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	Reporting Spammers - How you can report spam email you receive! Articles Menu Articles Home Spam Statistics Origin of Spam Who is Spamming Spam Legal Issues Anti-Spam Techniques Email Harvesting Spam Delivery Methods Obfuscating Emails Spam Support Systems Cybercrime & Crimeware Phishing Anti-Phishing Malware Malware Vulnerability Spam Vocabulary Spam News & Events Image Spam Spam Filters Zombie Computers Attack How To Report Spam How To Prevent Spam Gibberish Spam Blank Spam Are You Spamming? Forged Email / Spoofing Opt-out a good idea? How to Poison a Spider Spammers Prosecuted Spam Blacklists Virus Hoaxes Historically reporting spam gives people a certain level of satisfaction but does it actually work? Ask anyone you know if they have seen any action taken by anyone in regards to stopping spammers from sending their unsolicited emails and you will probably hear them say it hasn't worked. The problem is, how do you complain to the people that might actually be able to assist us? Is there anyone actually listening to our spam abuse complaints? The answer is yes. The problem is the shear quantity of spam messages circling the internet on a daily basis, and the enormous undertaking it is to figure out who the most abusive spam offenders are. In the US, the Federal Trade Commission allows us to file our spam related complaints online. In order to file a spam complaint you must forward the spam message to the following email address spam.uce.gov. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) acknowledges that it cannot take action on every single email complaint due to the overwhelming number. Rather they collect the data from the spam messages and use that information to go after the most prolific spammers. Another organization that is actively trying to help block spammers is SpamCop. SpamCop is working on finding the origin of spam email and then once found, reports it to the parent Internet Service Provider. The basic idea is to put pressure on the companies providing the hosting service to deal with the spam offenders. Be aware though that SpamCop is a commercial venture that sells a spam filtering service. By reporting spam to them, you may only be helping their customers. It may seem daunting and pointless to report spam but it is not. Reporting spam will eventually lead to the spammers being banned or even better for us, having legal action forced on them. If every person reports their spam messages, the biggest offenders will be prosecuted or shutdown eventually. If we give up, and do nothing, the spammers win.

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