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RE: [Asrg] 2a. Analysis - Address Harvesting - Chain Letters

2003-09-03 05:25:16
This does seem a little strange. When I get a chain email, I am usually
asked to send it to several friends and include the sender. The sender
is often someone that I know (well, of course that isn't quite true -
more likely it is an email address that I recognize).

Now how does the spammer get me harvested as a result of this? I am not
exactly sure. Either they sent it to me in the first place, so the
sender/reply to was spoofed, so when I forward and include the sender,
they get another 5 or 10. Hardly seems worth it, and because they are no
longer anonymous, they can be subject to attack by me or be blacklisted
or whatever.

So, it appears to me as if the article doesn't pass the "sniff test"
(used for milk - if smells OK it is OK!).

While chain letters are annoying, I don't (yet) see real harm.

Chris


-----Original Message-----
From: asrg-admin(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org [mailto:asrg-admin(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org] On 
Behalf Of
Yakov Shafranovich
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 1:17 PM
To: asrg(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
Subject: [Asrg] 2a. Analysis - Address Harvesting - Chain Letters


This CNN article 
(http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/09/01/spam.chainletter/index.html
) 
discusses a possible tactic used by spammers to collect email addresses
- 
chain letters.


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