co/email/24eb6cea-6fa6-4b98-a2d2-8c4ba33d6c04/

outofcontrol, to ai
@outofcontrol@phpc.social avatar

AI AI AI AI… AI everywhere, but has anyone thought to use an AI to help reduce spam or scammers? Seems it would be pretty good at that.

#ai #scammers #spam #phishing

thebluemarble, to random Polish
@thebluemarble@pol.social avatar

A wracając do tematu spamu...

thebluemarble, to random Polish
@thebluemarble@pol.social avatar

Spróbujcie w dzisiejszych czasach korzystać z telefonu bez filtra spamowego :P

pitrh, to Ottawa
@pitrh@mastodon.social avatar

Now for something really scary: On May 30th, 2024 at in , @mwl will give a tutorial about "Run Your Own Email Server" (including the scary parts), https://indico.bsdcan.org/event/1/timetable/#20240530.detailed

Cedara, to random German
@Cedara@social.tchncs.de avatar

Gestern und heute von angeblichen "Telekom" Anrufen belästigt worden. Ein Nachfragen bei der Servicenummer ergab, dass die das nicht sind.

Daher die Nummer blockiert.

Für eure Blocklisten:

0800 - 5213240


Wäre das was für den @bsi zum Melden?

angusm, to random
@angusm@mastodon.social avatar

My employer's website: “We're denormalizing the biostatic conglomeration of cromulent anaglyphs for just-in-time metempsychosis.”

Recruiter's unsolicited email to me: "Angus -- love how you're denormalizing the biostatic conglomeration of cromulent anaglyphs for just-in-time metempsychosis! At SpamCo, we specialize in finding top-tier talent …”

Me: Very authentic opening, sir, yes, you have absolutely persuaded me that I wish to do business with you.

Tealk, to random German
@Tealk@rollenspiel.social avatar

Hab grad ne Mail bekommen von
Silvana Tenreyro <julian@centrored.com>, mit dem Titel "(Anspruchs)." und Inhalt:

Wir haben einen nicht eingeforderten Betrag von 4.000.000,00 £, der mit Ihren Namen verknüpft ist. Bitte senden Sie Ihre vollständigen Namen an meine E-Mail-Adresse: (silvanatenreyrompc@hotmail.com) für weitere Informationen im Falle eines dringenden Anspruchs.

Will ich Pfund haben?

simon, to random
@simon@fosstodon.org avatar

Gmail crypto spam is a real problem lately. Look at all this calendar/ics received from accounts today. Maybe google aren't interested in stopping it.

jik, to privacy
@jik@federate.social avatar

No, Senator Bennet, I didn't fucking sign up for or agree to you sending me text messages, and fuck you for buying a list and spamming everyone on it with texts falsely claiming they signed up.
I fucking hate these fucking politicians fucking lying and fucking spamming people without their consent.
In case you didn't notice, this is something I feel strongly about.

jbzfn, to fediBots
@jbzfn@mastodon.social avatar

"Undead Internet Theory"

「 The prevalence of bot traffic was observed across all sectors, with Gaming (57.2%) witnessing the most significant proportion of bad bot traffic. Simultaneously, Retail (24.4%), Travel (20.7%), and Financial Services (15.7%) experienced the highest volume of bot attacks 」

https://securitybrief.co.nz/story/half-of-online-traffic-in-2024-generated-by-bots-report-finds

#Bots #Spam #Cybersecurity

simon, to random
@simon@fosstodon.org avatar

I'm curently receiving up to 100 spam a day lately and I've come to the conclusion that sending abuse reports via #spamcop doesn't work; nobody actions the emails (observing same IP addresses sending spam over a long period despite reporting abuse via spamcop)
But...using spamcop to analyse the #spam is useful, since it's very good at providing the sender IP and ISP. I then do a whois on the IP and often find there's a website to report the abuse to instead. I've had better results this way.

marcel, to Bitcoin German
@marcel@waldvogel.family avatar

Aktuell laufen wieder Spamwellen durchs Land. Eine bot einen angeblichen Schweizer -ETF an, mit zuverlässiger Firma und offizieller Zulassung dahinter. Das wäre doch das ideale Investment für klamme Kassen!

Doch schon nach wenigen Klicks war klar: Da stimmt ganz vieles nicht.

Ich habe mir das für euch angeschaut und möchte euch an meiner "Schatzsuche" im Internet teilhaben lassen. Viel Spass und Unterhaltung!
🧵
https://dnip.ch/2024/04/24/wie-viel-swissness-und-bitcoin-steckt-in-swissbitcoin-etf-betrug-erkennung/

simon, to random
@simon@fosstodon.org avatar

received 50 #spam so far today. so much for the new DKIM effort that's supposed to reduce spam. Today's spam count is about 500% increase on the usual amount. About half of it was PDF phishing from rogue gmail accounts. It had exactly the same title and content, yet google seem to consider it dealt with if it goes to your spam folder. they really could do a lot better

DrHyde, to random
@DrHyde@fosstodon.org avatar

Today in underwhelming #spam: "you have been selected for a Tupperware set by Asda"

MikeBlazer, to mastodon
@MikeBlazer@mastodon.social avatar

So much #spam on #Mastodon lately. Lots of pseudo agencies/SEOs pushing their spammy #SEO articles as if it's link building...

atarifrosch, to random German
@atarifrosch@mastodon.de avatar

Spam-Anruf von – mal wieder – einer LycoMobile-Nummer. Spammer verwenden diesen Anbieter anscheinend besonders gerne. Irgendwas mit Pflegemitteln, man wende sich „an unsere pflegebedürftigen Kunden“.

Samstags um 17:00 Uhr, ja nee is' klar. Vermutlich sollen mal wieder ältere Leutchen abgezockt werden.

Millennium, to random French
@Millennium@piaille.fr avatar

Avec Signal Spam, OVH a réduit de 50 % le nombre de
plaintes générées par ses infrastructures : (PDF) :

▶️ https://www.signal-spam.fr/wp-content/uploads/Communiqu%C3%A9-de-presse-OVH.pdf

🤔
Je ne sais pas quand date ce PDF.

▶️ https://www.signal-spam.fr/

#OVH #Spam #CourrierIndésirable #Phishing

atarifrosch, to random German
@atarifrosch@mastodon.de avatar

Die Telekom schickt mir übrigens immer noch jede Woche einen Hinweis per SMS auf mein (nur als Telefon genutztes) älteres Smartphone, daß ich kein Datenvolumen gebucht habe.

#Spam #Telekom

Natouille, to random French
@Natouille@mastodon.tetaneutral.net avatar

Ahhh, ça faisait longtemps #spam

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