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I added a few more translations of the phrase "The rest is trash" to the spamtraps at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml (see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/the_rest_is_trash.html or https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-rest-is-trash.html).

If you want further translations added, please let me know (with translation in your message).

#spamtraps #greytrapping #spamd #openbsd #freebsd #antispam #imaginaryfriends #localization #cybercrime

The list without wrapper text is available as https://www.bsdly.net/~peter/sortlist.txt (BIG! -- 22975800 entries as of right now, will increase)

I added a few more translations of the phrase "The rest is trash" to the spamtraps at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml (see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/the_rest_is_trash.html or https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-rest-is-trash.html).

If you want further translations added, please let me know (with translation in your message).

#spamtraps #greytrapping #spamd #openbsd #freebsd #antispam #imaginaryfriends #localization #cybercrime

The list without wrapper text is available as https://www.bsdly.net/~peter/sortlist.txt (BIG! -- 22975800 entries as of right now, will increase)

The update you have been waiting for:

"Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off?" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)

now has the complete 2025 data in place. #openbsd #spamd #greytrapping #spam #antispam #cybercrime #spamtraps #blocklists

The update you have been waiting for:

"Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off?" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)

now has the complete 2025 data in place. #openbsd #spamd #greytrapping #spam #antispam #cybercrime #spamtraps #blocklists

I find it quite chuckleworthy that the pop3 gropers are eagerly trying even the /dev/random sourced local parts of spamtraps (mentioned in passing in https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html). But is it worth writing a fresh article about that?
#openbsd #spamtraps #pop3gropers #cybercrime

I find it quite chuckleworthy that the pop3 gropers are eagerly trying even the /dev/random sourced local parts of spamtraps (mentioned in passing in https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html). But is it worth writing a fresh article about that?
#openbsd #spamtraps #pop3gropers #cybercrime

Hm. log entries like

Sep 30 00:54:41 skapet spamd[83364]: (GREY) 171.4.7.241: <[email protected]> -> <[email protected]>
Sep 30 00:54:41 skapet spamd[83004]: new entry 171.4.7.241 from <[email protected]> to <[email protected]>, helo ns3000605.ip-37-59-46.eu

have me suspect they are actually reading my stuff such as https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html #spamtraps #greytrapping #antispam #cybercrime #spamd #openbsd

Hm. log entries like

Sep 30 00:54:41 skapet spamd[83364]: (GREY) 171.4.7.241: <[email protected]> -> <[email protected]>
Sep 30 00:54:41 skapet spamd[83004]: new entry 171.4.7.241 from <[email protected]> to <[email protected]>, helo ns3000605.ip-37-59-46.eu

have me suspect they are actually reading my stuff such as https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html #spamtraps #greytrapping #antispam #cybercrime #spamd #openbsd

Now 8024921 imaginary friends (and counting), at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml, mainly exhumed from logs.

For the bored but not restless, https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (also https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html) #greytrapping #spamtraps #spamd #openbsd #spam #cybercrime

Now 8024921 imaginary friends (and counting), at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml, mainly exhumed from logs.

For the bored but not restless, https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (also https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html) #greytrapping #spamtraps #spamd #openbsd #spam #cybercrime

heh. with another 70 weeks of log data to sift through, the count of imaginary friends at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml just rolled past seven million (also see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html or tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html) #spamtraps #imaginaryfriends #spamd #smtp #cybercrime #openbsd

heh. with another 70 weeks of log data to sift through, the count of imaginary friends at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml just rolled past seven million (also see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html or tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html) #spamtraps #imaginaryfriends #spamd #smtp #cybercrime #openbsd

Eighteen Years of Greytrapping Retrospective Published https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250812064257 #openbsd #spamd #greytrapping #antispam #security #cybercrime #spamtraps

Eighteen Years of Greytrapping Retrospective Published https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250812064257 #openbsd #spamd #greytrapping #antispam #security #cybercrime #spamtraps

In 2013 I wrote up "Maintaining A Publicly Available Blacklist - Mechanisms And Principles" (also https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2013/04/maintaining-publicly-available.html) . TL;DR: blocklisting is a kind of public shaming, be sure your process is verifiable and transparent.

Minor edits today, links to resources and #eurobsdcon inside. #blocklists #spamtraps #antispam #smtp #spamd #openbsd #freebsd #security #cybercrime

In 2013 I wrote up "Maintaining A Publicly Available Blacklist - Mechanisms And Principles" (also https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2013/04/maintaining-publicly-available.html) . TL;DR: blocklisting is a kind of public shaming, be sure your process is verifiable and transparent.

