Unsuck DC Metro: Metro Delays and Fare Hikes have you Sagging?

Monday, August 30, 2010

Metro Delays and Fare Hikes have you Sagging?

UPDATE: Thanks to Ted (pic above), you get an idea of just how many spam emails were sent!

Yet another happy fare increase day!

We got several reports yesterday that Metro's e-alerts had been hacked and the above was sent out to subscribers with the subject "rn@lists-wmata.com V|AGRA ® Official Seller -12%."

The typo is a dead giveaway that it might have actually come from WMATA.

Viagra Soft, Cialis Soft? Oxymoronic, no?

Also, who knew Soma was a real drug?

Is Tramadol something to pop before hopping on a streetcar?

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@kara_h · 760 weeks ago

Do you have the full message headers? If so, you can track back to what machine actually sent the message. It could be that someone forged a message header to an open SMTP server.

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@timmgreen · 760 weeks ago

We have been getting these as well. I have examined the headers and they are coming from valid WMATA servers that are listed in their SPF record.

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@poptdc · 760 weeks ago

I'd be expecting WMATA to try to hock muscle relaxers to us... not penile stimulants!

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Ted · 760 weeks ago

I'm still getting the e-mails today!

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Ever and Anon · 760 weeks ago

Perhaps it is a promo for new vending machines coming soon to a kiosk near you! ;-)

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Steph · 760 weeks ago

Tramadol is a pain medication, so it might actually be something worth taking before getting onto Metro.

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Toomanyfarehikes · 760 weeks ago

Now biking to work every day. I'm not going back.

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L.S. · 760 weeks ago

Did anyone else receive a blank Metro Alert with "Stop sending harassing messages. No more emails from you" in the subject line? It was oddly creepy.

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Ted · 760 weeks ago

I got that message too, send from their phone it said. I'm surprised there hasn't been more outrage on the internet about this.

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Kattoon · 760 weeks ago

Metro says on their website that the spamming has been fixed as of yesterday, however....I just received another spam from WMATA..."Welcome to Heaven".... or maybe it's not spam...maybe I died on the stupid red line this morning and I just don't realize it????!!!!