[amayausers] OT: Spam emails from a supplier
- From: "Steve Cohen" <steve208321@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 07:23:55 -0400
I found something interesting I thought I would share to the group. First of
all, since I have my own domain name and my email provider supplies me with up
to 1000 email addresses, I found it easier to use filters to sort my email by
creating a unique email address for each supplier. So if I receive an email
from Broder, the email automatically gets dropped into the Broder folder
without any interaction on my part. So this morning, I was checking my email
and found 3 spam emails (nothing related to embroidery or shirts and I won't
repeat the subject lines here because some people might get offended. You all
know spam when you see it.) They were all sent to Broder@ (my domain). Now I'm
wondering how some spammer got that email address. My guess is 2 things
happened here, either Broder is selling email address or some spammer hacked
their system and got all customer data from them. I'm sure I probably won't get
a good answer from them as for why this happened. Being that I have a network
security background, this is one of the reasons why I am on a cash basis with
suppliers. I don't want my social security number thrown all over the place. If
someone abuses my credit card, I can call the bank and have a new one issued as
well as deny charges.
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