Comments on: Monster steals email addresses and spams it@cork membership

By: EirJobs

EirJobs — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:06:16 +0000

Was there any follow up on this ?

I think recruiters , especially the big ones get a bad rap for various reasons. The only thing with Ireland is that because it’s such a small place, you can’t get away with too much.

Paul
http://www.eirjobs.com/

By: Job Ireland

Job Ireland — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:31:44 +0000

No wonder people do not really â€˜adoreâ€™ us recruiters…

Not all of us are that bad! Honest! ïŠ

Ivan
http://www.JobsBlog.ie

By: Spam Victims Bite Back! « Hews (dot biz)

Spam Victims Bite Back! « Hews (dot biz) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:11:06 +0000

[...] Victims Bite Back! A recent case of spam by a Monster.com Irish staff member to the membership of a Cork technology network has a lesson for all business [...]

By: Hell Hath No Fury… « The Marvellous Mechanical Mouse Organ

Hell Hath No Fury… « The Marvellous Mechanical Mouse Organ — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:43:34 +0000

[...] get more fun as Tom Raftery blogs about it and then gets threatened with legal action unless he finds a patsy. Damien Mulley joins in and then [...]

By: M Buckley

M Buckley — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:26:40 +0000

Is the rest of the country safe?

By: One For The Road :: Monster Fire Spam Javelin in Cork :: October :: 2007

One For The Road :: Monster Fire Spam Javelin in Cork :: October :: 2007 — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:47:56 +0000

[...] As well as providing an awful service (unless a career in selling tupperware by phone is what you really want to do with your life) they’ve now started up that most shitty of modern inconveniences, namely, the Spam email campaign. [...]

By: Stephen’s Thoughts » Blog Archive » Monster have a new PR Campaign

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 21:49:38 +0000

[...] is it blogwagon) but things are getting interesting in the Irish blogsphere at the moment over a spam email sent from a Monster employee to all the members of IT@cork. I’m not going to publish the guys name [...]

By: Robert Synnott

Robert Synnott — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:21:14 +0000

Monster.ie apparently, well, sending unsolicited email…

Monster, the big weird recruitment agency, is apparently spamming various people involved in IT@Cork. And someone with a Monster IP address (but who doesn’t work for Monster, dear me, no) is jumping in to defend them. Shills should at least……

By: Lex Ferenda » Monster Mash

Lex Ferenda » Monster Mash — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:32:10 +0000

[...] mash) They did the Monster mash (The Monster mash) The speling it waz trashh (They did the mash) Tom blogged it in a flash (They did the mash) And so began the [...]

By: Will Monster.ie get away with spamming? at Holy Shmoly!

Will Monster.ie get away with spamming? at Holy Shmoly! — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:37:25 +0000

[...] dear. Monster.ie is the latest company to spam bloggers. Both Michele and Tom were spammed as part of an email campaign targeting it@Cork members. Monster harvested the emails [...]

By: Poetbloggs’ Blog » Blog Archive » Monsterous?

Poetbloggs’ Blog » Blog Archive » Monsterous? — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:01:35 +0000

[...] Tom’s post about Monster stealing addresses from IT@Cork and was a bit shocked - more so by John [...]

By: Maryrose Lyons

Maryrose Lyons — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:01:30 +0000

And while we’re at it - has anyone else been spammed by the Golden Spiders recently? I have. And over on Michele’s blog Tom mentioned that too.

If the Data Commissioners are going to act and do anything, they should be catching all the nasty spamming criminals!

By: Damien Mulley » Blog Archive » Monster Ireland spam Irish people, follow it up with legal threats

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:48:29 +0000

[...] to my site using a feedreader or email. Thanks for visiting - Damien.It seems the mess after Monster.com employee John Burns, Monsterâ€™s Business Development Manager in Ireland, spammed IT@Cork members is getting better. [...]

By: that canadian girl » Blog Archive » Monster.ie doesn’t understand data protection

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:32:00 +0000

[...] Tom Raftery posted yesterday to let the world know that Monster.ie doesn’t quite grasp the concept of the DPA (Data Protection Act) which covers personal data like email addresses. This morning one of it@corkâ€™s members forwarded us an email conversation he had with John Burns, Monsterâ€™s Business Development Manager in Ireland. We were incredulous when we read it. [...]

By: Tiny Planet » Links of the day

Tiny Planet » Links of the day — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:44:11 +0000

[...] Monster steals email addresses and spams it@cork membership. (Tom Raftery) [...]

By: red mum

red mum — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:40:06 +0000

Ach I came by here to see if there were anymore comments from Pedro, its giving me a right laugh this Tuesday morning. But alas, he hasn’t commented here, yet…

By: James Galvin » Monster.com: Spam Capital of the Internet

James Galvin » Monster.com: Spam Capital of the Internet — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:08:48 +0000

[...] Today, Monster.com have taken one step closer to their goal: becoming responsible for all the spam on the internet. They spammed just about every internet user in Cork (except me, hehehe). Tom Raftery has the details: Monster steals email addresses and spams it@cork membership. [...]

By: Richard Hearne

Richard Hearne — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:50:25 +0000

What’s the deal with everyone spamming this Monday?

A nice big whopping fine for some spamming organisation and a whole lot of bad publicity might make people think twice before doing this.

Very, very annoying.

Perhaps this issue should be escalated to some of Mt Burns’ US counterparts?