---
title: "HOWTO: fight back the current spam scum"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/5/22/howto-fight-back-the-current-spam-scum.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/5/22/howto-fight-back-the-current-spam-scum.html"
published: "2004-05-22T11:35:00"
updated: "2004-05-22T11:35:00"
tags: ["Blogging"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "via Jesse : If you have been spammed today by the guy that is hitting us all go t https://www.stormpay.com/stormpay/report_spam.php and report that affiliate: 2004887 is spamming you (cut and paste one of his messages…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# HOWTO: fight back the current spam scum

By Roy Osherove May 22, 2004 In [Blogging](https://osherove.com/blog/category/blogging)

**Historical article** · Originally published May 22, 2004; technical details may be outdated.

via [Jesse](http://weblogs.asp.net/jezell/archive/2004/05/22/139180.aspx):

If you have been spammed today by the guy that is hitting us all go t

[https://www.stormpay.com/stormpay/report\_spam.php](https://www.stormpay.com/stormpay/report_spam.php)

and report that affiliate: 2004887 is spamming you (cut and paste one of his messages in the box). If the link is down when you try, then send an email t [\[email removed\]](http://weblogs.asp.net/rosherove/Admin/[email%20removed])

Then, use the following emails and affiliate IDs to report to the rest of the affiliate programs this guy is using to make sure he doesn't get any money for his spam.

\[email removed\]
466479

\[email removed\]
125079

\[email removed\]
9NXRRPELRVGJ8

\[email removed\]
pub-6435000594396515

## More in Blogging

[All posts in Blogging](https://osherove.com/blog/category/blogging)

- May 22, 2004

    ### [Returning to RSS bandit and a couple of requests](https://osherove.com/blog/2004/5/22/returning-to-rss-bandit-and-a-couple-of-requests.html)

- May 22, 2004

    ### [Peli's blog - a great unit testing information center](https://osherove.com/blog/2004/5/22/pelis-blog-a-great-unit-testing-information-center.html)

- May 21, 2004

    ### [Comment spam wave](https://osherove.com/blog/2004/5/21/comment-spam-wave.html)

- May 21, 2004

    ### [T- (11+30) + explanation + apology](https://osherove.com/blog/2004/5/21/t-1130-explanation-apology.html)


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## About the author

**Roy Osherove**: Senior Solutions Architect at AWS working on AI for production and AI-driven development; author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership, with about 20 years of consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery.

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