Wednesday, February 20, 2008

How to send a fraudulent email to report anti spam

Hi there, TrudyVan here,

You can not believe the global world is abuzz with
this email that I received. I want to inform you on
what to do it this happens to you.

This is directly from all the abuse agencies. This is what they require from you when you need to report any fraudulent mails.

This is what I received from my ISP Provider and all your ISP Providers will want the same information.
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The procedure to do this is dependent on the mail program you are using:-

For Outlook Express please follow this procedure:
1. Double click on the message in question to open it in a separate window.
2. Click on File Menu in the window that contains the message.
3. Then click on Properties, this will open another window with two tabs.
4. Select the Details Tab.
5. Click on the block labelled "Internet headers for this message".
6. Select ALL the text in this block and copy it.
7. Now click forward on the spam message and paste the headers at the top
and send it to abuse@telkomsa.net.


For Outlook 97/98/2000 please follow this procedure:
1. Double click message to open in separate window.
2. Select View from the drop down menu.
3. Click on Options.
4. Copy everything in the blocked labeled Internet Headers.
5. Now click forward on the spam message and paste the headers at the top and send it to us.

For Webmail please follow tihs procedure:
1. Click the subject of the message to open it.
2. Click View Full Headers.
3. Select the header detail and copy it. Click the back button on the browser.
4. Then click forward for that email. Paste the header above the message.
5. Send it to abuse@telkomsa.net
For Mail2Web please follow this procedure:
1. Click the subject of the message to open it.
2. Click View Source at the top.
3. Select the header and the message. Right click then copy it.
4. Go back to mail window. Click New Message. Paste message.
5. Send to abuse@telkomsa.net.
Kind regards,
Telkom Internet Abuse
E Mail - abuse@telkomsa.net
Tel: 10215
International: +27 12 678 5502

Telkom is the South African Service provider. You will need to get hold of your Isp Service Providers email address.

Kindest Regards
TrudyVan

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