Pastor Melissa Scott: Preaching to a Spamtrap

Pastor Melissa Scott, minister of Faith Center in Glendale, California, is sending bulk email advertisements to an email address that was closed in 2005. The email address in question began receiving email from Pastor Scott only a few months ago, so the cause is probably either an unconfirmed web form subscription, or a purchased list. The sending ESP is IContact.

Sending IP: 216.27.86.175

Spam Sample:

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        for <xxx>; Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:xx:xx -0600 (CST)
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Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:xx:xx -0500
To: <xxx>
From: "Pastor Scott" <pastor@pastormelissascottvideos.com>
Subject: LIVE: Sunday with Pastor Melissa Scott
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Readable Email:

From: Pastor Scott <pastor@pastormelissascottvideos.com>
To: <spamtrap>
Subject: LIVE: Sunday with Pastor Melissa Scott

Good morning!

To tune in live from your own computer, visit the link below — we will be live at EXACTLY 11am Pacific (2pm EST).

>> CLICK To Watch Live Now:
>> http://www.pastormelissascott.com/live.shtml

See you in a minute,

Pastor Scott
http://www.pastormelissascott.com

P.S. DON’T FORGET:

Call in after you’ve watched the service! Live people are waiting to take your call.

Just call in and let us know what you thought…

>> CALL TOLL FREE:
>> 1-800-338-3030

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This message was sent to <xxx> from:
Pastor Scott | P.O. Box 1 | Los Angeles, CA 90053-0001

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