Minor edits today, links to resources and #eurobsdcon inside. #blocklists #spamtraps #antispam #smtp #spamd #openbsd #freebsd #security #cybercrime

September 7, 2022 the 300,000th spamtrap was added to our list of imaginary friends, see "The Things Spammers Believe - A Tale of 300,000 Imaginary Friends" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/spammers_believe_in_300k_imaginary_friends.html.

Today, the number at at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml rolled past 5,000,000 (yes, five million). #spam #spamtraps #spamd #openbsd #cybercrime #scams #malware

September 7, 2022 the 300,000th spamtrap was added to our list of imaginary friends, see "The Things Spammers Believe - A Tale of 300,000 Imaginary Friends" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/spammers_believe_in_300k_imaginary_friends.html.

Today, the number at at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml rolled past 5,000,000 (yes, five million). #spam #spamtraps #spamd #openbsd #cybercrime #scams #malware

The symptoms of what I take to have been a #phishing campaign aimed at users in #japan are no longer that visible in the backscatter.

But they will be visible as new #imaginaryfriends in the published #spamtraps list we user for our our #openbsd #spamd #graytrapping, see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml and https://nxdomain.no/~peter/spammers_believe_in_300k_imaginary_friends.html (with the total now inching in the direction of the 5 million mark)

The symptoms of what I take to have been a #phishing campaign aimed at users in #japan are no longer that visible in the backscatter.

But they will be visible as new #imaginaryfriends in the published #spamtraps list we user for our our #openbsd #spamd #graytrapping, see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml and https://nxdomain.no/~peter/spammers_believe_in_300k_imaginary_friends.html (with the total now inching in the direction of the 5 million mark)

Laura at WttW on "What Spamtraps Tell Us"

"Just to be clear, spamtraps are NOT the problem; they’re a signal. Spamtraps tell us that there are problems with something about our data. No one really cares if email addresses that don’t belong to people get mail. But what they do care about is the fact that if your list processes allow spamtraps on the list, it’s likely you’re also sending mail to actual people who don’t want it."

#spamtraps #emaildeliverability

https://wordtothewise.com/2025/03/what-spamtraps-tell-us/

Laura at WttW on "What Spamtraps Tell Us"

"Just to be clear, spamtraps are NOT the problem; they’re a signal. Spamtraps tell us that there are problems with something about our data. No one really cares if email addresses that don’t belong to people get mail. But what they do care about is the fact that if your list processes allow spamtraps on the list, it’s likely you’re also sending mail to actual people who don’t want it."

#spamtraps #emaildeliverability

https://wordtothewise.com/2025/03/what-spamtraps-tell-us/

Welcome new imaginary friends [email protected] and [email protected] to the cast of millions at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml (served up to us today by [email protected] and [email protected], respectively).

My favorite new imaginary friend (aka spamtrap) today was however [email protected], a faked sender address.

Logs for the interested at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/blogpix/new_imaginary_friends_20250306.txt

#spam #spamd #spamtraps #greytrapping #imaginaryfriends #cybercrime #antispam

Welcome new imaginary friends [email protected] and [email protected] to the cast of millions at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml (served up to us today by [email protected] and [email protected], respectively).

My favorite new imaginary friend (aka spamtrap) today was however [email protected], a faked sender address.

Logs for the interested at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/blogpix/new_imaginary_friends_20250306.txt

#spam #spamd #spamtraps #greytrapping #imaginaryfriends #cybercrime #antispam

The other horribly nonsensical thing I saw during the last 24 hours was the error messages GNU Emacs emits when it is faced with a file of a size that exceeds its expected per-buffer memory allocation.

Fortunately a sane solution was found for that particular problem (split that big hand generated log into smaller pieces) - search for "this log directory" in https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml #spamtraps #greyptrapping #spamd #antispam #cybercrime #imaginaryfriends

The other horribly nonsensical thing I saw during the last 24 hours was the error messages GNU Emacs emits when it is faced with a file of a size that exceeds its expected per-buffer memory allocation.

Fortunately a sane solution was found for that particular problem (split that big hand generated log into smaller pieces) - search for "this log directory" in https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml #spamtraps #greyptrapping #spamd #antispam #cybercrime #imaginaryfriends

Despite our efforts (such as those described in https://nxdomain.no/~peter/spammers_believe_in_300k_imaginary_friends.html btw that number rolled past 3 million some time back), *some* #spam will occasionally make it all the way through to an inbox and to be read by a person.

