And now the spam begins

**Chips** · 9 November 2010, 7:24 am

I had an email address I created for Luck3, today I was spammed on it. So... Luck3 has now sold it's database of player emails or so it appears.

**universal4** · 9 November 2010, 8:41 am

If you did not use it for anything but that, then it would appear to be the case.

Also, did you use a word that is not commonly used? Things like sales, info, tech, hostmaster are commonly spammed at domains.

If they did not do it directly, then someone working for them did it.

Rick
Universal4

**Chips** · 9 November 2010, 9:16 am

Originally Posted by universal4

If you did not use it for anything but that, then it would appear to be the case.

Also, did you use a word that is not commonly used? Things like sales, info, tech, hostmaster are commonly spammed at domains.

If they did not do it directly, then someone working for them did it.

Rick
Universal4

I used a specific name for the email. Don't want to post it here as it would be too easy to figure out but the email was created solely for the player account and never used. I think the only time I used it was to confirm the email at sign up.

With this in mind, the email address was purchased, stolen or otherwise acquired by illegal means.

I was going to go ahead and delete the email address but figured I'd leave it for a time to see how many more spams I get. This spam came from an affiliate with Affactive.

**universal4** · 9 November 2010, 11:24 am

That certainly confirms and proves the theory...

Sad part is that depending on who it was sold to the first time, it could easily be traded/sold many more times over.....

Rick
Universal4

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