US Dems fill inboxes with 419 scams

I am once again very glad that I am not linked into the Democrat Party. Could you imagine the outcry if the Republicans had done this to their base?

Good job Dems! Abuse your people just as you abuse us all.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/28/democratic_party_419_abuse/

Scammers pumping out emails that try to trick recipients into parting with large sums of cash are getting a helping hand from the Democratic National Committee.

According to a researcher with anti-spam company Cloudmark, 419 fraudsters have been relaying a "significant" amount of messages through the democrats.org domain name. The abuse, which dates back at least to the beginning of this month, helps evade filters that internet service providers employ to block the messages.

"Unfortunately, because they're able to relay mail through the Democratic Party server, it does affect the Democratic Party's IP reputation, as well as their domain sending reputation," Jamie Tomasello, Cloudmark's abuse operations manager, told The Register. "I was surprised."