VTech Kids: Welcoming a Spamtrap to the List

VTech Kids, a manufacturer of electronic learning products, is welcoming an email address that has never existed to its bulk email list. VTech Kids may not confirm web form subscriptions (which allows typoed and forged email addresses to be added to its list) or may have purchased a list. The ESP is Lyris, also known of as Uptilt.

Sending IP: 74.116.233.53

Spam Sample:

Actual Headers:

Received: from smtp.r2mmail.com (smtp.r2mmail.com [74.116.233.53])
        by <xxx> (Postfix) with ESMTP id <xxx>
        for <xxx>; Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:xx:xx -0600 (CST)
Received: from mail7.elabs10.com (10.10.xx.xx) by smtp.r2mmail.com (PowerMTA(TM) v3.5r15) id <xxx> 
        for <icho@abimarketinggroup.com>; Sat, 19 Nov 2011 06:xx:xx -0800 
        (envelope-from <xxx>)
To: <xxx>
Subject: =?utf-8?Q?Thank=20you=20for=20joining=20Club=20VTech!?=
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 06:xx:xx -0800
DKIM-Signature: <xxx>
DomainKey-Signature: <xxx>
X-Delivery: Custom <xxx>
Reply-To: no_reply@r2mmail.com
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:unsubscribe-<xxx>@elabs10.com?subject=<xxx>>
Content-description: <xxx>
X-Complaints-To: abuse@elabs10.com
Message-Id: <xxx>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
        boundary="=<xxx>"
From: "=?utf-8?Q?VTech=20Kids?=" <no_reply@r2mmail.com>

Readable Email:

From: VTech Kids <no_reply@r2mmail.com>
To: <spamtrap>
Subject: Thank you for joining Club VTech!
Reply-To: no_reply@r2mmail.com

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© 2007 – 2011 VTech Electronics North America, LLC, All Rights Reserved

This Offer for discount is only applicable to member and cannot be used in conjunction with any other promotional offers. Discount pricing will be calculated at the sole discretion of VTech at time of check out. Bonus codes can only be redeemed once per order by Dec. 31, 2011 and must be entered at time of check out on ( http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?<xxx> ) www.VTechkids.com to receive the discount. This Offer is valid and available only in the 48 contiguous states of US plus the District of Columbia. Regular shipping and handling charges by VTech will be applied and payable by the buying member for all shipping. Please note that VTech shall not ship the product to any P.O. Box, Military, APO or FPO addresses.

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