Reporting Junk email, Spam, and Visa

I hate spam - but worse I hate spam which promises to be a panacea for HIV.

In Washington State it is recommended you copy all the information including the header stuff included to the state's Attorney General's Office and complain. Because sending unwanted spam is one thing but lying about the effects of the so-called medicinal product is another.

Here is the Attorney General's Spam contact info:
http://www.atg.wa.gov/junkemail/

You can register your email address as one owned by a Washington state resident and thereby under the protection of Washington law. There is some evidence that people listing their email addresses there are subject to more spam then if they did not register.

If you query "Fourteen digit backend test for Visa card ecommerce" you will find a pass number that will allow you to enter a valid useless Visa number so if someone sends you spam email like this, you can spoof an order - that will clog up their system loaded with their fake "cure".

Here is an example email with the header included:

Return-Path:
Received: from d2-41.rb4.clm.centurytel.net (d2-41.rb4.clm.centurytel.net [69.29.89.41])
by ultra5.eskimo.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j6545dpU028307;
Mon, 4 Jul 2005 21:06:03 -0700
Received: from spoof lifelike (shoestring.muscularkink.com [32.82.246.144]) by 69.29.89.41 (6.7.0/9.3.3) with ESMTP id IM71473777 for <1drlane@eskimo.com>; Tue, 05 Jul 2005 02:01:36 -0300
Message-ID:
Content-Class: urn:content-classes:NEWSLETTER
Reply-To: "HIV"
From: "HIV"
Location: glance panel mercuric
Delivery-Notification: No
To: "1drlane" <1drlane@eskimo.com>
Subject: 'THE ANTIDOTE'
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 00:59:36 -0400
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
boundary="--9267317380830159869"
X-UIDL: Tp\"!NOa"!8(@!!\(_"!


Hello,

We have an Alternative to DRUGS & ANTIBIOTICS. A Miracle Protein than can help people with serious diseases

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Kills ALL known deadly Viruses & Bacteria in the body that keep diseases, namely: Influenza, SARS, Cancer, HIV etc.

A disease must be made DORMANT to stop infection.
'The ANTIDOTE' is the answer.

WE ARE THE ONLY COMPANY IN THE WORLD WHO HAVE DEVELOPED AND ENHANCED THIS PRODUCT FOR SALE.

For More Information
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If you have received this and are not part of the Health Monthly Newsletter
then follow.

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Regards
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You can spam them with a false Visa card entry using their own information for the name and address or any delightful information you should enjoy providing them with. They will be charged for it. You won't.