Today I offer a prime sample: https://nxdomain.no/~peter/blogpix/202[email protected][email protected]_Conditioner_etc._Inquiry.txt #spamtraps #cybercrime #mail #email #smtp #scams #greytrapping

Despite our efforts (such as those described in https://nxdomain.no/~peter/spammers_believe_in_300k_imaginary_friends.html btw that number rolled past 3 million some time back), *some* #spam will occasionally make it all the way through to an inbox and to be read by a person.

Today I offer a prime sample: https://nxdomain.no/~peter/blogpix/202[email protected][email protected]_Conditioner_etc._Inquiry.txt #spamtraps #cybercrime #mail #email #smtp #scams #greytrapping

Already somewhat blasé from life in the honeypots, yours truly registers an even more bizarre level of events after a some routine logs spelunking

Read on in "A Suitably Bizarre Start of the Year 2025" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/suitably_bizarre_start_of_the_year_2025.html (or https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-suitably-bizarre-start-of-year-2025.html)

#OpenBSD #spamd #spam #spamtraps #greytrapping #SMTP #relaying, #antispam #network #security #cybercrime #2025 #yearofcrazy

A *new* byproduct of the silliness: Spamtraps added per year (growth since records started): https://nxdomain.no/~peter/spamtraps-per-year.txt

Already somewhat blasé from life in the honeypots, yours truly registers an even more bizarre level of events after a some routine logs spelunking

Read on in "A Suitably Bizarre Start of the Year 2025" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/suitably_bizarre_start_of_the_year_2025.html (or https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-suitably-bizarre-start-of-year-2025.html)

#OpenBSD #spamd #spam #spamtraps #greytrapping #SMTP #relaying, #antispam #network #security #cybercrime #2025 #yearofcrazy

A *new* byproduct of the silliness: Spamtraps added per year (growth since records started): https://nxdomain.no/~peter/spamtraps-per-year.txt

A Suitably Bizarre Start of the Year 2025 https://nxdomain.no/~peter/suitably_bizarre_start_of_the_year_2025.html (also https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-suitably-bizarre-start-of-year-2025.html)

Already somewhat blasé from life in the honeypots, yours truly registers an even more bizarre level of events after a some routine logs spelunking

#OpenBSD #spamd #spam #spamtraps #greytrapping #SMTP #relaying, #antispam #network #security #cybercrime #2025 #yearofcrazy

*Bonus EDIT* for CET morning crowd: Spamtraps added per year (growth since records started): https://nxdomain.no/~peter/spamtraps-per-year.txt

A Suitably Bizarre Start of the Year 2025 https://nxdomain.no/~peter/suitably_bizarre_start_of_the_year_2025.html (also https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-suitably-bizarre-start-of-year-2025.html)

Already somewhat blasé from life in the honeypots, yours truly registers an even more bizarre level of events after a some routine logs spelunking

#OpenBSD #spamd #spam #spamtraps #greytrapping #SMTP #relaying, #antispam #network #security #cybercrime #2025 #yearofcrazy

*Bonus EDIT* for CET morning crowd: Spamtraps added per year (growth since records started): https://nxdomain.no/~peter/spamtraps-per-year.txt

Friday night follies included several attemtpts from [email protected] to deliver spam to one of the imaginary friends at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml as well as somebot attempting to ssh in as user <space>, which for #shell reasons will not be able to join the 500k+ #spamtraps

All while you were sleeping. #spamd #cybercrime #antispam #sshgropers #passwordguessing

Friday night follies included several attemtpts from [email protected] to deliver spam to one of the imaginary friends at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml as well as somebot attempting to ssh in as user <space>, which for #shell reasons will not be able to join the 500k+ #spamtraps

All while you were sleeping. #spamd #cybercrime #antispam #sshgropers #passwordguessing

My favorite among the imaginary friends[1] - now numbering more than half a million and counting by the way - for now would be [email protected], added today.

[1] https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml also https://nxdomain.no/~peter/spammers_believe_in_300k_imaginary_friends.html, same sentiments, but larger numbers.

#spamtraps #antispam #spamd #openbsd #smtp #email #cybercrime

My favorite among the imaginary friends[1] - now numbering more than half a million and counting by the way - for now would be [email protected], added today.

