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Ask HN: I emailed a Japanese company and now I receive daily SPAM from Japan

11 points by Jugurtha 5y ago

I emailed a company from Japan (their info@site.com) and it resulted in a flood of daily SPAM in Japanese, often from different .jp websites and return paths. I somteimes receive multiple emails a few seconds apart. Is this a coincidence and everyone is receiving these (unlikely), or is this going to continue? Any advice?

simonblack 5y ago
Japanese companies are no different from other companies all over the world. Every now and then, I find myself going on an 'Unsubscribe" campaign. And I don't have any spam from Japanese companies.
- Jugurtha 5y ago
  >Japanese companies are no different from other companies all over the world. Who said they were? I'm not receiving this spam from the company I emailed. I think my email address was harvested along the way by shady actors who are sending these.
perl4ever 5y ago
I tried to order something from a Polish company, found that they don't seem to ship internationally, and now I don't get any spam in Polish. Which seems a bit suspicious.
- Jugurtha 5y ago
  >I tried to order something from a Polish company, found that they don't seem to ship internationally, and now I don't get any spam in Polish. >Which seems a bit suspicious.
  - perl4ever 5y ago
    To be clear, I wasn't trying to order spam.
rurban 5y ago
I've emailed several film and TV companies in Japan to buy film rights, and never received any Japanese spam. Ditto with China. The only Asian "spam" I observe are way off YouTube recommendations, which have nothing to do with my interests. Advice: improve your spam filtering.