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		<title>Spammers URL shortening gets more sophisticated</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bonar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Worrying new research from Symantec’s October Intelligence report suggests that it’s easier than ever for spammers to operate malicious sites. Spammers have established a genuine URL shortening service that is ...]]></description>
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		<title>Spear-Phishing Attacks on Banks on the Increase</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bonar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Banks and their commercial clients face the persistent threat of online channel attacks with a significant threat posed by email from undetected crimeware and are being exposed to spear-phishing attacks ...]]></description>
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		<title>DMA Challenges Information Commissioner’s Office to get Tough on Spam</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 08:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bonar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) has challenged the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to get tough on text spam, but disagrees on their need for extra power to do so. This was prompted by ...]]></description>
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		<title>More Email Fraud &amp; More Sophisticated but Spam Decreasing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bonar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Q3 2011, the percentage of fraudulent emails in spam traffic increased twenty times, rising from 0.1 per cent last quarter to 2 per cent of all spam traffic in ...]]></description>
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		<title>Great email call to action example &#8211; from a phisher</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Watson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even the criminals are looking to improve their results though better creative design. I was intrigued to receive this phishing email today as it shows some clear email marketing best ...]]></description>
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		<title>Spamhaus &amp; SURBL Spam Protection with MXTools &amp; MailChannels Partnership</title>
		<link>http://emailexpert.org/spamhaus-surbl-spam-protection-with-mxtools-mailchannels-partnership/</link>
		<comments>http://emailexpert.org/spamhaus-surbl-spam-protection-with-mxtools-mailchannels-partnership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bonar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abuse and Spam]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[MailChannels has announced that MXTools, the leading worldwide Reseller for both Spamhaus and SURBL datafeeds, has entered into a Strategic Partnership to provide advanced outbound spam protection for Internet Service ...]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Anti-Spam Law &amp; What it Means for Email Marketers</title>
		<link>http://emailexpert.org/canadian-anti-spam-law-what-it-means-for-email-marketers/</link>
		<comments>http://emailexpert.org/canadian-anti-spam-law-what-it-means-for-email-marketers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:53:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bonar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gryphon Networks,  provider of all-channel contact governance solutions to enterprises, announces the third installment of its three-part webinar series focused on marketing compliance with Canada&#8217;s Anti-Spam Law (CASL), formerly known as ...]]></description>
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		<title>Fasthosts Warns its Clients to Quit Spamming</title>
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		<comments>http://emailexpert.org/fasthosts-warns-its-clients-to-quit-spamming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 07:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bonar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fasthosts Internet Ltd, a leading web hosting provider, has warned UK businesses not to spam their customers with unsolicited newsletters and marketing emails. Over the past year, the company has ...]]></description>
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		<title>Mailshell States IPv6 Not a Problem for Spam Filters</title>
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		<comments>http://emailexpert.org/mailshell-states-ipv6-not-a-problem-for-spam-filters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bonar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abuse and Spam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mailshell&#8217;s response to claims that the upcoming move to IPv6 threatens spam filters&#8217; efficacy is that it is simply not the case. Publishing a press release titled &#8220;If your spam ...]]></description>
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		<title>Pump and Dump Spam Increases &amp; Sweden Targeted for Phishing</title>
		<link>http://emailexpert.org/pump-and-dump-spam-increases-sweden-targeted-for-phishing/</link>
		<comments>http://emailexpert.org/pump-and-dump-spam-increases-sweden-targeted-for-phishing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bonar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abuse and Spam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Symantec Corp. announced the results of the August 2011 MessageLabs Intelligence Report and the Symantec State of Spam &#38; Phishing Report. This month’s analysis reveals that once more spammers are ...]]></description>
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		<title>Neil Schwartzman Honoured With First MAAWG Mary Litynski Award</title>
		<link>http://emailexpert.org/neil-schwartzman-honoured-with-first-maawg-mary-litynski-award/</link>
		<comments>http://emailexpert.org/neil-schwartzman-honoured-with-first-maawg-mary-litynski-award/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bonar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recognizing the value of one person&#8217;s effort to generate positive change in the messaging industry, the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group presented its first annual MAAWG Mary Litynski Award to Neil Schwartzman at ...]]></description>
