Jin Like Dog

Well, late last night I got yet another Japanese spam email and when I checked out the domain that was listed, jinlikedog.com, I discovered that it was not even registered. Soooo, I did what any SPAM fighter would do, I registered that puppy to keep it out of the hands of the spammers.

 

There's a price to pay for this kind of action, and aside from the $7 to register the domain (DomainSite.com: great registrar, good service, good prices!), there is the fact that some people are so rabid about spammers that you then make yourself a target as the owner of a "spamvertised" web site or domain.

 

This is actually the second time that I have done this, and while I got a couple of emails the first time, this time someone reported the spamcop.net and DomainSite was notified, but strangely not the hosting company where I had put up a simple page offering to sell the domain for $299 (Yes, just a joke...! But I would have taken it...).

 

So I responded to DomainSite to let them know I'm not responsible and had to post a message at Spamcop as well. And I took down the page that I had up so people will think the spammer has been neutrulized... Oh well, at least I have the satisfaction that the investment the spammer made has been lost, and after all, you can never have too many domain names, can you? I just have a sinking feeling that I may not want to know what the "Jin" stands for in "JinLikeDog.com"...   (hris