Sounds akin to "hackback" ... which may (or may not) be legal Some references from Bruce Schneier: - https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2012/11/hackback.h

Sounds akin to "hackback" ... which may (or may not) be legal Some references from Bruce Schneier: - https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2012/11/hackback.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2012/11/hackback.html - https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2017/02/hacking_back.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2017/02/hacking_back.... - http://ethics.calpoly.edu/hackingback.pdf http://ethics.calpoly.edu/hackingback.pdf - https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2270673 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2270673 - https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2017/10/hacking_back_1.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2017/10/hacking_back_... Engaging in scam responses to scammers could potentially run you afoul of CAN-SPAM, too (https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/can-spam-act-compliance-guide-business https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/can-spam-act...) More legal resources: https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/inbox/state_anti-spam_laws https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/inbox/state_anti-spam_laws, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_spam_legislation_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_spam_legislation_by_coun...