Comments on: MSN Featured Offers Spam

By: Rina

Rina — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:11:18 +0000

That?s a great article,it reinforces thing?s I?ve known but I don?t think is common knowledge.

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:39:18 +0000

Hi!
if you are using Outlook do what Jim Says (January 7th, 2009 at 1:25 am) make one or more rules, as simple as that, there is no other way.

Example:
1) Make one rule with the word “Viagra”
2) Another rule with the phrase “MSN Featured Offers”
.
.
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1958) and finaly make a rule with “For fantastic coitus!”.

Remember to check frecuently for real email in your spam folder.

By: Licka

Licka — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:32:38 +0000

Hi, there!
I’m from Brazil and I also get these spams at my job’s e-mail. I really don’t know how did they start, and I can’t understand where “they” caught my e-mail, since I rarely use it. I have a personal e-mail I’m receiving these spam too, and for a gmail account I could create a filter for these messages sent from “me”, to go for the trash if they don’t come with a special word I made.
Anyway, at first I saw the e-mail, I went to the “unsubscribe” link and, of course, on site there’s no any place we can go to do that. The FAQ doesn’t work, there’s no telephone or e-mail for contact and it seems there’s no even how the buy the products, because links there don’t work! What makes me angry is that I don’t want to have to create a filter, I just don’t want to get these spams. I’m a young woman, I don’t need and don’t know anyone who need Viagra pills, fortunatelly!

By: Peter Hutchison

Peter Hutchison — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:30:33 +0000

The majority of the emails I receive from the Canadian Pharmacy now come from other sources (apparently) than MSN special offers. One of today’s which I did look at apparently came from Ahamonejvev Inc.

By: Oscar Carballal

Oscar Carballal — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:34:35 +0000

The same thing is happening to me. There are spam emails coming in name of “Pfizer Inc.”. They come from Russia, covered under my own email address. The thing I don’t realize is -how the heck- did they get that email address, since I don’t use it in Internet, I never signed in any place with that email.

I sent to Pfizer Spain an email “suggesting” them to remove my email and my personal data if they have.

By: Mike Ellison

Mike Ellison — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:31:58 +0000

Foward all spam messages and e-mail to spam@uce.gov. They will investigate and prosicute any they find as spam. (As long as they are not sponsered by some Government agency, or getting paid (campaign contributions)by that company.)

By: Lance

Lance — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:10:47 +0000

You could setup a rule that auto-deletes any messages with “you subscribed to MSN Featured Offers.” Obviously this doesn’t stop the spam from coming to your email, but at least it prevents you from seeing it.

By: Peter Hutchison

Peter Hutchison — Sun, 31 May 2009 06:55:48 +0000

Me again

The admin details for the latest epistle are
Administrative Contact:
Name : ZHOUMEIWEI
Organization : ZHOUMEIWEI
Address : NANMENXILU23
City : xingtaishi
Province/State : hebeisheng
Country : china
Postal Code : 037000
Phone Number : 86-022-25632014
Fax : 86-022-25632014
Email : ZHOUMEIWEI@126.COM

Which seems to me to show the problem. The previous one I looked at was in Russia

By: Peter Hutchison

Peter Hutchison — Sat, 30 May 2009 16:11:49 +0000

I have been receiving this spam for years. I can remember signing up for this trash because, even though I do not like Microsoft, I didn’t expect it to be some spammer masquerading as MSN. I thought I would be aable to be removed from the list if I didn’t like what I received. I suppose it serves me right.

I believe many people have tried to shut this scam down. The messages I get are always the same pharmacy which purports to be in Canada but the links now are usually to Russia. Most of the links on today’s offering do not work. (contact us etc). Maybe because I sent a load of polite messages saying “why don’t you go away”.

I am sure Microsoft will claim, rightly or wrongly, that they have made every reasonable effort to shut this operation down without success.

By: suzanne

suzanne — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:44:55 +0000

I would be willing to join in a class action suit against MSN Microsoft. Their name is being used illegally and they have the legal power to stop it.