Ford: Emailing a Five-Year Dead Email Address

Ford Motor Company is sending bulk email to an email address that last had a real person using it in 2006. It was in timeout from late 2007 through early 2009, and then re-enabled as a spamtrap. Ford may be emailing a list that has not been emailed for years, may have ignored bounces in 2007-2009, or might have purchased a list. The ESP is Responsys.

Sending IP: 12.130.136.170

Spam Sample:

Actual Headers:

Received: from om-wunderman.rsys1.com (om-wunderman.rsys1.com [12.130.136.170])
        by <xxx> (Postfix) with ESMTP id <xxx>
        for <xxx>; Tue,  8 Nov 2011 12:xx:xx -0600 (CST)
DKIM-Signature: <xxx>
DomainKey-Signature: <xxx>
Received: by om-wunderman.rsys1.com (PowerMTA(TM) v3.5r17) id <xxx> 
        for <xxx>; Tue, 8 Nov 2011 10:xx:xx -0800 
        (envelope-from <xxx>)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----msg_border_JAEg2WCOMH"
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 10:xx:xx -0800
From: "Ford" <ford@email.fordvehicles.com>
Reply-To: "Ford" <myford@customersupportctr.com>
Subject: Get a closer look at the 2012 Focus Electric, then reserve yours today
List-Unsubscribe: https://wunderman.rsys2.net/pub/optout?<xxx>
X-<xxx>: <xxx>
X-<xxx>: <xxx>
X-<xxx>: <xxx>
To: <xxx>
Message-ID: <<xxx>@om-wunderman.rsys1.com>

Readable Email:

From: Ford <ford@email.fordvehicles.com>
To: <spamtrap>
Subject: Get a closer look at the 2012 Focus Electric, then reserve yours today
Reply-To: Ford <myford@customersupportctr.com>

Please add ford@email.fordvehicles.com to your safe list to continue receiving new product information and
updates from Ford.
https://wunderman.rsys2.net/pub/cc?<xxx>

<removed>

The 2012 Focus Electric is gas-free, 100% electric and open for reservations.
https://wunderman=2Ersys2=2Enet/pub/cc?<xxx>

<removed>

Ford Division Marketing Center
Attn: Email Opt-Out
7777 N. Wickham Rd. =2312 – 424
Melbourne, FL 32940

All Rights Reserved.

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