This is the new spammer harvesting technique ..  They make great text fodder
for spam filters -

> > Subject: Hey Fred
> >
> > Fred,
> >
> >   It was nice to talk to you today I will send the proposal tonight.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >  Heidi


"Subject: Thanks For Lunch Mike

Mike,

  Thanks again for lunch it was great!

Best regards,

Steve"

  Here's some more of those (link may wrap).

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&threadm=0f5301c1c48d%24ebaab2b0%247700
a8c0%40frankenpuss&rnum=2&prev=/groups%3Fq%3D%2522send%2Bthe%2Bproposal%2522
%2Bfred%26hl%3Den%26btnG%3DGoogle%2BSearch



----- Original Message -----
> She's gotten two so far, both from two different addresses, and each of
the
> TOs are different. No attachments. The messages are suspiciously generic
> and short. For instance: "Fred, Thanks again for lunch it was great.
> Steve". (Oddly enough, "Steve" is not the same name as the message's TO).
> Looking up the TOs domain's A and MX record doesn't show anything unusual,
> and nothing points to my domain or ip. I suspect it's some ploy to get my
> employee to reply (which she has to one of them), to validate her address
> for spamming, but that's just a guess.



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