Have you been wondering why the list of imaginary friends at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml has been expanding quicker than usual this week?

It's because I found another batch of old logs that are now getting the more thorough treatment (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) #spamd #greytrapping #spam #cybercrime #openbsd

Have you been wondering why the list of imaginary friends at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml has been expanding quicker than usual this week?

It's because I found another batch of old logs that are now getting the more thorough treatment (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) #spamd #greytrapping #spam #cybercrime #openbsd

I am using Google Classroom, and Gmail is marking all email notifications from my Google classroom as spam. It's email generated by one Google product going into another Google product. What on earth is happening to flag the notification as spam?

#Google #GoogleClassroom #Gmail #spam #MonopolistsDontInnovate

This post is not an invitation to scold me for using Google products or to suggest alternatives. It is also not a request for technical support.

I saw something disturbing this morning.
One of my clients showed me an email. They use Gmail for their emails (on their own domain) and download them locally.
The email officially came from their company president, giving the purchasing department orders to immediately pay an invoice of around €20,000 to a new supplier in the UK. It included all the details and had the invoice attached as a PDF.

The worrying part is that the style and tone of the writing were exactly like their president's. However, the sender's address, while using the correct name, was a generic Gmail account. This immediately raised a red flag for the purchasing department, and they didn't fall for it. It was also easy for them to check because the president was in their office at that very moment.

Looking at the sender's address, it would have been simple for anyone to figure out what was happening, but many people don't.
The accuracy with which they (likely using an LLM) recreated the president's writing style is truly concerning.

#Scam#Spam#FakeSender

It seems that adding the second, third and fourth entries in raw list at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml has not dissuaded any consumers of that list.

Perhaps they don't read their data at all?

Background https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (also https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html) #greytrapping #spam #cybercrime

It seems that adding the second, third and fourth entries in raw list at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml has not dissuaded any consumers of that list.

Perhaps they don't read their data at all?

Background https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (also https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html) #greytrapping #spam #cybercrime

Hallo @Mastodon, könnt Ihr bitte mal die offene Registrierung bei Euch zumindest zeitweise einschränken damit Ihr die #Spam Well von jetzt gleich beenden könnt. Wäre nett, vielen Dank!

@Gargron

#MastodonSocial

Je crois que je viens de vivre mon 1er démarchage téléphonique par IA et c'était… troublant.

Un numéro en 07 (donc théoriquement interdit par l'ARCOM).
Pour vendre de l'isolation.
Elle avait mes nom et prénom.

Ambiance bruits de plateforme d'appels.
Voix féminine enjouée/chaleureuse et plutôt réaliste (même si certaines intonations étaient très légèrement étranges), discours fluide. Elle s'est même auto-interromput une fois.

#ARCOM#démarchage#SPAM#IA#AI

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No idea where the idea comes from, that #Jabber would have less problems with #spam than other federated communication systems 🤷

There are some tools in place, e.g. #RTBL and #messageModeration, which are great. But that's not sufficient.

We need new gate keeping schemes for large group chats. Open group chats are prone to spam, closing them puts too much acceptance work load on #MUC admins. I'm not yet sure, how a "semi-open" solution could look like.

#XMPP

Yeah, I don’t think that’s their address and they’d know how to spell information. #spam #phishing

I cannot emphasize enough how fun it is to call companies that spam on Mastodon and ask them when they plan on posting about the gay BDSM they said they were into, instead of market research spam.

"Maybe an intern did it--we'll put a stop to that immediately." Suuuure Jan. 💀

For other mods, if you're having issues with 24chemicalresearch.com today, their US line is busy, but the Asia one does pick up! +91 9169162030.

#admin #spam

I cannot emphasize enough how fun it is to call companies that spam on Mastodon and ask them when they plan on posting about the gay BDSM they said they were into, instead of market research spam.

"Maybe an intern did it--we'll put a stop to that immediately." Suuuure Jan. 💀

For other mods, if you're having issues with 24chemicalresearch.com today, their US line is busy, but the Asia one does pick up! +91 9169162030.

#admin #spam

The latest BSD Weekly https://bsdweekly.com/issues/245 features "Eighteen Years of Greytrapping ..." (https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html and https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html - a warmup to #bookofpf 4th ed https://nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4th-edition) #openbsd #freebsd #security #mail #spam #hacking #cybercrime @nostarch

The latest BSD Weekly https://bsdweekly.com/issues/245 features "Eighteen Years of Greytrapping ..." (https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html and https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html - a warmup to #bookofpf 4th ed https://nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4th-edition) #openbsd #freebsd #security #mail #spam #hacking #cybercrime @nostarch

"Sender address rejected: Domain not found; from=<mailguardwebmail@laqti.clicklhegal.com>"
Il y a encore des spammeurs qui utilisent un domaine non-existant (ce que tous les serveurs de messagerie sérieux rejettent) ? C'est si dur que ça d'utiliser un domaine réel ?

And oh, this morning saw another addition to the wankstortion archives - this https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html from 2022 is my last sigh/gasp #wankstortion #sextortion #cybercrime #scams #spam #email (archive: https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/)

And oh, this morning saw another addition to the wankstortion archives - this https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html from 2022 is my last sigh/gasp #wankstortion #sextortion #cybercrime #scams #spam #email (archive: https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/)

It's heartwarming to a greying geek that a 5000+ words retrospective on greytrapping is turning out to be popular - https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)

#greytrapping #spam #antispam #greylisting #blocklist #openbsd #freebsd #smtp #email #ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #pop3 #security #networking #cybercrime

It's heartwarming to a greying geek that a 5000+ words retrospective on greytrapping is turning out to be popular - https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)

#greytrapping #spam #antispam #greylisting #blocklist #openbsd #freebsd #smtp #email #ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #pop3 #security #networking #cybercrime

Friends, it finally happened. On August 7th, 2025, the number of spamtraps intended to fool spammers rolled past the number of inhabitants in my home country of Norway. It's time for a retrospective.

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)

#greytrapping #spam #antispam #greylisting #blocklist #openbsd #freebsd #smtp #email #ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #pop3 #security #networking #cybercrime