Better Homes & Gardens: Emailing a Spamtrap
Iconic U.S. magazine Better Homes & Gardens is spamming an email address that appears to have never existed at all via ESP Epsilon Interactive.
Sending IP: 198.31.62.42
Spam Sample:
Actual Headers:
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by <xxx> (Postfix) with ESMTP id <xxx>
for <xxx>; Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:xx:xx -0500 (CDT)
Received: from [10.21.<xxx>.<xxx>] ([10.21.<xxx>.<xxx>:<xxx>] helo=<xxx>)
by <xxx> (envelope-from <bhg-<xxx>@specialoffers.meredith.com>)
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id <xxx>; Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:xx:xx -0400
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:xx:xx -0400 (EDT)
Message-Id: <<xxx>@flonetwork.com>
X-DMHA-ID-Packet: <xxx>
From: "BHG.com - Special Offers" <bhg@specialoffers.meredith.com>
Reply-To: "BHG.com - Special Offers" <bhg-<xxx>@specialoffers.meredith.com>
To: <xxx>
Subject: Special Offers Email Update
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----<xxx>"
Readable Email:
From: BHG.com – Special Offers <bhg@specialoffers.meredith.com>
To: <spamtrap>
Subject: Special Offers Email Update
Reply-To: BHG.com – Special Offers <bhg-<xxx>@specialoffers.meredith.com>
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