Date: 08/31/05 (Web Development)    Keywords: software, web, spam

I recently bought a domain and one week afterwards I opened my inbox to discover that the domain was being used as return addresses (they're using random non-existent usernames@my domain) for spam selling discounted (and probably pirated) software. I've informed my webhost about this and they've provided me with some information on how to report this ("Determine the appropriate abuse department(s) responsible for the message source and any URL's or email addresses used as a contact point by the spammer." "send FORGERY complaints to the abuse addresses. Many abuse departments will consider forgery a more serious TOS violation than sending UCE.") but despite having thousands of e-mails with full header information I can't find an originating IP address as most addresses in the "received from" seem to be local ISP addresses from across the world.

I have had better luck with WHOIS and nslookup, in that I know where the site is hosted (a legitimate host in Jordan) and have the registration details (a suspiciously long PO box in Beirut) but without a way of proving that the person with the discounted software websites is also responsbile for the spam and spoofing I don't really have a leg to stand on here. :(

Anyone been in my situation before or have any advice?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdev/240638.html