Vegas Frontier and FortuneLounge Spam

[mary]

And again:

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From: "no purchase needed" <jenny@123skidoo.com>
Subject: $10 free to try slots
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In a message dated 9/22/2005 8:51:36 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, jenny@123skidoo.com writes:
>> $10 Free no purchase required <<

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>> $10 Free no purchase required <<

Why bother with the hassle of going to a casino when you can play NOW from home. Play any game, any day, anytime you like!

We have everything that Vegas has to offer and more!

With better than Vegas payouts, $10 FREE, a $300 match bonus, and more than 80 games including the biggest progressive jackpots ever online, there is simply no reason to leave your house!

Vegas Villa : 1934 Driftwood Bay, Belize City, Belize

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[mary]

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[mary]

Got that kids?

I know a lot of players will recognize his spam. It typically comes in multiple copies. Unsubscribe does nothing. Emailing it to "spam@fortuneaffiliates.com" does nothing. He posts a lot at affiliate fora.

[mary]

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[Casinomeister]

You are aware that there is a relationship between S. Berkowitz and the Crystal Palace casinos, right? It's made pretty obvious here as well.

And doesn't this have something to do with FL getting shut down by Spamhaus a few weeks ago? My memory is a bit cloudy on this.

[spearmaster]

I made a complaint to Fortune Affiliates.

What they did - ask the spammer to unsubscribe me, as they have done in the past - and I guarantee you I will reappear on his lists within a month.

VP - time to request that this guy be shut down - I really don't care if he is your biggest affiliate, his tactics are unethical and, as you have already seen, have caused a mighty big problem for you in the past.

[Casinomeister]

Originally Posted by spearmaster

...his tactics are unethical and, as you have already seen, have caused a mighty big problem for you in the past.

Ditto.

[GrandMaster]

Originally Posted by mary

And again:

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To: [mary's email address]
From: "no purchase needed" <jenny@123skidoo.com>
Subject: $10 free to try slots
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Yes, this is exactly the sort of spam I have been getting. I have forwarded several to Complaints@ FortuneAffiliates.com, but nothing happened despite their claims that "Fortune Affiliates complies with the CAN_SPAM Act 2003 and will not tolerate SPAM from Affiliates. Any Affiliate found to be guilty of spamming will be dealt with appropriately." As a side note, the European Union has stricter rules on data protection, which includes handling of e-mail addresses, but there is no mention of this anywhere on the site.

[fortunelounge]

Thank you for posting the information that enabled me to investigate this issue properly.

Casinoprophet is not an affiliate but has a publisher relationship with Slickstreet Marketing who are now working hard on incorporating their unsubscribe process into his mail system.Although this process has experienced some hickups and manual intervention, it will be resolved and the unsubscribe process should soon be effective.

We apologise for any inconvenience and wish to assure you that we follow very strict anti-spam policies.

In the meantime, if anyone receives unwanted mail from this publisher, please forward me your details and I will assist in getting you removed from the publisher's mailing list.

VP Operations
Fortune lounge

[GemG7]

Originally Posted by fortunelounge

Casinoprophet is not an affiliate but has a publisher relationship with Slickstreet Marketing who are now working hard on incorporating their unsubscribe process into his mail system.Although this process has experienced some hickups and manual intervention, it will be resolved and the unsubscribe process should soon be effective.
We apologise for any inconvenience and wish to assure you that we follow very strict anti-spam policies.

The unsubscribe process has never been effective in trying to get off this spammers email list. I don't believe for a minute that there has been some hiccups in the process.