“Give me $1 to unsubscribe”

That’s basically what the latest Russian spam says.  Let me get one thing straight for anyone that’s not had their coffee yet. Never pay spammers, ever. All the smart spammers have suckers lists. You have been warned! Etc Etc…

International spam has been a growing problem for a long time and with a world-wide network of spam traps, we see (and deal with) a lot of local spam. This rather interesting specimen group landed in the lap of a researcher this afternoon because it was a little out of the ordinary.

Andrey Slabosnickiy from Rostov-on-Don was insightful enough to invite one of our international spam-traps to unsubscribe from his general database for a buck. 

Take a look at the original

and our English translation.

By providing many ways to make the unsubscribe payment (Web Money, Yandex, SMS, or Money@Mail.ru) Andrey will be leaving quite a money trail for the local authorities to follow should they wish to do so, though I doubt they will given the state of local anti-spam laws. Shame, we’d be happy to help