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Seems weird the first scammer asks the Dev to “unsubscribe” from their emails in the third message. Wouldn’t that hurt their deliverability?

• blackbear_ 6y ago
  It's a way to know that there's a real human behind the computer screen and that the address is not fake. Even a single bit of information can be valuable.
  • cutemonster 6y ago
    The scammers want to know if the developer's email works? If s/he doesn't click unsubscribe, maybe they've been talking with the wrong address, so they could continue with trying to find another address to the developer?
• drewmol 6y ago
  >Wouldn't that hurt their deliverability? If you're referring to deliverability of emails in the context of email spam filters then no. Having an unsubscribe option on repeated, unanswered solicitations would be helpful. The emails are not spam, and in the first email chain they are rather straightforward about their proposal and methods. I'm not sure what the scam actually is here.. people offering money for dev to scam users out of bandwidth? I do think it's noble of dev ignore the solicitation and provide exposure to this market however.