Nov
05
Home Depot: Emailing a Long-Closed Email Address
U.S.-based hardware store Home Depot is sending bulk email to a long-closed email address. The ESP is ExactTarget.
Nov
01
FootSmart: Selling Shoes to Spamtraps?
Comfort shoe specialists FootSmart sent email to an old web site role address that was closed in 2007, and after its timeout period was re-enabled as a spamtrap. This email address even when live did not send email and would not have subscribed to receive bulk email. The ESP is ExactTarget.
Oct
23
Kauffman Foundation: Emailing a Long-Closed Email Address
The Kauffman Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on entrenpreneurship and job growth through the founding of new businesses, is sending bulk email to a long-closed email address. The ESP is ExactTarget.
Oct
17
Cruising With the Stars
Celebrity Cruises wants my mum to cruise with them. Funny, because she never asked to be on their list. (She hates boats.) The ESP was ExactTarget.
Oct
09
Everest University/Corinthian Colleges: Educating Spamtraps?
Everest University, a for-profit online/distance learning company affiliated with Corinthian Colleges, is spamming a number of pure spamtraps, email addresses that never existed except in the minds of creative spammers, via ESP ExactTarget. Spamtraps do not request information about high school diplomas or college degrees. This remains true even when you purchase a “guaranteed” e-pended list that assigns real names to email addresses that never had them.
Oct
09
Four Winds Interactive: Signs of Trouble?
The digital signage company Four Winds Interactive is spamming several spamtraps via ESP ExactTarget. One spamtrap might be a mistake; several at different domains almost certainly means a purchased list.