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What's the best way to handle spam faking a legitimate source?

by Adaptive
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I've noticed that spammers travel in packs, or maybe the same person uses multiple names.

Michael Masterson's "Early to Rise" is a legitimate newsletter. While I respect his view, I do NOT have a subscription on my main personal email. Today my spam folder had three different spam messages that included what looked like the masthead of his newsletter, with "click here to confirm your subscription" - from three different totally bogus spam addresses.

Is there anything that he could do to go after the spammers if I forwarded the junk to him for action? Or is it best for both me and him if I just delete the spam and forget about it?

I hope to learn more about what people with legitimate mailing lists can do against this kind of fraud.

Regards,
Allen
#faking #handle #legitimate #source #spam
  • Profile picture of the author TimGross
    The spam with forged headers or "from" address is most likely being sent from rogue places that you can't do much about. Best thing is to set up filters to block them.

    I use Mailwasher Pro to set filters to delete spam, when you set it up right it does a good job.

    If it's helpful, here's a link to videos I did on how to create effective spam filters using Mailwasher (I use the paid pro version, there's a free version that only works for one account as well)

    How to delete and block spam email - Free video tutorial walkthroughs and training

    ...And yeah, I started getting those Early To Rise spams the other day too.
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