Don’t try this at home kids, but what do you think happens when you respond to spam?
Wired News’ Michelle Delio took the time to actually find out by replying to 75 randomly selected spam messages. The result? Fifty-six percent of spammers never responded to Delio’s requests for additional information. “Instead, the customer’s e-mail address was passed along—presumably sold—to other spammers, roughly half of whom also did not reply to requests for product information, but again just passed along the address to other spammers.”
Fascinating report; highly recommended.
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