The Spammers' Compendium

The Spammers' Compendium was started by John Graham-Cumming in January 2003 to keep track of the methods used by spammers. Notes of a talk about The Spammers' Compendium, given at the MIT Spam Conference in 2003, can be found here. Since 2008 The Spammers' Compendium has been hosted on the VB website.

Have you seen a new spamming technique that is being used in the wild, or have you seen an interesting example of an existing technique? Please let us know at [email protected].

See also

Entries

Entries are sorted chronologically, with the most recent entries at the top. The names between parentheses are the SPUTR names

Entries

Are you feeling lucky, Sergey?

Spammers compendium entry - Are you feeling lucky, Sergey?

Pretty Darn Fancy

Spammers compendium entry - Pretty Darn Fancy

In the background

Spammers compendium entry - In the background

Doing The Twist

Spammers compendium entry - Doing The Twist

A Flash In The Pan

Spammers compendium entry - A Flash In The Pan

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