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I started documenting stock spam in October 2005, but in November 2005, the quantity of stock spam became so large that I put it on hold. In mid-May 2006 I decided to take it up again on a trial basis, limiting reports to one per day per stock, but I gave up again in mid-June 2006 as the workload was still excessive relative to the importance of the issue. Others continued to do a fine job of it -- see the links at left -- but according to statistics from spamnation, the problem peaked in 2007 and dropped off abruptly in 2008, becoming a mere trickle in 2009/10. I'm leaving this blog online as a historical reference, but I have no further plans to update it, and I've disabled comments because nobody has tried to post anything but spam comments here in a long time.

Saturday, May 20, 2006

Premium Petroleum Inc. (PPTL)

Date: 20-May-2006 15:55
Subject: Platinum Oil Stock Report...PPTL

Act fast on this one! A Massive PR Campaign is underway for
Friday and all next week! Get in early at only two cents!

Premium Petroleum Inc. - sym:|p) _ |p)-|t| _ |L| - is a
diversified energy company focused on exploiting the vast
oil and gas reserves of Northern Canada.

Oil production in Alberta, Canada is up 61% percent over
the past four years, now producing roughly equal to the
production of Texas. And is expected to more then double in
the next few years. This company is making moves in this
region expect some really big news soon.

Now is the time to grab some of Premium Petroleum Inc. we
expect some very nice gains starting friday into next week!
Act fast!

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm get tons of these, under different names, no unsubscribe method, all returned undeliverable when I reply w/ req to unsubscribe....help!!

5:39 pm, September 05, 2006
Spotter said...

There's no point replying to a stock spam. This is one of those cases where the spammer doesn't want you to contact him at all. Most spammers want you to buy something from them, so they have to provide at least some kind of correct contact information, even if it's only a website address.

When you're pumping a stock, however, there's no need for return communication. These guys falsify their return address, and don't provide working unsubscribe links. It's a bad idea to follow any link from a potentially hostile source in any case.

If you can't get an anti-spam solution capable of detecting this junk for you, your best option is to abandon your email address and get a new one. Drastic, I know, but once the junk reaches a certain level it sounds like an attractive option.

2:44 am, September 06, 2006

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