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HAB911

(10,586 posts)
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 10:21 AM Nov 2021

Has anyone ever dealt with a persistent spam operation like this?

First, the mail system is Spectrum cable and Outlook 2019, POP3

I get 5-10 of these a day. The sender nor the domain is ever exactly the same, so I can’t block the sender or a domain. I tried blocking just a partial, i.e “businesswoman.com” and that does not seem to work. Of course the email has the ubiquitous "click here to unsubscribe" but both McAfee and Netgear Armor tell me if I insist on following that link they will disown me, so I haven't, lol.

WHOIS says the domain, as an example “@mike6russell7businesswoman.com” is available. Are they translating the real domain by random generation? Is there any way to determine the real domain? Any ideas how to block this stuff. I have not yet dropped back to Spectrum to see if there is anything I can do there, but will try that today. TIA.


Here are examples, the first few with the descriptor stripped away from the sender line:

mibnrqovx.zcoxwtjb@mike6russell7businesswoman.com

gvmzklue.ctloandj@alexander5miller7agent.com

edbrlktp.pqgeikx@donald7ramirez4cashier.com

zwjtyl.pxzrfdigo@alfred6james7banker.com

lnutqpwj.iykondmu@aaron7sullivan8athlete.com

dtygbjc.injvdyhw@fred4webb6controller.com

xtcwjaibq.enkzfois@larry8roberts6dietician.com

gkbsplhye.gzwaxnl@roger2garcia8tender.com

Gadget Trends syhlkxe.ehtvqjsaz@steven3rivera3agent.com
BeFreeOfYourTimeshare somerzitl.xzwqeujrh@carl1anderson1attorney.com
Nuubu tdpase.rzbjmfntu@anthony8gibson2art.com
Watt PRO Saver wxmait.zoytar@eric9coleman4bartender.com
Ultra Wifi Pro uxsligtfj.qkdcjuim@andrew3warren8art.com
Roofing~Quotes myehgctsv.mxigvan@timothy9nelson3electrician.com
Therapeutic Benefits ibsdrj.ulgzwimqv@jerry7diaz2area.com
Sera Lab zgfxycw.ktjmbyur@theodore3williams5actress.com
BARK BEGONE ypcwujl.ifnczty@jose8owens5actor.com
Travel The World bfxdtkjys.fyxoewbtn@harold5ramirez6pilot.com
Annuity Plans djozvn.xenkdjfu@jose7turner3pilot.com

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Has anyone ever dealt with a persistent spam operation like this? (Original Post) HAB911 Nov 2021 OP
Don't know what your spam filter options are but: Pobeka Nov 2021 #1
hmm, I see that now HAB911 Nov 2021 #2

Pobeka

(5,009 posts)
1. Don't know what your spam filter options are but:
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 10:37 AM
Nov 2021

looks like every name is

garbage1 . garbage2 @ first DIGIT last DIGIT domainprefix .com

So if you could match that with wildcards for garbage1 garbage2 first last domainprefix ?

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