Fun With Spammers

[Vaughn McMillan]

From time to time, the Family Woodworking Webmaster gets spam email from companies that find our email address on the web. More often than not, these companies have not even looked at our site, so they have no idea what we do here. Occasionally I have spare time on my hands, so I like to mess with their heads. Today was one of those days. lol.

We received this email:

Hi

I have spoken to someone from familywoodworking.org regarding the Beauty Products & Cosmetics Shops Email List and B2B Marketing List. As promised, here is some more information about the database.

The Beauty Products & Cosmetics Shops B2B Marketing List contains the contact details of virtually all beauty products and cosmetics shops, brands, wholesalers, distributors and manufacturers from all over the world. Our beauty industry sales leads help to connect your business with tens of thousands of companies operating in the beauty industry. Our beauty industry marketing list comes in an Excel spreadsheet with contact details for every company operating in the beauty industry. Please note: you will receive the beauty industry database in Excel Worksheet and CSV file extension (you can use either) and a list of just emails inside a notepad format. You will also need to extract the files using win.rar - further instructions are provided inside the download files. Our Beauty Industry Marketing List currently contains in excess of 44,000 business records. We are updating our beauty industry busines data on a rolling basis so make sure to check your member's area regularly.

You can download a sample and learn more about the database at
https://creativebeartech.com/product/beauty-products-cosmetics-shops-email-list-and-b2b-marketing-list/

Email: sugden.christi@gmail.com

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So this is what I sent in response:

Hi Christi –

Thank you so much for your message. We would like to order the following:

4’ x 8’ x 5/8” Baltic Birch plywood – 12 sheets
6/4 x 8” figured walnut – 127 bf
8/4 x 4” curly maple – 241 bf
Three Cherries bench chisels – 1/2", 5/8”, 3/4", and 1” width – 17 sets
Lee Valley Self-Centering Dowelling Jig – 8 ea
Titebond II Glue – 32 oz bottle – 286 ea
Festool Domino XL Joiner - DF 700 Set - 72 sets
Laguna 14 bx Bandsaw - 220 V 2.5 HP – 5 ea
RIKON Mini/Midi Lathe Stand, Model 70-920 – 2 ea
Oneida Air Systems - Supercell High-Pressure Dust Collector, 35 Gallon – 69 ea
Sjobergs - Elite 2000 Workbench plus Cabinet Combo – 8 ea

Please ship these to the address you have on file for us and bill us as per our previous arrangement.

Thanks again –

Vaughn McMillan
Family Woodworking Admin Team

Interestingly, the email I sent to Christi was rejected as spam, lol.

Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients.

Subject: RE: Beauty Products & Cosmetics Shops Email List (from Family Woodworking)
Sent: 7/3/2020 12:52 PM

The following recipient(s) cannot be reached:

'Christi Sugden' on 7/3/2020 12:52 PM
550 This message was classified as SPAM and may not be delivered

 

[Dave Hoskins]

They can be fun to mess with. But I admit you are a lot nicer with them than I am.

 

[glenn bradley]

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[Vaughn McMillan]

More fun with Spammers:

This is what happens when you reply to spam email

Suspicious emails: unclaimed insurance bonds, diamond-encrusted safe deposit boxes, close friends marooned in a foreign country. They pop up in our inboxes, and standard procedure is to delete on sight. But what happens when you reply? Follow along as writer and comedian James Veitch narrates a...

www.ted.com

I love this. I have a friend who does some serious chain-yanking of Craigslist scammers.