At 5:12 PM -0600 11/8/01, Jerry Pasker wrote: >This is semi-on-topic......... > >I've noticed that I've been getting some very strange email lately. Ones >that aren't obviously spam, but are just odd, and designed to elicit a >reply. I've done some searching to see if these are indeed real spammer >tactics, but so far, I've turned up nothing. My gut feeling is that this >is a big thing... bulk verification of email addresses, disguised as simple >and innocent mis-addressed email. One line e-mails like "Hey, Jim, this is >Pat, let me know if you got my last email" or "JPASKER, THE TREES ARE ALL >DOWN -GEORGE" My thoughts are that they're obviously designed to >convince the user to reply, so the spammer can verify an email address is >live.
Yeah, I got one from the UK the other day. "Hey, Mike, I just got in the office. Give me a call." I assumed it was just as you described. Deleted. -- Internet Tools for Business -- <http://www.CyberSpaces.net/> E-commerce web hosting ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
