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"finding email addresses"... unless they're on the company's website and are supposed to be contacted for possible sales, this is called spamming. I get lots o
by JohnTHaller 8y ago
"finding email addresses"... unless they're on the company's website and are supposed to be contacted for possible sales, this is called spamming.
I get lots of 'creative spam' daily. Drip campaigns. Wanting to 'set up a call' and 'how about Thursday at 2pm'. When you ask where they got your email, it's always 'LinkedIn', 'from a mutual contact', or 'I just guessed it'. No, you didn't. You bought it from a shady list reseller who hacked and scraped it together.
For most folks, mark them as spam and forget about it. If you want to get more involved, report them to their upstream web host for spamming (which will be against the terms of service). Maybe call them out on social media for being an unethical company others should avoid.