How to Track Down Spammers

The internet is flooded with spam, but after you learn a few tricks, hunting down a spammer's base of operations and getting him kicked off the web is usually simple. To track down spammers in your email, follow these steps in order:



  1. Look at the e-mail headers in the message.



  2. Follow the flow of Received headers backward from your ISP.



  3. Identify the owner of the last verifiable e-mail-handling server.



  4. Look for URLs and e-mail addresses in the contents of the spam.



  5. Track down the correct addresses for everyone who should receive the complaint.



  6. Send a firm but politely worded complaint.



  7. Await responses.



  8. If complaints bounce back, continue complaining upstream.



  9. If your complaints are ignored, report the spammer to a blocking list.



  10. If all else fails, complain to your ISP.






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