[lug] Warning about RTENet.com

[metcalf at attglobal.net]

I don't know for sure what will happen using the below URL.  But the FTC
says it is for registering complaints about internet abuse and this Denial
Of Service (so that's what MS meant by DOS!) certainly qualifies.  I've been
forwarding my spam to uce at ftc.gov and they say they've convicted several
hundred spammers thanks to the hundreds of people doing likewise.  I've not
heard from a bunch of these spammers after some of it was forwarded and I
presume they're among those that have been nailed.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean Reifschneider" <jafo at tummy.com>
To: <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 7:06 PM
Subject: Re: [lug] Warning about RTENet.com


> On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 12:25:49PM -0700, metcalf at attglobal.net wrote:
> >    You must feel like the Dutch boy with his finger in the dike trying
to
> >save Holland.
> >Have you tried filing an online complaint to
> >https://www.ftc.gov/ftc/complaint.htm    They may well take action.
>
> That doesn't look like exactly the right place for a complaint, but I'll
> try it.  It seems to be if you've been taken by a scam, not if you've
> been hit with a DoS attack.  The messages finally stopped late this
> afternoon, totaly of around 19,000 messages sent.
>
> Sean
> --
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pound
>  the facts.  If neither, pound the table.  Bush supporters are rioting...
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