Stupid link requests
I got the second mail from singleclicksolutions@semoutsourcing.com today, signed by Webmaster @ http://www.singleclicksolutions.co.uk/.
The first one they sent three days ago, and it promised me a link to http://www.driversplanet.com/ on http://www.someorothercomputersite.com/singleclicksolutions/Hardware-Resources.asp page, if I made a link to their own site, which I read is a standard procedure of stupid SEO people.
Since I suspect them of just trying to get quick-dying links, I went to the someorothercomputersite.com (which is actually not the site, but I really don't want to make too much advertising work for them) and tried to rather follow links as a person or a robot would. Guess what? There was no link to the page they mentioned would contain link to my page. The direct link which they sent of course had the link + some links to some 200 other sites, so I just marked mail as spam and moved on.
Today I noticed one mail in my junk. It was them again. It said they think I should not miss such a good opportunity and they have therefore sent me another mail, and if I dont respond, they will send me another!
I found the unsubscribe link at the bottom and examined it. It was http://203.134.221.194/deactivaterequestmail.asp? frm=#unsubmail_from#& tom=#unsubmail_to#&m=2&tu=#unsubmail_LBU#
I was astonished. How will they identify the request for that link as me??
*is the 203.134.221.194 unique IP number meant for my unsubscription?
*am I the LBU in unsubmail_LBU?
I clicked on it anyway, since they are sure to get my email address as fresh again some day anyway and was almost glad when it just said that I was unsubscribed.
I then felt like hacking some GET and went to http://203.134.221.194/deactivaterequestmail.asp and it unsubscribed me again!? But how? I thought I had just seconds ago unsubscribed... Ok, maybe they unsubscribed me from some other mailing list. So I refreshed the page. I was unsubscribed again! Wonders of the world.
Wouldn't it be nice if every refresh I make to the page would unsubscribe me from one of the hundreds of spam lists I seem to be on. So I've mailed them the congratulations for their excellent programming which knows who I am at a distance.
As a quirk, I've done a reverse DNS query on the IP and found it belongs to Linksmartz.sebiz.net who are
now that's LOL :)
BTW, a quote from the email:
"Are you not blacklisted by Spamcop, Habeas or any other email trust services?
No, we believe we are not spamming or invading privacy of anyone. We are sending link exchange email and have disclosed our email frequency to you. Along with that, we are providing every option to move ahead with the link exchange or unsubscription."
Every option. LOL
UPDATE
18.9 2006
Ha ha, today they replied that I was not visiting the correct URL address and that my link is there. So I wanted to tell them how I think people should find my link so I surfed to the site, and saw... TADA: Own3d By ThE CaSpEr .. Greatz to Drackanz & menara security team Thank you very much, Casper! Now I have been able to reply to them that their site does not meed our link exchange criteria as it has no good content XD
The first one they sent three days ago, and it promised me a link to http://www.driversplanet.com/ on http://www.someorothercomputersite.com/singleclicksolutions/Hardware-Resources.asp page, if I made a link to their own site, which I read is a standard procedure of stupid SEO people.
Since I suspect them of just trying to get quick-dying links, I went to the someorothercomputersite.com (which is actually not the site, but I really don't want to make too much advertising work for them) and tried to rather follow links as a person or a robot would. Guess what? There was no link to the page they mentioned would contain link to my page. The direct link which they sent of course had the link + some links to some 200 other sites, so I just marked mail as spam and moved on.
Today I noticed one mail in my junk. It was them again. It said they think I should not miss such a good opportunity and they have therefore sent me another mail, and if I dont respond, they will send me another!
I found the unsubscribe link at the bottom and examined it. It was http://203.134.221.194/deactivaterequestmail.asp? frm=#unsubmail_from#& tom=#unsubmail_to#&m=2&tu=#unsubmail_LBU#
I was astonished. How will they identify the request for that link as me??
*is the 203.134.221.194 unique IP number meant for my unsubscription?
*am I the LBU in unsubmail_LBU?
I clicked on it anyway, since they are sure to get my email address as fresh again some day anyway and was almost glad when it just said that I was unsubscribed.
I then felt like hacking some GET and went to http://203.134.221.194/deactivaterequestmail.asp and it unsubscribed me again!? But how? I thought I had just seconds ago unsubscribed... Ok, maybe they unsubscribed me from some other mailing list. So I refreshed the page. I was unsubscribed again! Wonders of the world.
Wouldn't it be nice if every refresh I make to the page would unsubscribe me from one of the hundreds of spam lists I seem to be on. So I've mailed them the congratulations for their excellent programming which knows who I am at a distance.
As a quirk, I've done a reverse DNS query on the IP and found it belongs to Linksmartz.sebiz.net who are
now that's LOL :)
BTW, a quote from the email:
"Are you not blacklisted by Spamcop, Habeas or any other email trust services?
No, we believe we are not spamming or invading privacy of anyone. We are sending link exchange email and have disclosed our email frequency to you. Along with that, we are providing every option to move ahead with the link exchange or unsubscription."
Every option. LOL
UPDATE
18.9 2006
Ha ha, today they replied that I was not visiting the correct URL address and that my link is there. So I wanted to tell them how I think people should find my link so I surfed to the site, and saw... TADA: Own3d By ThE CaSpEr .. Greatz to Drackanz & menara security team Thank you very much, Casper! Now I have been able to reply to them that their site does not meed our link exchange criteria as it has no good content XD
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