American Seniors Association: Wants a Spamtrap to Join
The American Seniors Association (ASA), which describes itself as “the conservative alternative” to the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), is sending bulk email advertisements to an email address that never existed. The ASA only started spamming this email address last week. The ESP is Streamsend.
Unfortunately I can’t recommend the AARP as a non-spamming alternative to the ASA; the AARP has a long record of spamming. It disturbs me, however, to see that the ASA does not appear to have learned from one of the AARP’s bigger mistakes: spamming people whom they want to join. :/ You’d think that anybody who runs a membership-based organization would understand just what spam does to their reputation and their ability to contact people by using legitimate, non-spam email.
Sending IP: 72.19.214.232
Spam Sample:
Actual Headers:
Received: from me-ss2-37wwv3.mailengine1.com (me-ss2-37wwv3.mailengine1.com [72.19.214.232])
by <xxx> (Postfix) with ESMTP id <xxx>
for <xxx>; Fri, 3 Feb 2012 07:xx:xx -0600 (CST)
DKIM-Signature: <xxx>
Received: by me-ss2-37wwv3.mailengine1.com (PowerMTA(TM) <xxx>) id <xxx>
for <xxx>; Fri, 3 Feb 2012 05:xx:xx -0800
(envelope-from <streamsendbouncer@me-ss2-37wwv3.mailengine1.com>)
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="<xxx>"
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-Mailer: StreamSend2 - <xxx>
X-Mailer-Version: 2.0
X-Mailer-Environment: production
X-Report-Abuse-At: abuse@streamsend.com
X-Report-Abuse-Info: It is important to please include full email headers in the report
X-rpcampaign: StreamSend<xxx>
X-Streamsend2id: <xxx>
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:unsubscribe+<xxx>@me-ss2-37wwv3.mailengine1.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:xx:xx -0800
From: "American Seniors Association" <info@americanseniors.org>
Reply-To: "American Seniors Association" <info@americanseniors.org>
To: <xxx>
Subject: Dick Morris Encourages You to Join ASA
Message-ID: <<xxx>@me-ss2-37wwv3.mailengine1.com>
Readable Email:
From: American Seniors Association <info@americanseniors.org>
To: <spamtrap>
Subject: Dick Morris Encourages You to Join ASA
Reply-To: American Seniors Association <info@americanseniors.org>
American Seniors Association
Dick Morris Says Join!
A Note from Dick Morris:
Even Dick Morris sees the benefit of joining the American Seniors Association! And to think, you can join ASA today for FREE because of your association with our friends over at the 60 Plus Association! Continue reading to learn what Mr. Morris has to say about us and how to join for free.
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Get the representation you deserve and the benefits you want and need by joining ASA, the conservative alternative to the AARP. By being a supporter of the 60 Plus Association, you have the opportunity to join ASA for FREE! Activate your FREE ASA membership today and start receiving the benefits and discounts, information, and savings immediately.
Join ASA for FREE!
American Seniors Association
3700 Mansell Road Suite 220
Alpharetta, GA 30022
(800) 951-0017
http://app.streamsend.com/<xxx>