Contacting Spammers

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This page gives contact information about various spammers, including a link to the spam they sent. The information is sometimes derived from the spam itself, and sometimes from a visit to the website or through other means. This page basically provides a shortcut to the information so you don't have to seek it out yourself. In some cases, contact information for the web service provider is included (in which case, you may ask the provider to remove the pages listed in the ad). As of September 27, 1997, I am also sometimes including email addresses, particularly when a toll-free number is not available. Please keep in mind, however, that a telephone call is usually more effective than sending email. The goal of this effort is to help stop spam by directly contacting spammers and those who support spam and politely inform them that you dislike spam, and ask them to stop using it. Please keep the following points in mind:

You can send faxes for free by sending email to: remote-printer.recipient_name@fax_number.iddd.tpc.int. For example, to send a fax to Joe Smith at (914)-555-1212, you would email "remote-printer.Joe_Smith@19145551212.iddd.tpc.int". Please note that you have to include a '1' before the area code and phone number (since 1 is the country code for the USA) and that not all areas are covered; if you try to send a fax to an area not covered, you will receive return email indicating so. You can also send a limited number of free faxes using Faxaway, simply by sending email to phone_number@faxaway.com (in the above example, it would be 19145551212@faxaway.com). Faxaway will send you a return confirmation via email, along with an indication of how much free credit you have remaining, and a request (but not a requirement) to set up an account with them. Of course, once you have used up your free fax allotment with Faxaway, you will need to either sign up with them, or use the other free method above, or send faxes in some other way.
When calling an 800 or 888 number, your own phone number will be transmitted. You may wish to call from work or from a pay phone. You may wish to specifically inform the person you call that you do not wish to receive any return phone calls and are calling only to complain about their pro-spam policy. If necessary, you can also use Caller-ID, Caller-Block, Anonymous-Block and other features to prevent receiving return calls.
Remain polite. Threatening or harassing calls are probably illegal, and lack class. Simply call to explain that you dislike companies that send unsolicited bulk commercial email, and are calling to register your complaint.
If the person on the phone asks you to call another number (especially a non-toll-free number), explain that unsolicited bulk commerical email contacts people at no charge to the company and thus you insist on being heard at no charge to yourself.
In the cases where local (non-toll-free) numbers are listed, try calling collect. This is likely to fail, since many spammers block collect calls. In this case, you may still wish to consider calling if you live in the local calling area of the spammer or if you feel the call is worth the long distance charges.
In rare cases, the spammer may answer "we already sent the spam, what can we do about it now". I suggest the answer, "to help show your commitment to not exploiting unsolicited commercial bulk email, please change your toll-free telephone number and other methods of contact so that you will not accidentally profit from your improper action". My guess is that most spammers are unlikely to agree, but if they are truly remorseful, they would do this.
Check back here often, as this page changes quite a bit. If you have any news/information about any of the listed numbers, please contact me at sarang@sarangworld.com
I realize not everyone can make the time/effort to contact all the spammers listed below, so I've tried to list the more important (in terms of persistence and ease of contact) ones first.
My own view on spam is a little different than most antispammers. I don't believe spam should be illegal or regulated, but I do believe it's an annoying advertising practice, and we should ask that it be stopped, and insure that it does not become profitable.
DISCLAIMER: I believe all information provided below to be true, based on email I have received. However, I cannot guarentee its accuracy.

Spammer Contact Information

This section has become so out-of-date (I haven't updated it in months!), I have decided to remove it. I did receive one (perfectly valid) complaint from a company that briefly hosted a spammer, but then cancelled the spammer's account. Obviously, it's not fair to list them, or any other company in the same position. By the same token, many of the 800 numbers are now out-of-date or have been reassigned, and it's not fair to list them either. I hope to update this page with new information shortly. Until then, please feel free to use the tips on this page to contact spammers who provide 800 or fax numbers in their spam.

Additional Help

If you have any information on any of the following, I would be most appreciative:

Is there a procedure for complaining about misuse for an 800/888 number? I've read of 800 numbers that have been disconnected due to excessive complaints. This may be a useful way of stopping spammers from improperly using these numbers.
Is there a similar procedure for complaining about misuse of a regular telephone number?
Does the U.S. Post Office provide the street address of a person renting a post office box, on request? If so, how does one obtain this information.
If you are a lawyer with background in fighting pyramid/Ponzi schemes and are willing to help me at no charge, please email me at sarang@sarangworld.com. I have some ideas I'd like to discuss.

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