Spam: A Bottom Feeder Trick That Targets Outlook Users

Spammers have a full bag of tricks for harvesting active e-mail addresses that can be sold to other bottom feeders. Here's another variation on the 'return receipt' scam that you need to be aware of and protect against.

Requesting a notification when a message is deleted can mean only one thing; the sender wants to verify which of the bulk mailing list addresses were active. Yeah, there might be one or two valid uses for this feature, but I'd be willing to bet most anything that if you ever see this dialog pop up it's not tied to a legitimate business reason.

Select the [No To All] button and make the sender call if it truly is a legitimate request.