CAN-SPAM! Thank you, ma'am!
It seems that different people have different interpretations of the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing Act of 2003.
I suspect that the US Federal Trade Commission interprets it as a way of controlling unsolicited pornography and marketing email. Ajay Singh, on the other hand, appears to take the acronym at face value: CAN-SPAM is an open invitation to do just that.
He offers me Business Leads
, but he's really only selling a database likely scraped in the same way he scraped my email address. I have no idea what he means by having clearly mentioned the source mail-id of this mail
, the only thing that comes close to an ID is the Message-ID in the headers. And that's hardly in the spirit of mentioning clearly.
But what really makes this stand out as spam is that my address is not in the To field. It, along with lord knows how many others, is in the BCC field. Furthermore, the originating domain name and email address are not the same as the business that he represents in his signature. And that's a contravention of the Act:
Don’t use false or misleading header information. Your “From,” “To,” “Reply-To,” and routing information – including the originating domain name and email address – must be accurate and identify the person or business who initiated the message.
Federal Trade Commission, CAN-SPAM Act: A Compliance Guide for Business
So, too, is not giving full information on his location:
Tell recipients where you’re located. Your message must include your valid physical postal address. This can be your current street address, a post office box you’ve registered with the U.S. Postal Service, or a private mailbox you’ve registered with a commercial mail receiving agency established under Postal Service regulations.
Federal Trade Commission, CAN-SPAM Act: A Compliance Guide for Business
Admitting that he's from India is not enough to be in compliance. The guidance is easy enough to find, so why lie? (confused)
Could it be that Ajay's not a straight-up guy? (thinking)
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2022 00:43:31 -0500 From: Ajay Singh <ajay@smnni.co> To: info4@smnni.co Subject: Business Leads User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.4.12 Message-ID: <[snip]@smnni.co> X-Sender: ajay@smnni.co
Hello, How are you? We are a Digital marketing services provider from India. We have 10 million and above b2b business records for generating your targeted business leads. We can share this database with you to your in-house campaign or we can make your campaign on our subscription list. We have a huge volume of the targeted database with all the required segregation. You can join us to check this database via Anydesk or Skype. Pls see my signature for further details. Also, We provide other Services like:- - Website Designing (Responsive) - Search engine optimization - Social Media Optimization (Linkedin/Twitter/Youtube Promotion) - Targeted Email Marketing - Explainer Videos Email Marketing Services to generate targeted Leads. And SMTP Subscription for generating targeted Business leads. 1) 1million Subscription of discover .org 2) Decision maker records for b2b deal USA/Canada. 3) Other Counties B2B database. 4) E-commerce Customer database. If you are really interested pls feel free to catch me through instant messenger through Skype, ICQ,Whatsapp,or Call any time. Looking for the best response & healthy business relationship with you & your organization. Thanks & Regards Ajay Singh Trafficbysearch.com E: ajay@trafficbysearch.com M/W: +91-9818-507-555 ICQ: +91-9818-507-555 Anydesk: 432 816 903 Skype: ajaysingh4u LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/urmansoft/ P.S. This is an advertisement and a promotional mail strictly on the guidelines of CAN-SPAM act. We have clearly mentioned the source mail-id of this mail, also clearly mentioned the subject lines and they are in no way misleading in any form. We have found your mail address through our own efforts on the web search and not through any illegal way. If you don't wish to receive any newsletter from us, kindly reply with the subject "UNSUBSCRIBE"