- COVID-19 Spam Jam: Gmail Says It Blocks 100 Million Phishing Emails Per Day
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Friday, April 17, 2020
Some phishing messages impersonate the World Health Organization, and at least one asks for donations in bitcoin. ...
- Johnson Government Claims It Never Got Emails On EU Ventilator Plan: Report
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Did critical emails end up in Boris Johnson's spam folder? That seems to be the case. ...
- Will BIMI Really Make Email Marketing Safer?
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Email marketing's equivalent of ads.txt is a welcome move -- but will it really seriously curtail the phishers? ...
- It's All In The Algorithms: Gmail Is Not 'Throttling' Candidates' Emails, Expert Says
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Monday, March 9, 2020
Where political emails land depends on many variables determined by algorithms, not a plot by Google to "throttle" political emails, says Tom Sather, Validity Senior Director Of Marketing. ...
- Trump Campaign Urges Judge To Throw Out Robo-Texting Lawsuit
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 27, 2020
Three Minnesota residents who are suing Trump's campaign over unwanted robotexts should not be allowed to proceed with their claims, Trump's campaign argues. ...
- Gmail Flaw Prevents Blanket Deletion Of Spam In Android: Report
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, February 27, 2020
Gmail is working on a purported design bug that has eliminated the Empty trash now and Empty spam options, according to Android Police. ...
- Political Email Dumpster: Messages Are Landing in Gmail Promo Tab, Report Alleges
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Is Gmail throttling political emails? A new report from The Markup claims that it is. ...
- China, US And Germany Are Worst Offenders For Spam
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, February 25, 2020
China leads the world for spam, following by the US and then Germany, according to new research featured in "Netimperative." ...
- Spamhaus Invasion: Name Of Group Misused In Phishing Email
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Friday, February 7, 2020
Emails claiming to be from an anti-spam group say, 'Urgently Take Action.' Those who click will be fed malware. Can it get any worse? ...
- Scholar Scam: Phishing Artists Prey On Academics
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Thursday, January 9, 2020
The cost worldwide of even dealing with these spam emails exceeds $1 billion per year, researchers find. ...
- Spam Scam Wham: Email And Phone Are The Main Delivery Channels, Study Asserts
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, December 18, 2019
But few spam and scam messages are received by text, a Zipwhip study claims. ...
- Spam Won't Get You Elected: Presidential Hopefuls Flunk Email Marketing 101, Study Shows
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Campaigns are not following email best practices, and this is causing their messages to end up in spam folders and promotion tabs, Twilio reports. ...
- Trump Campaign Sued Over Text Messages
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 23, 2019
"Trump For President routinely sends text messages to wireless telephones," three Minnesota residents allege in a class-action complaint. ...
- Amazon Sues Over Email Scams
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Amazon has filed a lawsuit against dozens of affiliate marketers for allegedly generating fraudulent traffic by falsely promising consumers Amazon gift cards. ...
- Email Dying? It's Already Dead, Critic Writes
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, August 23, 2019
Forget the countless articles, books and podcasts that celebrate email marketing. Whatever their generation, consumers are tired of the deluge of spam they get every day. ...
- The Danger Of Having Even A Few Emails Go Into Spam Traps
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Monday, August 19, 2019
Germany’s DDV found in a study that the average email database will contain five or more so-called spam traps. In a database with 100,000 names, that’s a tiny 0.005%. B ...
- Democratic Candidate Gabbard Sues Google Over Ad Account Suspension
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 25, 2019
"Google has established a clear trend of using its power over speech to favor certain political viewpoints over others," Gabbard's campaign alleges in a lawsuit filed Thursday. ...
- Presidential Candidate Accuses Google Of Ad Meddling
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, July 26, 2019
It's not the first -- and probably won't be the last -- time that a presidential candidate or government official accused Google of stepping between their political and advertising campai ...
- Google Calendar Latest Tech To Spread Phishing Link Scam
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Kaspersky Labs identified the attacks in May and recently posted a blog about the scam that capitalizes on unsolicited calendar invites that carry a link to a phishing URL. ...
- Court Revives Robo-Texting Case Against Facebook
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 13, 2019
The decision means Facebook must now face a complaint by Montana resident Noah Duguid, who says the company repeatedly sent him unwanted text messages. ...
- How Blockchain Will Help Email Marketers
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, June 7, 2019
Blockchain, the ledger technology managed by a cluster of computers, can help email marketers in several ways. For example, it enables automated campaigns while reducing spam and preventing email frau ...
- Robo-Calling Now Resembles Email Spam
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Thursday, June 6, 2019
Spoofing and other tools of cyber criminals have now been extended to robo-calling. The result is that consumers are being barraged with spam calls and having calls made from the ...
- Microsoft Cautions Users: Don't Bypass Office 365 Spam Filters
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, June 6, 2019
Users should avoid enabling Allow or Block lists, and Outlook account holders are urged to not toggle Safe and Blocked senders, Bleeping Computer reports. ...
- GoDaddy Shuts Down Subdomains Selling Miracle Cures
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, April 26, 2019
Attackers sent emails linking to websites promoting worthless goods. Included were fraudulent celebrity endorsements. ...
- Tax Season Spam Campaigns Target Businesses
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Monday, April 8, 2019
With tax filing day upon us, scam artists have targeted businesses with tax-themed malware spam campaigns. These emails, which appear to be ent by large accounting, tax and payroll servic ...
- UK Firm Hit With Spam Fine After Getting Bad Advice
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Receiving misleading advice is no excuse for sending email without consent, says the UK's ICO. ...
- BitBounce And Honeypod Partner To Fight Spam
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, March 20, 2019
The BitBounce free email service will be integrated into the Honeypad dashboard, the companies say. ...
- Boeing Plane Crashes Used In Spam Emails
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, March 18, 2019
Recipients are asked to open an attachment containing a list of airlines flying the risky planes. What they are getting is malware, security researchers allege. ...
- Crunch Drops Supreme Court Appeal In Robo-Texting Battle
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 4, 2019
Crunch Fitness and a former gym member have settled a dispute that could have set a precedent regarding text messages. ...
- Escaping The Spam Box: Fewer Emails Are Ending Up There, Study Shows
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, February 20, 2019
The spam placement rate fell by 5% in 2018, Return Path reports, partly because subscribers are more actively managing their inboxes. ...
