Messenger spamming

Received over 200 notifications that Saddam has added me
to his contact list. Then 'later the same day' I receive
a corresponding e-mail. The only thing I've done over the
past 24 hours was complete my messenger profile. Is this
where the rogue is getting my address from?

Anyone in MS looking into this? It's a real pain.

-----Original Message-----
OK i am furious! not a windows problem but any help
would
be greatly appreciated. I am very careful as to who i
give my email address to and opt out at every
opportunity
but the past 2 days i ahve reciened an unbelievable
amount of spam from 'saddam hussein' Its a load of
random
letters such as ' with their
handle as saddam and i recived 50 odd in my hotmail junk
folder. Hey ok so you get this rubbish from time to time
and i thought yeh whatever. But today i recieve this
spam
through Messenger, adding me to their contacts list,
about 70 today already! meaning i have had to block
them.
What the heck is this? this is new to me. The only
change
i have made recently is installing the latest update to
Windows Messenger.

I have bever had a majotr problem with spam before but
this is beyond a joke. Lets hope the new law changes
make
a difference

Anyone else heard of this? I can find nothing on the web

cheers
Scott
.

Hi Sharon,

Yes, this is being looked into.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Sharon" wrote in message
...
Received over 200 notifications that Saddam has added me
to his contact list. Then 'later the same day' I receive
a corresponding e-mail. The only thing I've done over the
past 24 hours was complete my messenger profile. Is this
where the rogue is getting my address from?

Anyone in MS looking into this? It's a real pain.

-----Original Message-----
OK i am furious! not a windows problem but any help
would
be greatly appreciated. I am very careful as to who i
give my email address to and opt out at every
opportunity
but the past 2 days i ahve reciened an unbelievable
amount of spam from 'saddam hussein' Its a load of
random
letters such as ' with their
handle as saddam and i recived 50 odd in my hotmail junk
folder. Hey ok so you get this rubbish from time to time
and i thought yeh whatever. But today i recieve this
spam
through Messenger, adding me to their contacts list,
about 70 today already! meaning i have had to block
them.
What the heck is this? this is new to me. The only
change
i have made recently is installing the latest update to
Windows Messenger.

I have bever had a majotr problem with spam before but
this is beyond a joke. Lets hope the new law changes
make
a difference

Anyone else heard of this? I can find nothing on the web

cheers
Scott
.

Just to let you know, I too have had these problems, the emails over 150 of
them and 2 days running Saddam trying to add me to his contact
list........lost count how many times but you can imagine. The emails do
seem to have stopped now though, touch wood.

"Sharon" wrote in message
...
Received over 200 notifications that Saddam has added me
to his contact list. Then 'later the same day' I receive
a corresponding e-mail. The only thing I've done over the
past 24 hours was complete my messenger profile. Is this
where the rogue is getting my address from?

Anyone in MS looking into this? It's a real pain.

-----Original Message-----
OK i am furious! not a windows problem but any help
would
be greatly appreciated. I am very careful as to who i
give my email address to and opt out at every
opportunity
but the past 2 days i ahve reciened an unbelievable
amount of spam from 'saddam hussein' Its a load of
random
letters such as ' with their
handle as saddam and i recived 50 odd in my hotmail junk
folder. Hey ok so you get this rubbish from time to time
and i thought yeh whatever. But today i recieve this
spam
through Messenger, adding me to their contacts list,
about 70 today already! meaning i have had to block
them.
What the heck is this? this is new to me. The only
change
i have made recently is installing the latest update to
Windows Messenger.

I have bever had a majotr problem with spam before but
this is beyond a joke. Lets hope the new law changes
make
a difference

Anyone else heard of this? I can find nothing on the web

cheers
Scott
.

oops, spoke too soon, another 41 messenger notifications, and 42
emails.........they just say "Got spam?", luckily I increased my junk mail
filter so they went straight to the junk mail box.

"Tiger-lily" wrote in message
...
Just to let you know, I too have had these problems, the emails over 150
of
them and 2 days running Saddam trying to add me to his contact
list........lost count how many times but you can imagine. The emails do
seem to have stopped now though, touch wood.

"Sharon" wrote in message
...
Received over 200 notifications that Saddam has added me
to his contact list. Then 'later the same day' I receive
a corresponding e-mail. The only thing I've done over the
past 24 hours was complete my messenger profile. Is this
where the rogue is getting my address from?

Anyone in MS looking into this? It's a real pain.

-----Original Message-----
OK i am furious! not a windows problem but any help
would
be greatly appreciated. I am very careful as to who i
give my email address to and opt out at every
opportunity
but the past 2 days i ahve reciened an unbelievable
amount of spam from 'saddam hussein' Its a load of
random
letters such as ' with their
handle as saddam and i recived 50 odd in my hotmail junk
folder. Hey ok so you get this rubbish from time to time
and i thought yeh whatever. But today i recieve this
spam
through Messenger, adding me to their contacts list,
about 70 today already! meaning i have had to block
them.
What the heck is this? this is new to me. The only
change
i have made recently is installing the latest update to
Windows Messenger.

I have bever had a majotr problem with spam before but
this is beyond a joke. Lets hope the new law changes
make
a difference

Anyone else heard of this? I can find nothing on the web

cheers
Scott
.

Hi,

Indeed, I got them as well.. be sure to inform about this (I did).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Tiger-lily" wrote in message
...
oops, spoke too soon, another 41 messenger notifications, and 42
emails.........they just say "Got spam?", luckily I increased my junk mail
filter so they went straight to the junk mail box.

"Tiger-lily" wrote in message
...
Just to let you know, I too have had these problems, the emails over 150
of
them and 2 days running Saddam trying to add me to his contact
list........lost count how many times but you can imagine. The emails do
seem to have stopped now though, touch wood.

"Sharon" wrote in message
...
Received over 200 notifications that Saddam has added me
to his contact list. Then 'later the same day' I receive
a corresponding e-mail. The only thing I've done over the
past 24 hours was complete my messenger profile. Is this
where the rogue is getting my address from?

Anyone in MS looking into this? It's a real pain.

-----Original Message-----
OK i am furious! not a windows problem but any help
would
be greatly appreciated. I am very careful as to who i
give my email address to and opt out at every
opportunity
but the past 2 days i ahve reciened an unbelievable
amount of spam from 'saddam hussein' Its a load of
random
letters such as ' with their
handle as saddam and i recived 50 odd in my hotmail junk
folder. Hey ok so you get this rubbish from time to time
and i thought yeh whatever. But today i recieve this
spam
through Messenger, adding me to their contacts list,
about 70 today already! meaning i have had to block
them.
What the heck is this? this is new to me. The only
change
i have made recently is installing the latest update to
Windows Messenger.

I have bever had a majotr problem with spam before but
this is beyond a joke. Lets hope the new law changes
make
a difference

Anyone else heard of this? I can find nothing on the web

cheers
Scott
.

Thank you, I will do

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Hi,

Indeed, I got them as well.. be sure to inform about
this (I did).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

Hi,

You're welcome =).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"Tiger-lily" wrote in message
...
Thank you, I will do

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Hi,

Indeed, I got them as well.. be sure to inform about
this (I did).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com