Email spam

Spam is a generic term used to describe electronic 'junk mail' – unwanted messages sent to a person's email account or mobile phone.
E-mail spam involves nearly identical messages sent to numerous recipients by e-mail. Definitions of spam usually include the aspects that e-mail is unsolicited and sent in bulk.

The latest spammer to hit the modelling community appears to have harvested e-mail accounts from one or more modelling forums and has been actively spamming theses addresses over the last few weeks.

The individual responsible for this latest spam is Werner Killersreiter who calls himself the chiefeditor of euromodelnews. The claims about subscribers and other details in these spam e-mails can be taken with a pinch of salt given the fact this individual has a very thin grasp on reality, honesty or integrity given his spamming activities.

The multiple spam e-mails I have received do not have any "unsubscribe" facility which is either deliberate or the spammer Werner Killersreiter is so stupid he thinks if people will have to go to the trouble of contacting him to have his spam stopped and won't bother, wrong Mr. Killersreiter.

It’s not a matter of just blocking the e-mails; this is easy but does nothing to stop the spamming at its source to help out other modellers who may not be that computer savvy, people like Mr. Killersreiter should be made aware this behaviour is unacceptable and will result in consequences.

In Australia under the Spam Act 2003 it is illegal to send, or cause to be sent, unsolicited commercial electronic messages. Rest assured Mr. Killersreiter full details of your activities have been sent to the appropriate authorities for the appropriate actions.

One surprising aspect is the advertisers on the euromodelnews.net website, one would have though associating yourself with a spammer is not the best career move and a definite error of judgment. Giving the benefit of the doubt these businesses may not be aware of the sites chiefeditor's activities and if bought to their attention may reconsider their support?

Stop email/internet Spam.

UPDATE:
I would like to clarify that the spammer Werner Killersreiter , chiefeditor of euromodelnews. has no connection whatever with the online shop “EuroModel” or “EuroModel Productions” who are based in Switzerland. The choice of the name 'euromodelnews' by Mr. Killersreiter is either an unfortunate coincidence or designed to cause confusion over his identity.