RE: Constant spam from Verizon.net

[paul.farrington () goldmedal co uk]

Hi mate, just had a quick look at Verizon..

They appear to be quite anit-spam, which suprises me considering the
response you have received....

Try this..

Verizon Security Control Center (SCC)
P.O. Box 152092
MC -- HQD03A78
Irving, TX 75015-2092

Fax: 972-615-4310



Also this is a statement from there website, you could try the number below
aswell...


Unsolicited E-Mail (Spam)    
  
     For information on Verizon's no-tolerance policy for unsolicited e-mail
(spam), click here. In addition, check out this site for information on what
you can do to control the volume of spam you receive.


 To talk with a technical support representative, call toll-free
1-800-567-6789.


Cheers

Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Kremer [mailto:patrick () nicsys net] 
Sent: 08 July 2005 17:55
To: incidents () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: Constant spam from Verizon.net

The spam is always from mstiffanij () netzero com

The IPs are always Verizon DSL IPs 71.107.XXX.XXX

A number of people have responded with  "Why don't you block them"...  I
have blocked them, that's not the problem. The bigger issue is that Verizon
refuses to take action or even let me talk to anybody in the security
department... their support department claims to not even have a phone
number to reach anybody in security.

I have the resources in place to prevent the attacks, I'm just tired of
seeing the same spammer show up with a count of 5,000 attempts every single
day.  I have had similar incidents with other major providers such as SBC,
at least they're eventually responsive. But Verizon refuses to cooperate.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael T Pins" <mtpins () nndev org>
To: <incidents () securityfocus com>
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 6:29 PM
Subject: Re: Constant spam from Verizon.net


> Patrick Kremer writes:
>
> > I am at a loss for what to do.
>
> > I'm taking spam messages at the rate of 6,000 per day from a specific
e-mail
> > address linked to several Verizon DSL IP addresses.
>
> > I have sent numerous logfiles to both security@ and abuse () verizon net and
> > have received no response.
>
> > I have spoken with their tech support numerous times and both they and
their
> > supervisors say they can not help, they claim the e-mail addresses are
the
> > only recourse.
>
> Define "a specific e-mail address linked to several Verizon DSL IP
> addresses."
>
> If all the email is originating from just a few DSL IP addresses, just add
> those IPs to your access list (assuming you're running sendmail).  If not,
> you'll need to be rather more specific as to what's going on.
>
> Yes, this is a bandage on the symptom rather than a solution to the real
> problem, but until you can convince someone at Verizon to cut those IPs
> off, it will at least stop the spam.
>
> -- 
> Michael T Pins              | "Major combat operations have ended."
> mtpins () nndev org            | - George W. Bush, 5/1/03
> keeper of the nn sources    |
> ftp://ftp.nndev.org/pub     |

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