[KYHAM] Spamming using Amateur Call signs

Fri, 7 Feb 2003 00:58:38 -0500

Are there federal laws against this? After all it is a federally issued
call. I get a lot of crap on my Hot mail account that seems to be using my
call sign partially if not in full.
ED  YEARY W4TEY
325 CUMBERLAND DRIVE
HARROGATE, TN. 37752-6942

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Subject: [KYHAM] Spamming using Amateur Call signs

> Hi Guys,
>  Not sure any of you have noticed ...But there is a e-mail program being
> used to randomly generate e-mail addresses for spamming on the
> Internet...............
> I have received 3 e-mails (selling something) from people claiming to be
> N4DUE... This is my call sign and I wish to declare that I
> ([email protected]) am not the person or persons creating this junk.
> Attempts to stop this practice have had no effect so far. The addresses
> so far have been from out of the country, and are listed below:
>
> [email protected]
> [email protected]
> [email protected]
>
> I feel sure that this is an attempt to sell merchandise by referencing
> from one ham to another... So beware
>
> The Real N4DUE
> Paul Mitchell
> 721 Kingston road
> Lexington, KY
>
> (In the Book or QRZ)
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