A while back, I related the story of how I was once foolish enough to respond to a spammer’s e-mail, using my actual e-mail address, and tell him what I thought of his spam.
Well, there was at least one spammer that apparently decided he wanted to pay me back for having the nerve to tell him that I do not like receiving spam.
For months I have been getting e-mail messages returned to this address (which I no longer use, but I keep it active because of all the scam messages I receive there and make use of here on this site) due to the fact that the messages are infected with a virus.
As you might imagine, I am not sending out virus-infected e-mail messages. It is quite easy however, for a deranged spammer to use anyone’s e-mail address to send out whatever they want to as many people as they want.
What happens when the virus-infected e-mail message arrives at an e-mail server with virus protection is that the server bounces, or returns the e-mail to the original sender, with a message that informs the original sender that the message was not accepted by the server and is being returned due to virus infestation.
Since the deranged spammer has used my e-mail address as a return address when sending the message, the e-mail server returns the message to my e-mail address. There is no way that the receiving e-mail server can know that the message did not really come from me.
Anyway, what I am noticing recently is that this deranged spammer is now selecting e-mail addresses belonging to real estate agents here in New Hampshire, and sending virus-infected e-mail messages to them. I guess this is his idea of trying to take it to the next level or something.
If you are a real estate agent and have received a virus-infected e-mail, or any other weird kind of e-mail message that appears to have originated from this domain (homesfornh.com), you can rest assured that I am not sending these messages.
I have not heard from any other actual person that has received any of these messages, only the bounced messages from the other e-mail servers. So, I can’t say that this deranged spammer is actually causing much trouble.
Once again, if my spammer friend happens to be reading this blog, my message to you is that you are going to have to do a lot better than you have so far. And while you’re at it, seek some help for that psychiatric problem that you obviously have.
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