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		<title>SpamTitan blocks 99.4% of Spam in Latest Tests</title>
		<link>http://emailexpert.org/spamtitan-blocks-99-4-of-spam-in-latest-tests/</link>
		<comments>http://emailexpert.org/spamtitan-blocks-99-4-of-spam-in-latest-tests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 07:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bonar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abuse and Spam]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Irish firm SpamTitan today announced that it has once again performed well in the highly respected Virus Bulletin Spam awards. As a result of this performance SpamTitan earns the much ...]]></description>
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		<title>US$150M Class Action For Spam Against orange™ Israel</title>
		<link>http://emailexpert.org/us100m-class-action-for-spam-against-orange%e2%84%a2-israel/</link>
		<comments>http://emailexpert.org/us100m-class-action-for-spam-against-orange%e2%84%a2-israel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bonar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abuse and Spam]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Partner Communications Company Ltd. a leading Israeli mobile communications operator, has announced today that it was served with a class action lawsuit on February 1, 2011 in the Tel-Aviv District ...]]></description>
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		<title>20+ Million PlentyofFish User Emails Compromised</title>
		<link>http://emailexpert.org/20-million-plentyoffish-user-emails-compromised/</link>
		<comments>http://emailexpert.org/20-million-plentyoffish-user-emails-compromised/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 06:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bonar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abuse and Spam]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Email News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Private data of 20 Million+ users including email address, passwords, Paypal ID&#8217;s and more have been compromised via the PoF (PlentyofFish) website. Markus Frind the site owner and company CEO ...]]></description>
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		<title>Spam declined by 58% in first 2 weeks of January 2011</title>
		<link>http://emailexpert.org/spam-declined-by-58-in-first-2-weeks-of-january-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://emailexpert.org/spam-declined-by-58-in-first-2-weeks-of-january-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="http://www.PlanToEngage.com" rel="nofollow">kathpay</a></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the latest Symantec MessageLabs Intelligence Report, spam (the real spam &#8211; sent by botnets) now accounts for 78.6% of all email traffic &#8211; a reduction from one year ...]]></description>
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		<title>Kiwi Lawyers Targeted in Email Scam</title>
		<link>http://emailexpert.org/kiwi-lawyers-targeted-in-email-scam/</link>
		<comments>http://emailexpert.org/kiwi-lawyers-targeted-in-email-scam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bonar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abuse and Spam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Email News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The New Zealand Law Society is warning lawyers to watch out for an email scam which involves payment of a fradulent cheque for a “matrimonial settlement” into law firm trust ...]]></description>
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		<title>Nigerians Targeted in Email Phishing Scam</title>
		<link>http://emailexpert.org/nigerians-targeted-in-email-phishing-scam/</link>
		<comments>http://emailexpert.org/nigerians-targeted-in-email-phishing-scam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 04:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bonar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abuse and Spam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Email News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In an interesting twist to the usual warning that most have become accustomed to of Westerners being targeted by Nigerian 411 Fraudulent emails, EmailExpert has learned that Nigerians are currently ...]]></description>
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		<title>Virgin Blue Fined $110k &amp; Promises Email Marketing Program Overhaul</title>
		<link>http://emailexpert.org/virgin-blue-fined-110k-promises-email-marketing-program-overhaul/</link>
		<comments>http://emailexpert.org/virgin-blue-fined-110k-promises-email-marketing-program-overhaul/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bonar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abuse and Spam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Email News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Virgin family brand has yet again fallen foul of spam laws, in March last year Virgin Mobile was fined $22,000 dollars in Australia, and more recently in the UK, ...]]></description>
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		<title>Canada passes $10 Million anti-spam legislation</title>
		<link>http://emailexpert.org/canada-passes-10-million-anti-spam-legislation/</link>
		<comments>http://emailexpert.org/canada-passes-10-million-anti-spam-legislation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Barrett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of you will have been aware that there was a passage of Canada’s strict new electronic messaging bill imminent. Recently the Canadian Senate voted to adopt the legislation, and ...]]></description>
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		<title>Mcdonalds consumer mailing lists hacked by spammers</title>
		<link>http://emailexpert.org/mcdonalds-consumer-mailings-hacked-by-spammers/</link>
		<comments>http://emailexpert.org/mcdonalds-consumer-mailings-hacked-by-spammers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2010 00:34:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Bonar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abuse and Spam]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an interesting twist to the Walgreen Co. list hacking and phishing attack yesterday, it is noted the Mcdonalds has also recently issued a similar notice to its subscriber base. ...]]></description>
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