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narf poit chez BOOM said:
...Is it possible to spoof the 'To:' line of a spam? Because I just realized that a spam I recieved doesn't appear to have been sent to me e-mail address.
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Yes, easily. There's a BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) line (usually hidden until you change your e-mail client's options) that sends the e-mail to people without mentioning where it's going.
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narf poit chez BOOM said:
I just recieved a peculiar spam...
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missionary puddingstone flemish hansen thanksgiving spiky
ballad stun esquire
tendency dial vis youngstown thanksgiving demit
arlington lightning mccracken demit genitive
ackley coplanar neat individual thanksgiving
fulsome mccracken
thanksgiving flemish vis bonneville
sputter missionary individual
bonneville renounce sewage bothersome thicket confrere vis ballad
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No attachments, no links, just random text.
I dunno, maybe they expect me to reply?
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They're fishing for valid e-mail addresses to send actual spam. The random text is to get around certain types of spam filters. What they're doing is sending out e-mails to check for bounces. If it doesn't bounce with "User Unknown" or similar, it's a valid e-mail address.
Re: OT: Spam is puzzling me again...
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