[1] https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml also https://nxdomain.no/~peter/spammers_believe_in_300k_imaginary_friends.html, same sentiments, but larger numbers.

#spamtraps #antispam #spamd #openbsd #smtp #email #cybercrime

I can report that it actually rolled past 400,000 this Tuesday.

Fun or interesting in its own way, but not quite blogworthy. The sentiments expressed in the article about the 300,000 mark are still valid, though.

See https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml for latest updates. 408357 and counting.

#spam #spamtraps #spamd #greytrapping #traplist #cybercrime

I can report that it actually rolled past 400,000 this Tuesday.

Fun or interesting in its own way, but not quite blogworthy. The sentiments expressed in the article about the 300,000 mark are still valid, though.

See https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml for latest updates. 408357 and counting.

#spam #spamtraps #spamd #greytrapping #traplist #cybercrime

@tab2space @paul_ipv6 @briankrebs heh, yes, the effort to make the spamto: databases as useless as possible has been progressing for years, and seems to have some effect.

The traplist home page https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml has links to various useful material. Perhaps https://nxdomain.no/~peter/badness_enumerated_by_robots.html is worth mentioning too (also prettified, tracked at https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2018/08/badness-enumerated-by-robots.html) #spamtraps #antispam #cybercrime #feedback

@tab2space @paul_ipv6 @briankrebs heh, yes, the effort to make the spamto: databases as useless as possible has been progressing for years, and seems to have some effect.

The traplist home page https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml has links to various useful material. Perhaps https://nxdomain.no/~peter/badness_enumerated_by_robots.html is worth mentioning too (also prettified, tracked at https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2018/08/badness-enumerated-by-robots.html) #spamtraps #antispam #cybercrime #feedback

For some reason I just looked up my now just over 2 year old piece "The Things Spammers Believe - A Tale of 300,000 Imaginary Friends" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/spammers_believe_in_300k_imaginary_friends.html (prettified, tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-things-spammers-believe-tale-of.html) and realized that number will soon roll past the next big round marker. #spamtraps #traplist #spam #antispam #openbsd #pf #spamd #cybercrime #bottomfeeders #imaginaryfriends

For some reason I just looked up my now just over 2 year old piece "The Things Spammers Believe - A Tale of 300,000 Imaginary Friends" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/spammers_believe_in_300k_imaginary_friends.html (prettified, tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-things-spammers-believe-tale-of.html) and realized that number will soon roll past the next big round marker. #spamtraps #traplist #spam #antispam #openbsd #pf #spamd #cybercrime #bottomfeeders #imaginaryfriends

Another one for the #ssh #password #groper #blooper reel:

Nov 4 15:24:12 portal sshd-session[16361]: Failed password for invalid user user1!2@3#4$ from 185.11.61.88 port 40254 ssh2

#sshgropers #passwordguessing #cybercrime

(also to be added posthaste, with a domain appended, to the list of imaginary friends at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml) #spamtraps

Another one for the #ssh #password #groper #blooper reel:

Nov 4 15:24:12 portal sshd-session[16361]: Failed password for invalid user user1!2@3#4$ from 185.11.61.88 port 40254 ssh2

#sshgropers #passwordguessing #cybercrime

(also to be added posthaste, with a domain appended, to the list of imaginary friends at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml) #spamtraps

This morning had me notice a new episode of the type described in "The Despicable, No Good, Blackmail Campaign Targeting ... Imaginary Friends?" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html (or prettified, tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-despicable-no-good-blackmail.html), the first in quite a while, I might add.

Data so far to be perused at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/20241009/ (now refreshed & gzipped).

#spam #scams #wankstortion #sextortion #cybercrime #imaginaryfriends #spamtraps

This morning had me notice a new episode of the type described in "The Despicable, No Good, Blackmail Campaign Targeting ... Imaginary Friends?" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html (or prettified, tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-despicable-no-good-blackmail.html), the first in quite a while, I might add.

Data so far to be perused at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/20241009/ (now refreshed & gzipped).

#spam #scams #wankstortion #sextortion #cybercrime #imaginaryfriends #spamtraps

@jhpot Dang, I would have liked to feed them https://nxdomain.no/~peter/sortlist.txt (explained at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml) in exchange for lots of (real) cash :( #cryptoscam #bitcon #bitcoin #spam #spamtraps

@jhpot Dang, I would have liked to feed them https://nxdomain.no/~peter/sortlist.txt (explained at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml) in exchange for lots of (real) cash :( #cryptoscam #bitcon #bitcoin #spam #spamtraps

Novel new #scam: a #spam email in French claiming to be from Interpol & stating that the recipient (one of our #spamtraps) has been "found guilty" of sexual crimes against minors & will be arrested (isn’t it usually the other way around?)

