New Spam Agent - Secretly gathers valid email addresses

Please delete and avoid opening any emails with the following characteristics:

quote:

A new spam campaign doing the rounds looks fairly innocent but its sole purpose is to verify that your email address is active. This will inevitably lead to your email address being added to multiple spam lists. The main problem with this particular spam is that the email is hard to spot and simply opening it will quietly alert the spammer your email address is active.

From: “Web Useds”
From: “Web Services”
From: “Web Help”
From: “Support Services”
From: “Sales Depot”
From: “Digital Plaza”
From: “Digital Locker”
From: “Customer Support”
From: “Buy now”
From: “Web Depot”
From: “Ref Depot”

And the subject of the email is usually one of these with random numbers in square brackets:

Subject: [635] Important info regarding your Order
Subject: [7738] Your Order
Subject: [4241] Support Request
SUbject; "your email address in the subject line"