Just thought I’d share a few spam thoughts with you. I tweeted them earlier today, but you may have not seen them.

• Seeing more LinkedIn related spam. Just think before you click that invite from “Monique Howard” or “John Lasister” – if you don’t know them personally or via a friend, don’t click it!
• Seeing more angelfire.com spam. This must be the new banging playground for spammers.
• Still seeing blogspot.com spam. This is starting to die down a bit, but now instead of the usual garbage dot blogspot – there are actual long names being created like MoniqueHoward1970.blogspot.com – so be careful!
• Shipping company spam. Weird that people would click on a shipping company url, but they seem to work.

Lastly, a few ways to report bit.ly spam are below. Created some basic Google Doc forms that can be used in lieu of the standard route with a bit.ly account. If you follow my @RexDixon twitter account, you have seen these promoted lately.

bit.ly or j.mp Spam Reporting Options:

• No Bit.ly Username (bit.ly or j.mp url): http://bit.ly/SpamReporting
• Long URL (no bit.ly or j.mp url): http://bit.ly/MSVLongURL
• With Bit.ly Username: http://bit.ly/ZeroSpam
• E-mail: abuse@bit.ly

Keep in mind on the http://bit.ly/MSVLongURL link, that the long url can only be listed in the bit.ly spam database so that people can’t create a bit.ly or j.mp url of it – ie: doesn’t get reported outside of that system.

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