Ebay trolled for email addresses (debris.com)

Wednesday, January 31st, 2001

Ebay trolled for email addresses

I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised by this, but I’ve just confirmed that spammers troll ebay to collect email addresses. The message below was sent to an address that I’ve only ever used on ebay.com.

Reply-To: m0056@switchboardmail.com
From: @hotbot.com
Subject: How Would You Like....................................
To: hoover@decaturnet.com

Bill Problems?  What Is Your Next Move?

Debt Consolidation!

... [typical e-crap deleted]

I am happy that I didn’t give ebay my real email address. I find it ironic that the best way to receive less junk mail is to have dozens of email addresses. The advantage, in case it isn’t obvious, is that site-specific addresses allow me to trace where spammers harvested my address. Further, I can then change that address; any future spam sent to the original will bounce.

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updated: 2004-02-22 22:49:16

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Wednesday, January 31st, 2001

Ebay trolled for email addresses