[Scspamcop] Re: low importance - anyone know what this spammer is peddling?

[Patto]

jg wrote:
> On 8/5/2007 8:00 PM Patto inquired:
> 
>> ed wrote:
>>> I was wondering, is this spammer trying to perform ID fraud? - I've
>>> remove their email addresses for obvious reasons. I can see no other
>>> use for this spam, other than to collect ID, is this a new payload type
>>> for spam?
>> <spam snipped>
>>
>> Several people have already answered the question about that specific 
>> defraud attempt spam.
>>
>> The scam message included a Gmail address. A good thing to do with such 
>> addresses is to report them to Gmail, so that they can be deactivated.
>>
>> 	https://services.google.com/inquiry/gmail_security2
> 
> does that work??
> 
>> For Yahoo addresses, report them here
>>
>> 	http://help.yahoo.com/fast/help/us/mail/cgi_spam_intl
> 
> does that work #2 ( with a Ha, you kidding?)?
> 
> The non-action of both of the above is just about legendary (6 months on
> the net is legendary)...

Google: I always get this message after I report a Gmail address

[quote]
Hello,

Thanks for your report. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have 
caused.

When we are notified of such issues, we investigate and take appropriate 
action if we find that the Gmail Terms of Use have been violated. To 
read the Gmail Terms of Use, please visit: 
http://mail.google.com/gmail/help/terms_of_use.html.

We appreciate your concern, and thank you for taking the time to send us 
your comments.

Sincerely,

The Google Team
[/quote]

I cannot verify that the address has actually been deactivated. How can 
you tell?

Yahoo: I always get a similar confirmation message as the above, but 
with Yahoo addresses we can actually check.

	http://profile.yahoo.com/profilename
or
	http://uk.profile.yahoo.com/profilename
etc.

It usually takes 24 to 48 hours, but they are always gone after this. 
(Except Yahoo Germany; they never take any action.)