Getting spammed by the legit
Posted on July 13, 2007 by Benjamin Koe
Just when I thought that anti-spam engines were doing a great job weeding out those obviously detestable spam peddling medication, and fake watches, good legitimate marketeers take their place and get past the trusted filters.
As you can see in the below screen capture, I’ve put up with mumtazz.com for a while, not that I subscribed to it in the first place, but even after I unsubscribed the weekly alerts still kept coming.
Under the Act, marketers - particularly those based in Singapore or who have operations here - who continue to spam the “not interested” group face potential financial penalties. The statutory penalty is $25 for each electronic message, up to a total of $1 million.
I believe under the bill, I am safely considered “not interested”.
I guess where technology can’t stop the spammers, legislation can help. Anyone else in the same spam list want to do something about mumtazz?
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google didn’t filter this out?
Well, not automatically, if that’s what you’re asking. It is in the end a legit newsletter to some people. The problem is that I’ve unsubscribed and they’re not respecting that.
Heck I do get that irritating Mumtazz stuff too and lots of others… in my government email network! Apparently, the way these operators have done, there is no way any filters could weed them out…
Sigh, on the flip side, I think the days of anonymous email marketing are truly dead.
How about sending them a message on IDA’s ruling that you quoted in this post? I’ve sent a warning to one Singaporean spammer who ignored my unsubscription and s/he immediately stopped spamming me.