Payload is a long official-looking JPEG enumerating the supposed crimes & requiring the recipient to contact a “law firm" at their Gmail address.

It's a basic 'frightener scam’, but with no immediate mention of payment: that will presumably come later.

Novel new #scam: a #spam email in French claiming to be from Interpol & stating that the recipient (one of our #spamtraps) has been "found guilty" of sexual crimes against minors & will be arrested (isn’t it usually the other way around?)

Payload is a long official-looking JPEG enumerating the supposed crimes & requiring the recipient to contact a “law firm" at their Gmail address.

It's a basic 'frightener scam’, but with no immediate mention of payment: that will presumably come later.

The joys of running your own #mail system: Seeing that mailer-daemon@ and root@ for specific hosts along with postmaster@ and even hostmaster@ for all domains now included in bottom-feeders' spamto: lists #smtp #spam (and of course seeing that for a brief time, the number of #spamtraps collected for #greytrapping was a palindromic number, https://www.nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml)

The joys of running your own #mail system: Seeing that mailer-daemon@ and root@ for specific hosts along with postmaster@ and even hostmaster@ for all domains now included in bottom-feeders' spamto: lists #smtp #spam (and of course seeing that for a brief time, the number of #spamtraps collected for #greytrapping was a palindromic number, https://www.nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml)

331133 is a truly bizarre number in this context (https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml) also https://nxdomain.no/~peter/spammers_believe_in_300k_imaginary_friends.html or tracked with nicer formatting https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-things-spammers-believe-tale-of.html but will likely change (increase) soon #spamd #spamfighting #spamtraps #imaginaryfriends #openbsd

331133 is a truly bizarre number in this context (https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml) also https://nxdomain.no/~peter/spammers_believe_in_300k_imaginary_friends.html or tracked with nicer formatting https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-things-spammers-believe-tale-of.html but will likely change (increase) soon #spamd #spamfighting #spamtraps #imaginaryfriends #openbsd

Repost for the CET-ish morning crowd (and elsewhere) - A Simpler Life: Trapping Spambots Based on Target Domain Only https://nxdomain.no/~peter/domain-only-trapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-simpler-life-trapping-spambots-based.html) #OpenBSD #spamd #spamd.alloweddomains #greytrapping #spamtraps #FreeBSD #blocklists #antispam

Repost for the CET-ish morning crowd (and elsewhere) - A Simpler Life: Trapping Spambots Based on Target Domain Only https://nxdomain.no/~peter/domain-only-trapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-simpler-life-trapping-spambots-based.html) #OpenBSD #spamd #spamd.alloweddomains #greytrapping #spamtraps #FreeBSD #blocklists #antispam

A Simpler Life: Trapping Spambots Based on Target Domain Only https://nxdomain.no/~peter/domain-only-trapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-simpler-life-trapping-spambots-based.html) #OpenBSD #spamd #spamd.alloweddomains #greytrapping #spamtraps #FreeBSD #blocklists #antispam

A Simpler Life: Trapping Spambots Based on Target Domain Only https://nxdomain.no/~peter/domain-only-trapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-simpler-life-trapping-spambots-based.html) #OpenBSD #spamd #spamd.alloweddomains #greytrapping #spamtraps #FreeBSD #blocklists #antispam

A post in my linkedin feed reminded me that when I first wrote about #wankstortion (aka #sextortion) spam back in 2019, it was a well-known and well-explored problem and we had quickly concluded that the only thing those jokers had was a list of mail addresses. And of course that list had a goodly chunk of my #spamtraps in it.

For some reason, these campaigns keep turning up. My 2022 piece https://www.nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html (or with trackers https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-despicable-no-good-blackmail.html) has links to the older story too.

A post in my linkedin feed reminded me that when I first wrote about #wankstortion (aka #sextortion) spam back in 2019, it was a well-known and well-explored problem and we had quickly concluded that the only thing those jokers had was a list of mail addresses. And of course that list had a goodly chunk of my #spamtraps in it.

For some reason, these campaigns keep turning up. My 2022 piece https://www.nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html (or with trackers https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-despicable-no-good-blackmail.html) has links to the older story too.