DEBRIS.COMgood for a laugh, or possibly an aneurysm

It’s not unusual for spammers to disguise themselves, but this example demonstrates a clear willingness to deceive. They sign the email “The Internet Special Offers Team” — sounds plausible to newbies, I’m sure — and imply that I’m a subscriber, which is a lie. But the twist is using a Yahoo.com address for replies, implying that they’re associated with Yahoo, which they are not.

I received two copies of this spam at two different addresses. The first used a FROM address at ematic.com, shown above; the second used a Yahoo address in the FROM header. Both Yahoo and Ematic claim they’ve “taken action” against the accounts listed in the spam. Ematic even has a web page about it.

The great thing about fast responses from both Ematic and Yahoo is that, by deleting the freemail accounts, they prevent the spammer from harvesting any addresses that had collected there. This is the only value I can see for this particular spam — to get people to respond, opting in or out, in an effort to build a fresh, clean database of valid email addresses.