Just Received an e-mail from an interesting source

[Compworld]

Here's a copy of the e-mail with all of the domain information taken out (as to WebmasterWorld T&C):

If you've received this message - then your email address has been screened circulating on junk-email and spam related mailing lists. UnsubscribeNow spam-traps junk-email circulating online, parses multiple-recipient addresses and registers their 'remove-me' links into the UnsubscribeNow remove-me database.

To learn how we help clear and Opt-out your email addresses online, visit us today at UnsubscribeNow

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Unsubscribe Unsubscribe from future public interest announcements.

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Message forwarding by: eGlobal Planet - Managed Messaging. 7 Lesi Ukrainky Boulevard, Kiev UA ..............................

Has anyone else received this type of e-mail? Am I being naive here in thinking that their may be some truth to the e-mail? Or, is it just hopefully thinking?

Thanks,

CompWorld

[Robino]

So they SPAMMED you, right?

[Compworld]

Well, that's hard to say. The e-mail that this came from is listed on our website, so there is a possibility that it's real. But then again, it was sent from Kiev. So I am skeptical.

CompWorld

[MatthewHSE]

If your e-mail address is on legitimate lists, you can unsubscribe yourself if you want. If it's on spam lists, I don't see how you or anyone else can "unsubscribe" or "opt out."

Perhaps the link they provided to their website had your e-mail address included in it? Handy way of verifying real addresses . . . ;)

[Michael Anthony]

Yeah - if they'd have said "Hi, we'd like to add your address to our spamming list but first we need to establish that there's someone reading this" you'd be less likely to reply, right?

[ergophobe]

They are just validating addresses. If you respond, you tell them it's an active account and you get more spam. In fact, if you have your e-mail client set up to accept HTML mail and show images, just by *looking* at the email you tell them it got through. That's part of the reason my email client has HTML mail turned off and just shows everything as text.

Tom