Crafty Spam Merchants Can Add You To Their Lists
If you send any amount of emails on a regular basis or indeed have a mailing list on an autoresponder, you will no doubt have received automated responses from your list telling you they have put in SPAM control software and you need to manually register with them.
Fair enough I hear you say but I’ve just come across a very sly spammer trick.
I received an email (from a spammer) who wrote the following:
”
I apologize for this automatic reply to your email.
To control spam, I now allow incoming messages only from senders I have approved beforehand.
If you would like to be added to my list of approved senders, please fill out the short request form (see link below). Once I approve you, I will receive your original message in my inbox. You do not need to resend your message. I apologize for this one-time inconvenience.
Click the link below to fill out the request:”
Naturally enough I did not include the link above - nor did I click it as it would just tell the spammer they had a live address.
So beware of any such confirmations you may come across in your inbox - I know it’s easy to have your brain out of gear and just click on the link (due to previous conditioning) but it will inevitably lead to pain if you do with a lot of lost time filtering the rubbish from your inbox.
All the best,
Tom
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