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Originally Posted by Talldrink
I get these emails at work all the time. Has anyone else written back? I now want to see what happens if I write back!
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They send those spam mails out by buying lists of life addresses. There are programs which can generate these lists rather quickly.
They send out millions of these spams out every day. IF you answer in any way (even just teasing the guys), your address will automatically be upgraded and cost more and you will get more junk mail.
So, be aware what you wish for.
A couple of years back, when I lived in the States, I was trading musical equipment online... some on ebay and some on the buy/sell section of the steel guitar forum. Now, as you may guess, steel guitars are really a niche instrument and thus the steel guitar forum is not a site commonly visited by "normal" people. But believe it or not. I would get offers for my pedal steels, 1940's tube amps and even teaching material relative to that instrument from these scamers. What really blew my mind was, that they actually started to study the relative market and asked questions that related to the instrument. So, they do their homework!
... J-D