This just in... Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002…

This just in...

 
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 10:44 AM
Subject: BLOCK THIS SPAM - Verisign Domain Move for $15

> This morning we received spam from Network Delusions/Vericrime advertising
> to our customers to move their domains to them for $15. We are taking
> action. A look at the headers shows that the spam is coming from
> "verisign-direct.com" and "devondirect.com" which we are now blocking 
> with our spam filtering server.
>
> I suggest that other ISPs that sell domain registration also block 
> them.

Note that I haven't yet confirmed the spam (ie - haven't seen a copy), but it is consistent with VRSN's past practices.

Update: A kind soul has been nice enough to send me a sample of the SPAM - no headers, but the message is pretty clear. You can view it here.