Re: spammer wades into US Presidential race

["Aaron Katz" <atkatz () gmail com>]

Did you try contacting his campaign, and asking them if it was theres?
 While they may not fess up,  it wouldn't hurt.

Also, if you really believed that it might come from his campaign,
wouldn't it be worth trying to find out if spam had been sent on his
behalf for previous campaigns that he had run?  And was there any
investigation into how Paul may have voted about spam legislation?

Simply postulating that it's his (considering spamming is not a nice
thing) without even checking his record on such a topic, and claiming
"newsworthy" isn't quite... nice.


On 10/30/07, lsi <stuart () cyberdelix net> wrote:
> I didn't do much in the way of research, cos this is surely spam, and
> we know spammers forge as much as possible.  So, I presume Derk
> Gaston doesn't exist (I note his email address is
> janek () stswithxxx com, unlikely).
>
> I note the mail is coming from .cn, a quick ping and traceroute
> confirm this, again, it's unlikely Mr Paul is posting his newsletter
> via China.
>
> I also note the forged Received: line containing the hostname
> dns02e.hants.gov.uk (this must be forged since it claims that host
> has the IP 59.52.247.195, yet my own mailserver has resolved
> 59.52.247.195 to 195.247.52.59.broad.nc.jx.dynamic.163data.com.cn,
> and besides, there's no reason for Hampshire Council to be forwarding
> my mail, especially when it's concerning an American politican and
> it's sent from China by a guy named Derk with an email address that
> starts with Jane ...
>
> Finally I note the randomness inserted and the end of the subject
> line and body.
>
> That looks like professionally-produced spam, if its possible for
> spam to be professional, which is why I forwarded it, because I don't
> recall seeing spammers take much of an interest in politics before.
> Unless of course Ron Paul commissioned the spam, which is unlikely
> but certainly newsworthy if so.  All of these unlikelies got me
> curious...
>
> Stu
>
> On 28 Oct 2007 at 12:04, Aaron Katz wrote:
>
> Date sent:              Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:04:13 -0400
> From:                   "Aaron Katz" <atkatz () gmail com>
> To:                     stuart () cyberdelix net
> Subject:                Re: [Full-disclosure] spammer wades into US
> Presidential race
> Copies to:              full-disclosure () lists grok org uk
>
> > Could you provide a little more information/investigation (I'm too
> > lazy, at this very moment, to do the background investigation that you
> > should have provided, like who derk gaston is)?  According to the
> > headers, this looks like it might be forged (not just the little "may
> > be forged" notice, but the source locations, and even the name of the
> > person sending the mail - what association do they have to Ron Paul?)
> >
> > On 10/28/07, lsi <stuart () cyberdelix net> wrote:
> > > [Well, it could be worse.  Spam that wants to end the Iraq war,
> > > great! - Stu]
> > >
> > > Return-Path: <janek () stswithxxx com>
> > > Received: from 195.247.52.59.broad.nc.jx.dynamic.163data.com.cn
> > > (195.247.52.59.broad.nc.jx.dynamic.163data.com.cn [59.52.247.195]
> > > (may be forged))
> > >         by x.y.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l9S5irW8004442
> > >         for <x () y net>; Sun, 28 Oct 2007 05:44:54 GMT
> > > Received: from [59.52.247.195] by dns02e.hants.gov.uk; Sun, 28 Oct
> > > 2007 05:44:51 +0000
> > > Message-ID: <000701c81925$02a66001$93e966b1@qgddwrot>
> > > From: "derk gaston" <janek () stswithxxx com>
> > > To: <x () y net>
> > > Subject: Government Wasteful Spending Eliminated By Ron Paul  yGVed
> > > Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 03:57:28 +0000
> > >
> > > [...]
> > >
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> > >
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> > >
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> > >
> > > -- End --
> > >
> > >
> > > ---
> > > Stuart Udall
> > > stuart at () cyberdelix dot net - http://www.cyberdelix.net/
> > >
> > > ---
> > >  * Origin: lsi: revolution through evolution (192:168/0.2)
> > >
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