Anyone is vulnerable. Read an informative article from TechTv.com.

These emails are traveling all over the world, and tarnishing our good name. Before you email us about this spam problem, please understand...

       1. We are very aware of the problem.
       2. This issue has been reported to the FTC and IFCC.
       3. We are reporting as much of this abuse as we can (but please remember that there is only two of us).
       4. If you plan on sending threatening emails, you want to be sure you are accusing the right person of the crime. We have listed many resources below where you can check the exact source of those spam emails you are receiving.
       5. Please do not email us and ask us to remove you from the mailing list. We cannot remove you from any lists, since we have not sent you any emails -- spammers have done this, not anyone associated with IDS / chuckarbinteriors.com.
       6. Do not reply to spam emails! Why? One reason is...you don't want these people to know you have an active email address - this will only invite even more spam. Another reason? You may be replying to an innocent party, in which case that innocent party may receive 1000 times more emails due to the original spam emails sent.

How can you help us report these spam emails?
Before you decide to report any spam email, make sure you check the original, full email headers for the IP address to discover the true identity of the person sending the spam (see links below on how to do this). It is very easy to create a reply-to address in an email, which spammers often do.

IMPORTANT! If you are receiving spam emails containing any of the following websites: openz.us, ghor.us, whokz.info, amyz.info, gooodz.info, babz.info, hardtyz.us, etite.biz (operating off same server but different registrant), and 11dot.us (IP# 220.175.8.49 operating off same server but different registrant) - (IP# same for all sites 61.143.182.147), your spam has come from Chinanet (IP# 202.97.0.0 - 202.97.31.255), as listed in the APNIC Whois Database. Forward that entire spam email including FULL header information to: anti-spam@ns.chinanet.cn.net. Also from the APNIC Whois Database, CC that email to: mengjian@gwbn.net.cn - This is the email address of Greatwall Broadband Network Co. Ltd. (IP# 211.161.0.0 - 211.162.255.255).

In addition... some of these spam emails containing one of the above websites are also coming from: IP# 62.90.192.0 - 62.90.202.255. CC those spam emails to: abuse@barak013.net.il.

BEFORE YOU FORWARD SPAM: Please be sure that the information is the same as what is listed here - do not blindly report spam emails without confirming where they came from first.

Report spam to the FTC at UCE@FTC.GOV. Be sure you include the full header and complete email.

One other thing you can do, is post the full spam email (including FULL header information), to the following newsgroup: news.admin.net-abuse.sightings. There are some very knowledgeable people in this forum -- I've already posted a few email headers there.

If you decide to forward the spam email to us, please be sure to include the FULL HEADERS -- we cannot do anything without this information. Also, don't just include the header information...we need the full email forwarded to our Webmaster, and the full headers.

How do I look up IP #s?
Here are a just a few 'WhoIs' Databases:
        * ARIN: WHOIS
        * RIPE Whois
        * APNIC - Asia Pacific Network Information Centre
        * Korea Whois Lookup
        * UXN: Spam Combat

What if there are no email headers available, or I cannot locate full header information?
If there are no email headers available (we were informed that spammers are even using our domain email for cellphone text messaging! We have confirmed this, because unfortunately...angry victims of these spam text messages are calling us to complain), there is probably some other identifying information in the body of the message (possibly a website to visit, phone number or address). If this is the case, visit the following website for the WhoIs database and contact the abuse department of the appropriate webhosting company of that website.


DO NOT simply reply to the email address in the "Reply-To" field.
        * Internic.net

How can I decifer full email headers?
The websites below provide more information on how to do this.
        * How do I get my email program to reveal the full, unmodified email?
        * Stopspam.org: Email Headers
        * FutureQuest.net: Why Does This Spam Look Like I Sent It?
        * FutureQuest.net: How Do I Determine the Source of an Email?
        * EmailAbuse.org: Identify the Sender

Where can I learn more about emails, spam and other related information?
These websites are just a few that provide helpful information:
        * Spamcop.com [Submit full email headers of the spam emails you receive, and immediately receive an email address to send the abuse to.]
        * AboutSpam.com Tools
        * A PhoneBoy Primer On: Tracking Down Spammers
        * Spam Laws
        * International Web Police
        * SpamWatch
        * ScamWatch
        * Spamfaq.net
        * Spews.org
        * Internet Privacy for Dummies: Tracking Spammers (Easy-to-understand)
        * Spambag.org
        * Informative links from Spamcop.com
        * Spam-L Tracking FAQ
        * Spam Delenda Est
        * Fight Spam on the Internet

