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Once again, SWAPEY are Spamming...
youngc
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Posted: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 01:44 PM UTC
I just recieved an email from 'Roger' last night.
markm
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Posted: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 02:53 PM UTC
Well, now this moron has hit my gmail and hotmail accounts. Still waiting for yahoo.
SSGToms
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Posted: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 03:42 PM UTC
That's it. Assemble the villagers, light the torches, and gather on Roger's front lawn!!!
05Sultan
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Posted: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 03:58 PM UTC
Dam!! Feel sooooo excluded w/no spam mail or otherwise.......oh well...............

LIGHT THE TORCHES! KILL THE SWAMPY MONSTER!!!! FIND HIM! FIND HIM! FIND HIM AND FEED HIM TO THE MOB!!

Feel so much better now....
spooky6
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Sri Lanka
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Posted: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 06:04 PM UTC
Just got one today in my hotmail inbox with the $100 coupon offer. I haven't followed the links, but the mail clearly states that Roger's work is being sponsored by swapey. Also, all the links are clearly swapey url's, so I think it's unfair to say that he's scamming us. It's just the usual run-of-the-mill spam.
seb43
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Posted: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 06:32 PM UTC
Hi All
i am currently in Switzerland on vacation and just receive the same email
Let me call the VP of ETH zurich to inform them of such use from ETH email account
I will get back to you ASAP

Cheers
Seb
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Posted: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 07:10 PM UTC
Where are the KGB hitmen when you need them!?
jimbrae
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Posted: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 10:00 PM UTC

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Let me call the VP of ETH zurich to inform them of such use from ETH email account
I will get back to you ASAP


Thanks Sebastien - much appreciated!
jimbrae
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Provincia de Lugo, Spain / España
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Posted: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 10:17 PM UTC
I contacted the University yesterday (as the mails are from a student a/c) and got this response this morning;


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Dear Mr Rae,
thank you for your message. To check if the Mails were sent by our Student, could you please forward one of the spammails. We need the original Mail (including the header).
We have sometimes Problems that our Mail adresse were misused by spammers because its very easy to fake sender addresses. If that’s the case, it’s impossible for us to do anything against. If the Mails really were sent trough our mailserver, we will immediately lock the emailadress.


So, not surprisingly, they are taking it very seriously. Hopefully, if that's the case, there will be other sanctions against the poster.
Tarok
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Posted: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 10:39 PM UTC
Jim,

Could you please send me the address you will be forwarding the spam message to? I'd like to forward my complaint as well.

Rudi
jimbrae
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Posted: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 10:48 PM UTC

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Could you please send me the address you will be forwarding the spam message to? I'd like to forward my complaint as well.


Rudi, check you PMs...
seb43
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Posted: Thursday, June 05, 2008 - 12:49 AM UTC
Well It seems that this student is not register to the ETH Zurich email database
I hope to post more news soon
cheers
seb
jimbrae
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Posted: Thursday, June 05, 2008 - 12:57 AM UTC
From Swapey's Terms & Conditions:

6.1 swapey puts great emphasis on the protection of your data:

swapey will not sell or lend your data to third parties (companies other than swapey GmbH).
swapey will not forward your personal data to advertisers.
swapey does not tolerate unsolicited mass e-mail (spam).

Will the REAL Swapey please stand up?
Gunny
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Posted: Thursday, June 05, 2008 - 02:06 AM UTC

Quoted Text

I contacted the University yesterday (as the mails are from a student a/c) and got this response this morning;


Quoted Text

Dear Mr Rae,
thank you for your message. To check if the Mails were sent by our Student, could you please forward one of the spammails. We need the original Mail (including the header).
We have sometimes Problems that our Mail adresse were misused by spammers because its very easy to fake sender addresses. If that’s the case, it’s impossible for us to do anything against. If the Mails really were sent trough our mailserver, we will immediately lock the emailadress.


So, not surprisingly, they are taking it very seriously. Hopefully, if that's the case, there will be other sanctions against the poster.


Internet fraud comes immediately to my mind...not to mention the negative impact on the hobby that this so called "modeler" is causing with this total load of crap...luckily KitMaker members have been involved with this scam from the get go, and oh yes, Mr. swamp rat, we're on to you........
markm
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Posted: Thursday, June 05, 2008 - 06:49 AM UTC
For the heck of it, I ran a simple google search on "swapey". This guy has made the rounds to most modeling forums as well as militaria. Luckily the word is getting out and being referenced back to either here or Jim's post at ML.
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