Indeed, it just looks like an automated welcome message. In the early days of the internet, I may have fallen for something like that... only to realise my rep

Indeed, it just looks like an automated welcome message. In the early days of the internet, I may have fallen for something like that... only to realise my reply went to a ticket support system or a fake 'from' address. Nowadays, I'm cynical about welcome messages and just delete them.