[Scspamcop] Fake emails claiming to be from support circulating.

[Geoffrey Hyde]

http://www.spamcop.net/sc?id=z2057733278z7cc81cdd13bce59c5b72bb7199cba262z

Unfortunately, the one thing the spammer can never fake is the source IP 
address.  BigPond always correctly recognizes it, and therefore so does 
SpamCop.  Therefore scam emails claiming this kind of bullshit in the 
message are always hoaxes.

What I'd like to know is this:  Is there anything I can do about a scam 
email that is so obviously fake it can't ever be real, besides reporting it 
to SpamCop?

I also don't bother reading the email or try to open the attachments, as 
they're obviously trojan programs designed to infect people who open them.

I've come to the conclusion that SpamCop is losing it's effectiveness, as 
these compromised systems are always out there trying to infect or spam 
someone.  I feel that my interests in spam email would be better served by 
some effort designed to reduce the zombie pools.  However, the only way any 
such effort will work is if the entire internet gets up off it's collective 
butt and actually does something about the zombies.  I predict that won't be 
happening in my lifetime.

Cheers ...

Geoffrey Hyde