vinylweatherman
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- Oct 14, 2004
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- United Kingdom
I got this from "Lauren" this morning.
What is more sinister about this is that this spammer doesn't just know my name (which can be guessed from my email address), but my LOGIN to the casino, which can ONLY have come from them.
It HAS to be spam, because it is for the WELCOME BONUS, and I ALREADY HAVE AN ACCOUNT, and have done for years.
It originates from worldonlinegaming@communicatoremail.com which funnily enough is the SAME DOMAIN that pinkfloyd has recently complained is spamming an address NEVER USED BEFORE for casinos (so therefore it could NEVER have been subject to "opt in" permission).
Whilst it is bad enough selling our email addresses for "marketing", it seems Club World are passing USERNAMES (Login details) as well, which is clearly unnecessary for marketing purposes. My email is at least one used extensively for online casinos, but the fact this marketing firm are sending spam to pinkfloyd means that clearly they are NOT obeying ANY anti-spam rules in their operations, and so therefore CANNOT be trusted to deal with OUR email addresses in accordance with the anti-spam rules.
I am now getting convinced that much of what we think of as "rogue affiliate spam" is actually down to the CASINOS THEMSELVES, since I have recently seen an INCREASE in spam for casinos, yet at the same time the crackdowns on rogue affiliates are better than ever (for reputable casinos at least) because of increasing pressure from players.
A large amount of my spam is now showing up a VERY small number of bulk marketing domains when I hover my mouse, rather than the "free" domains beloved by spammers.
I also know that GENUINE promos are handled through c-f-1.com, and I would certainly NOT be offered the WELCOME bonus on an existing account of some years.
My ISP had flagged this as SPAM (see screenshot), but because so many genuine promos end up in the spam bin, I just opt to have the flag added to the subject line, and the email delivered as normal for manual filtering.
What is more sinister about this is that this spammer doesn't just know my name (which can be guessed from my email address), but my LOGIN to the casino, which can ONLY have come from them.
It HAS to be spam, because it is for the WELCOME BONUS, and I ALREADY HAVE AN ACCOUNT, and have done for years.
It originates from worldonlinegaming@communicatoremail.com which funnily enough is the SAME DOMAIN that pinkfloyd has recently complained is spamming an address NEVER USED BEFORE for casinos (so therefore it could NEVER have been subject to "opt in" permission).
Whilst it is bad enough selling our email addresses for "marketing", it seems Club World are passing USERNAMES (Login details) as well, which is clearly unnecessary for marketing purposes. My email is at least one used extensively for online casinos, but the fact this marketing firm are sending spam to pinkfloyd means that clearly they are NOT obeying ANY anti-spam rules in their operations, and so therefore CANNOT be trusted to deal with OUR email addresses in accordance with the anti-spam rules.
I am now getting convinced that much of what we think of as "rogue affiliate spam" is actually down to the CASINOS THEMSELVES, since I have recently seen an INCREASE in spam for casinos, yet at the same time the crackdowns on rogue affiliates are better than ever (for reputable casinos at least) because of increasing pressure from players.
A large amount of my spam is now showing up a VERY small number of bulk marketing domains when I hover my mouse, rather than the "free" domains beloved by spammers.
I also know that GENUINE promos are handled through c-f-1.com, and I would certainly NOT be offered the WELCOME bonus on an existing account of some years.
My ISP had flagged this as SPAM (see screenshot), but because so many genuine promos end up in the spam bin, I just opt to have the flag added to the subject line, and the email delivered as normal for manual filtering.