Hi George,
the Pro version is a fair bit more aggressive with it’s obfuscation, but it is impossible to say where spammers got your email address from. It could also be a data leak, or a paid list.
Thank you for the quick reply.
I agree that it is impossible to say where the spammers got the addresses. However…
1 – All who received today’s scam have addresses on our page.
2 – All the scam e-mails pretend to be our minister. who has an uncommon name.
3 – I have polled the congregation and so far no one has reported getting the scam who does not have an e-mail address visible on our site.
ergo, I’m pretty sure the addresses came from our “protected” site.
Your thoughts?
Also, the page scanner returned the message below which makes me think it could be reporting fake negatives:
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/* ]]> */
In that case I’d suggest the Pro version and using the ROT47 obfuscation technique.
OK, willing to look into that.
But this page: https://encoder.till.im/guide
Does not mention the ROT47 obfuscation technique. Where can I find information about that?
Curiously, the scanner finds this text “Please check your email and click on the link to access your complete donation history.”
Which does not appear anywhere on our site.
