The SCOOTER Store is selling to stolen email address
A few years ago I gave a tagged email address to The Home Depot for some warranty paperwork. About a year later, that address made it into the wild. At first I thought it was the big brands as usual selling off email addresses, but then learned through the type of spam I was receiving that it was stolen. I’ve contacted The Home Depot once or twice, but haven’t received one reply. Now today, The SCOOTER Store is spamming that same tagged email address via a marketing agency called Digital Marketing Direct (domain gaigelein.in).
Who’s responsible, you ask? Well, I guess that depends on who garnered the email database. If the agency, then both are since The SCOOTER store needs to be monitoring their agencies and affiliates for spamming practices. I’m guess the agency gained the email database from just looking at their spammer looking site, the whois information belonging to a company in FL (where spammers hide out), and their typical gmail.com registration throwaway addresses. The IP is filled through with spam traps and bad users based on its reputation.
The SCOOTER store, looks like you are on the hook here.
HEADERS:
From: The SCOOTER Store <REDDACTED@gaigelein.in>
Subject: Mobility Scooter Info for Your Loved Ones
Date: April 21, 2012 12:28:57 PM CDT
Return-Path: <REDDACTED@gaigelein.in>
X-spam-Honeypot: YES
X-remoteip: 66.96.253.199
X-Return-Path: REDDACTED@gaigelein.in
X-Envelope-From: REDDACTED@gaigelein.in
Message-Id: <REDDACTED@gaigelein.in>
BODY:
