Air Wick: Selling Air Freshener to Spamtraps
Air Wick, a subsidiary of U.K.-based multinational home products manufacturer Reckitt Benckiser, is sending bulk email to email addresses that have been closed for many years. None of these email addresses has received marketing emails from Air Wick via any ESP since they finished their timeout period and were re-enabled as spamtraps. Either Air Wick is emailing a list that has not been contacted since before 2008, or Air Wick has purchased one or more lists. The ESP is Cheetahmail, a subsidiary of Experian.
Sending IP: 8.7.43.20
Spam Sample:
Actual Headers:
Received: from mta934.chtah.net (mta934.chtah.net [8.7.43.20])
by <xxx> (Postfix) with ESMTP id <xxx>
for <xxx>; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:xx:xx -0600 (CST)
DKIM-Signature: <xxx>
DomainKey-Signature: <xxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:xx:xx -0000
Message-ID: <xxx>
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:rm-<xxx>@e.rb.com>
From: "Air Wick" <airwick@e.rb.com>
To: <xxx>
Subject: $1 off from Air Wick for the holidays!
MIME-Version: 1.0
Reply-To: "Air Wick Support" <support-<xxx>@e.rb.com>
Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=<xxx>"
Readable Email:
From: Air Wick <airwick@e.rb.com>
To: <spamtrap>
Subject: $1 off from Air Wick for the holidays!
Reply-To: Air Wick Support <support-<xxx>@e.rb.com>
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Hi <xxx>,v
We’re excited to announce the launch of the new Air Wick(R) Limited Edition Winter Lights Collection! We’d like to invite you to join our Fragrant Homes Club so you can always be the first to know about new products and fragrances, and take advantage of exclusive offers.
http://e.rb.com/<xxx>
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