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> People also sell bulk email accounts (gmail, hotmail) created by proxies for cheap I think what the article mentions is the same thing but on a per-message b
by nomilk 3y ago
> People also sell bulk email accounts (gmail, hotmail) created by proxies for cheap
I think what the article mentions is the same thing but on a per-message basis. I.e. renting, rather than buying, is presumably cheaper. There are some prices in a screenshot in the article, but I have no idea how they compare to buying accounts outright.
- krebsonsecurity 3y agoThank you for the reminder that I meant to add some of that context in the story (which I will do after finishing this comment). I've written several stories over the years about how the major email providers have erected various hurdles designed to increase the costs for spammers, most notably phone verification. However, much of the data I'm aware of on the topic of pricing is somewhat dated. Here's one study from 2011, which found Hotmail accounts were far cheaper than Gmail and others because they were basically way easier to register. Accounts Craigslist PVA 10 (4) $4.25 [§B.1] Gmail Accounts 6 (5) $0.07 Hotmail Accounts* 21 (12) $0.007 Facebook Accounts* 24 (10) $0.07 I doubt these prices are relevant today, apart from the continued price disparity between email providers. Source: https://krebsonsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/sec11-final186.pdf https://krebsonsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/sec11...
- costco 3y agoSee https://buyaccs.com/ https://buyaccs.com/
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