Should HSBC rebrand itself as HSSC?
The Hongkong and Shanghai Spamming Corporation. Based on my various inboxes, it would appear that HSBC have recently become spammers – or it may be that they’ve been spammers for… Read more »
Tag: spam
Let’s talk spam with Web Windows Marketing Limited!
Today, I received a notification that there was a “Post by non-member to a members-only list” on one of the mailing lists I run. This occasionally happens if a subscriber… Read more »
Replies from the ICO about Sage and FindMyPast
While talking about the junk email I’d received from Virgin Media, I mentioned my previous junk emails from Sage and from FindMyPast. These are instances where I’d decided to report… Read more »
Virgin Media joins the ranks of spammers
As I’ve said before in a number of posts (such as this one about Sage and this one about FindMyPast), as a general rule if I have to give an… Read more »
Sage joins the ranks of spammers
I have worked for pretty much my entire adult life in the field of accounts, and throughout that period I have almost always used, to varying degrees, a package from… Read more »
When is a spam not a spam? When it’s a service update
That’s the claim of findmypast.co.uk, one of a number of websites designed to help those interested in the subject of genealogy with the task of investigating their family tree. They… Read more »
Very: Sitting in the grey area between spam and legitimate email
Back in January, I wrote about an issue I had with Very, a Shop Direct Ltd trading arm. Specifically, they had started sending me marketing emails to an address I… Read more »
Potential security issue on Amazon’s website (updated 11/4/2011 – twice)
Over the course of the last few days I’ve discovered what appears to be – or possibly to have been – a fairly notable potential security hole in the Amazon… Read more »
When spam and credit checks go hand in hand
When do spam and credit checks go hand in hand? Easy: When the spam is from an otherwise legitimate mail order company, and their unsubscribe link takes you through an… Read more »
No way, Mr Spammer
I wondered how long it would take – and the answer is one and a half to two months. One and a half to two months, that is, before spammers… Read more »