MyDreamSportsBiz.com: Selling Dreams to an Email Address that Never Existed

MyDreamSportsBiz.com, a web portal that markets “income opportunities” for sports fans, is sending bulk email to an email address that has never existed. I suppose there’s an odd sort of symmetry in selling dreams to a non-existent sports fan…. The sending ESP is IContact.

Sending IP: 216.27.93.110

Spam Sample:

Actual Headers:

Received: from smtp16.icpbounce.com (smtp16.icpbounce.com [216.27.93.110])
        by <xxx> (Postfix) with ESMTP id <xxx>
        for <xxx>; Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:xx:xx <xxx>
DKIM-Signature: <xxx>
Mime-Version: 1.0
From: "Sportsceo" <sportsceo@mydreamsportsbiz.com>
To: <xxx>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:xx:xx <xxx>
Subject: Secret MVP? We Do the Hotel For Free--You Save Time and Money.
Errors-To: bounces+<xxx>@icpbounce.com
List-Unsubscribe: <https://app.icontact.com/icp/listunsubscribe.php?<xxx>>
X-List-Unsubscribe: <https://app.icontact.com/icp/listunsubscribe.php?<xxx>>
X-Unsubscribe-Web: <https://app.icontact.com/icp/listunsubscribe.php?<xxx>>
X-ICPINFO: <xxx>
X-Return-Path-Hint: bounces+<xxx>@icpbounce.com
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="<xxx>"
Message-ID: <<xxx>@smtp16.icpbounce.com>

Readable Email:

From: Sportsceo <sportsceo@mydreamsportsbiz.com>
To: <spamtrap>
Subject: Secret MVP? We Do the Hotel For Free–You Save Time and Money.

Save Big on Team Hotels!
Send Your Schedule Now!
Free Room Quotes!
Click Pic, Email or Call!
teamtravel@mydreamsportsbiz.com
Phone: 866.350.3900

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Sports Team Travel!

“By my calculations we saved $600 on our first two trips alone, plus the time
savings. I’m a big fan! –( Bill C — Travel Ball Coach & Real Customer)

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This message was sent to <xxx> from:
MyDreamSportsBiz | 2182 S. El Camino Real, # 107 | Oceanside, CA 92056

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