64 local spammers named and shamed

The latest Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) Spam Hall of Shame named and shamed 64 South African spammers and 34 South African e-mail address resellers.

In September 2008 the Internet Service Providers’ Association of SA (ISPA) launched their first Spam Hall of Shame – an initiative which the organization hoped would fight spam in South Africa.

This “Hall of Shame” is a constantly-updated resource which lists known e-mail spammers and e-mail address resellers.

According to ISPA’s Ant Brooks, the Spam Hall of Shame initiative has had a positive effect on spam in the country.

Brooks said that numerous companies which appeared on the list have agreed to ISPA’s e-mail guidelines to be removed from the Spam Hall of Shame, and typically stick to the agreement.

Latest spammers and address resellers

The latest ISPA Hall of Shame lists more spammers and address resellers than ever before – an indication that spamming is on the increase in South Africa.

The South African spammers identified in the latest ISPA Hall of Shame report are:

1. Dynamic Seminars
2. New Heights 1268 / Jaco Derksen
3. SA Webs (not SA Web Design, see note below)
4. Ketler Presentations
5. Brain Power
6. Worldclass Mobile aka Marketing House
7. World Class Products
8. Kaleidoscope Advertising and eMarketing
9. The Peer Group
10. The SA Consumer Initiative
11. Pinny Barak – Bizweb
12. Promo Mail SA
13. Greycell cc / Bad Credit Loans
14. Eddy Wines
15. Jake The Transporter
16. Drive Car Sales / Justgroup-Africa
17. No More Debt / Debt Free Living
18. Marketing Now
19. Body and Mind
20. Plum Solutions
21. Eezi Marketing
22. Craig Sneeden C2IT
23. Richard Catto
24. Top In
25. Master Lists
26. Bidding Buzz
27. Grunder Marketing
28. SaveHost
29. WebSites4SA – Johan Steyn
30. Flossnet.org.za
31. SA Coupons
32. EC Finance
33. Forced Sale Properties
34. Cybertek
35. Bond Stationers
36. Wendy Venables
37. JK Marketing Solutions
38. Xcluzive Eyez Optometrists
39. The Renovation Specialists
40. Derrick Carson
41. First4quality
42. The Hill Institute
43. Removed under correction by ISPA (27 May 2013)
44. Expertmail.biz
45. QuePon
46. One Page Market
47. Two Ships Trading 282
48. Travel Quotes
49. Neil Maharaj
50. Talent Stream
51. DanKing
52. Proudafrique Trading 299
53. Mark van Rensburg
54. Trips ZA
55. Dedicated Power Group
56. Robbie Robinson
57. Eflying Safari
58. Gobongo
59. Grey Apple Marketing
60. Incolabs
61. Vino la Belle
62. Surezip
63. Vuvuplaza
64. Ozalla Hexagonal Technology

The latest email address resellers identified in the latest ISPA Hall of Shame report are:

1. Mark Tribelhorn
2. Affordable Construction
3. Rain Marketing
4. Peter Van Wyk – Media Online (not The Media Online, see note below)
5. Mandy Simone
6. Timothy Heston
7. Jonathan Schoeman: BP Media & SMSCity
8. Verosha Bisnath
9. ListSA
10. Email Marketing South Africa
11. Web Marketing Today
12. All Things SA
13. Data Corp SA
14. Trinity Designs
15. Trevor Jones
16. MailMagic
17. DataInc
18. Jannie Pretorius, Group3Properties
19. Silent G
20. Michael Fraser, Pink Soda Marketing
21. Graham Naude, Eezi Marketing
22. Marketing Now
23. Abram Morake
24. Aqua Direct Marketing
25. Master Lists SA
26. Bulk eMail services
27. [email protected]
28. Tony Baker – SA Data Marketing
29. Lowveld Media
30. JK Marketing Solutions
31. Grey Apple Marketing
32. Johan Pretorius aka JP
33. B2B Mach4
34. Ashley John de Melo, Beziflash Solutions

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