[PLUG] Trying to ID a spammer...

[Geoff Burling]

On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Curtis Poe wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stuart Mathews" <smathews at pcez.com>
> To: <plug at lists.pdxlinux.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 3:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Trying to ID a spammer...
>
>
> > I wonder how often spammers send their stuff to skilled crackers, and then
> > pay the price
>
> Well, if you want one case study :)
>
> http://belps.freewebsites.com/
>
Ah yes: Rodona Garst. Slashdot mentioned this site a couple of years ago.
I believe she's on record as denying that she is or was a spammer.

There's some suspicion about whether this was the work of an actual cracker,
or an acquaintence of Ms Garst (i.e., a former coworker, a former lover, or
both).

> Fair warning, if you check this out at work, there are some nude photos on
> the site (I think they're all under the "Let's get brutal" link)
>
IIRC, these photos are fairly tame, even measured against the photos in
Playboy, & frankly Ms Garst isn't all that attractive. In other words, if
you like this kind of stuff or if you don't like this kind of stuff, these
pictures aren't worth the effort to see.

Geoff