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I’ve also gotten mysterious scam emails that contain no information. What’s their purpose?

• cjglo 4y ago
  If I had to guess, it’s a trick to get people engaged. There’s no link or request for money, so people probably respond more often. I imagine like many areas of persuasion (like interrogation), getting someone to start talking is the “foot in the door” that starts to snow ball, even if it’s not about anything relevant.
• thehappypm 4y ago
  Laying the groundwork to beat a spam filter, probably. If a series of emails are read and not deleted, that does not seem like spam.
  • amatecha 4y ago
    huh, that's an interesting point! Seems like a good idea to mark those as spam even if they are "harmless", in that case...
• yucky 4y ago
  It's called "IP warming". When you send bulk emails, there are throttling limits and other things meant to decrease the ability of scammers. So to warm the IP up you have to send on it for awhile. These sorts of blank emails aren't the best way to do it, it's sloppy. But that's the goal.