Spam from VoteNader.org? (Or naderexplore04.org)
You may have received spam email recently that appears to
come from our campaign, or be about our campaign -- perhaps
the "From" and or "Reply-to" addresses look like they are
coming from VoteNader.org. Or perhaps you have received a
message that appears to come from an individual (if the
address is real, the real owner probably did not send this
email either) with suppressed recipients. Or maybe you
received an email that appeared to come from yourself
promoting our site.
These messages are NOT from Nader for President 2004,
and these email tactics are NOT condoned by our campaign
in any way.
UPDATE: Some of the latest forged emails have been made to
appear to be coming from naderexplore04.org. Again, we are
not responsible for this unfortunate abuse of email, and
there is little in the technical sense that we can do to
prevent this as it has nothing to do with our actual
infrastructure. We are collecting information.
NOTE: The emails with malicious code (viruses, worms, etc.)
often have attachments. Our campaign will NEVER send
attachments in our announcement emails to you. Please
be sure that you have anti-virus software and have the
latest updates available for your anti-virus software.
Our hosting service has alerted us to say that Nader for
President 2004 appears to be the target of what is called
a "Joe Job." Such an event is where a spammer forges email
to make it appear to have come from some other domain
(such as ours -- or yourself). This is hard to prevent on
our end and part of the insecure nature of the email
protocol in general.
Members of our actual email list must request to receive
email from us (either through Ralph's signup sheets or
subscribing during our exploratory phase, or now on our
campaign site). When one signs up for email they must reply
to a confirmation message before they receive our list
announcements.
Our public announcement emails come from
"[email hidden]," contain a "Paid for by Nader for
President 2004" statement at the bottom, and have
"[email hidden]" in the "To:" header.
Unfortunately, some of these indicators can be forged as
well.
Most of the Spam that we have received complaints about
appear to be forged from email addresses not associated
with votenader.org (often forged to appear to be coming
from government email addresses), and have our website
code embedded in the body of the email with hidden tags
that contain random words that work to subvert anti-
spam software.
If you are on our lists, you can ALWAYS unsubscribe at ANY
time by following the instructions included at the end of
our announcements. You can also use our unsubscribe page
using the email address you signed up with.
If you are receiving this SPAM, we extend our apologies.
We will pursue the spammers to the full extent of the law.
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identify the source, if possible.
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(IFCO). is
our fiscal sponsor." Fiscal sponsorship by IFCO means Not In Our Name
receives donations that are tax deductible because of IFCO's 501c(3)
(charitable, federal tax-exempt) status. IFCO charges a fee for this
service.
Why is NION not a 501c(3)?
Donations to NION/IFCO are then mailed to the Women's International League
for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), which is located at 339 Lafayette Street in
New York City. The address is the same as NION's. The intimate nature of a
financial partnership shows how closely aligned these two organizations are.
And that's scary, because the Women's International League for Peace and
Freedom has been associated with Communist causes since its inception. Molly
Klopot of the WILPF is a NION organizer. The WILPF is related to IFCO as
well as NION. Marilyn Clement, who is the Executive Director of WIPLF, is
the Treasurer of IFCO.
The building where the offices of NION, the WILPF and the War Resisters
League are located is known as the "Peace Pentagon," and is owned by the
A.J. Muste Memorial Institute. A.J. Muste was a "peace" advocate who
compiled frequent flier miles visiting Hanoi during the Vietnam War era. The
Muste Foundation funds groups like the War Resisters League, School of the
Americas Watch, Nicaragua Solidarity Network, International Peace bureau,
International Fellowship of Reconciliation, Coalition for Human Rights of
Immigrants, and WILPF.
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The Interreligous Foundation for Community Organization is a p