Spam laws
        *A Federal Trade Commission rule now requires that sexually explicit Internet spam must now carry a warning label. Sexually explicit Internet spam must now carry a warning label. A Federal Trade Commission rule went into effect Wednesday requiring that unsolicited commercial e-mail that contains sexually oriented material include the words "SEXUALLY EXPLICIT" in the subject line.
        * Why Spammers Love the CAN-SPAM Law Article from PCWorld.com.
        * Regulations.gov The FTC wants your comments on the CAN-SPAM act (before 4/12/04)! View the latest regulation: CAN-SPAM Act Rulemaking, Project No. R411008.

Thank you so much for your understanding and patience during this time. Help us fight spam! A special thanks to www.myparentime.com for supplying the above information.

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How to trace a not so bright spammer.

We were able to view the source information of the email sent by the fictional employee "Nannie Thorpe." It reveiled that it was sent from an individual by the name of brendonsanders@inorbit.com see below

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Return-path: <brendonsanders@inorbit.com >
Received: from chuckarbinteriors.com (206.130.117.206.west-datacenter.net [206.130.117.206])
by gwise.suu.edu with ESMTP; Thu, 08 Dec 2005 08:22:34 -0700
Received: from shasta239147.ig.com.br (SHASTA239147.ig.com.br [200.151.239.147] (may be forged))
by chuckarbinteriors.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id jB8FLoS15901;
Thu, 8 Dec 2005 08:21:50 -0700
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 08:21:50 -0700
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From there we performed a google search for brendon and found this information: http://idunno.org/spam/dailyBreakDown.aspx?date=20050712

We decided to follow the links found in the advertisements to point to a company called the Newport Corporation. In the URL we found the IP address to the server hosting the website. This was hidden in a facade from a server in the UK. The actual server is http://210.179.190.250 Evidently this is not a secure server, so individuals actually sending Credit Card information has a potential to be victims of identity theft.

With the last IP address we were able to use a tracing application to find that it is either housed in Russia or Asia. (not a good sign). We entered the servers IP address that ultimately led us to the Spamus website confirming the same individual and tactics by one- Robert Soloway.

Here is the information from Spamus: http://www.spamhaus.org/rokso/evidence.lasso?rokso_id=ROK1154

By putting the location of Soloway in the greater Portland area, where IDS is based, it became a "no brainer."

Beware of this email, it is not from us!:
What you see is a copy of what was sent out.

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simply visit our company web site above, fill out the order form with your nonprofit/charity contact details, but do not press submit. Instead, print it out and send a letter to the mailing address on our company web site above with your nonprofit/charity mission statement, a copy of the paperwork from your governmental authority confirming your nonprofit/charity status in your city/state/province/country of origin enclosed, and we will then contact you with all you need to start emailing to 2.5mil people with your non-cost, non-commercial, non-transactional, non-relationship, charity/nonprofit special email message on your web site.

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

thanks to the technology of email, here are only a few of the countless charities & nonprofit organizations we have countributed to this year: 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 in need of global assistance.

on the day alone that this email was edited, six nonprofits/charities responded to this nonprofit emailing and are currently receiving their noncost, non-commercial emailing without cost to them: america remembers: killed in action foundation, his grace: evangelistic ministries, north valley aikikai: aikido education academy, lars ranch: abused children's sanctuary, musici europae: classic music foundation, coleman broadcasting: youth education network . We hope to assist over 2,000+ nonprofits and charities have their special non-commercial email sent out in 2006. Help us fulfill our goal, in that we believe emailing can be a beneficial worldwide contribution to millions.

please note that this non-commercial, non-transactional, non-relationship email originated from a computer outside of the united states of america by a citizen of a foreign country and obeys all non-commercial email laws of the country of the citizen that initated this non-commercial email.

if you are not associated with a nonprofit/charity and/or this is not a nonprofit/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 to assist various nonprofits and charities interesting in sending out their special non-commercial message and/or non-commercial web site, please respond to delist your email address from our email database. Thank you.
(And there is the rip off!!)