Jewel-Osco/Albertson’s: E-Pended List?

Jewel-Osco, a subsidiary of U.S. grocer Albertson’s, is spamming via ESP Cheetahmail (a subsidiary of Experian), and hitting email addresses that have never existed at all. It appears that Jewel-Osco has purchased an e-pended list.

Sending IPs: 8.7.42.86 and 8.7.42.87

Spam Sample:

Actual Headers:

Received: from mta924.e.albertsons.com (mta924.e.albertsons.com [8.7.42.86])
        by <xxx> (Postfix) with SMTP id <xxx>
        for <xxx>; Thu,  6 Oct 2011 11:xx:xx -0500 (CDT)
DomainKey-Signature: <xxx>
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 16:35:51 -0000
Message-ID: <<xxx>.e.jewelosco.com>
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:rm-<xxx>@e.jewelosco.com>
From: "Jewel-Osco" <JewelOsco@e.jewelosco.com>
To: <xxx>
Subject: <xxx>, Fill your breakfast bowl with great savings.
MIME-Version: 1.0
Reply-To: "Jewel-Osco" <<xxx>@e.jewelosco.com>
Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=<xxx>"

Readable Email:

From: Jewel-Osco <JewelOsco@e.jewelosco.com>
To: <spamtrap>
Subject: <E-Pended Name>, Fill your breakfast bowl with great savings.
Reply-To: Jewel-Osco <support-<xxx>@e.jewelosco.com>

<E-Pended Name>, Piping hot savings on hot cereal. Save $1.00.

View this email in Web Browser:
http://e.jewelosco.com/a/<xxx>

Forward this email to a friend:
http://e.jewelosco.com/a/<xxx>

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