amazon selling email addresses??
 

I generally use a unique email address for vendor accounts, and amazon
is no exception. I also always mark accounts to the effect of 'no ad
emails, no passing on address' - you know the sort of thing.

I was surprised therefore when I received a spam email from Games Centre
Ltd addressed to the addy I use only for amazon. (I'd never before heard
of them btw). I can only assume the address had been improperly passed
to them; it's not a likely one to guess out of the blue.

I complained to amazon and the company hosting Games Centre. Amazon's
reply was less than helpful - it basically assured me they were
concerned about "the misappropriated use of our name" (what??) and that
their online credit transactions were all secure. I've repeated the
complaint.

Has anyone else had amazon pass on their email addy like this?

(Oh, the hosting company /was/ helpful - apparently clients are supposed
to use only directly signed-up addresses, not "acquired" lists of any
sort, legit or not, and they've knobbled the offender pending
investigation.)

amazon selling email addresses??
 

Mike Scott wrote:
I generally use a unique email address for vendor accounts, and amazon
is no exception. I also always mark accounts to the effect of 'no ad
emails, no passing on address' - you know the sort of thing.

I was surprised therefore when I received a spam email from Games Centre
Ltd addressed to the addy I use only for amazon. (I'd never before heard
of them btw). I can only assume the address had been improperly passed
to them; it's not a likely one to guess out of the blue.

I complained to amazon and the company hosting Games Centre. Amazon's
reply was less than helpful - it basically assured me they were
concerned about "the misappropriated use of our name" (what??) and that
their online credit transactions were all secure. I've repeated the
complaint.

Has anyone else had amazon pass on their email addy like this?

(Oh, the hosting company /was/ helpful - apparently clients are supposed
to use only directly signed-up addresses, not "acquired" lists of any
sort, legit or not, and they've knobbled the offender pending
investigation.)

I too use a unique address for each company/organisation that I contact.
Once I get spam on it, I black-list it.
No big deal - the company loses that direct marketing opportunity.

If I do need to do business with them again, I open a new account and
give them a new email address to use.

Similarly, I use a Cahoot Webcard for each distance selling transaction.

I've never bothered to complain as it doesn't have any significant
impact. It only takes a few seconds to add another address to the email
filter.

--
Sue

amazon selling email addresses??
 

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:12:33 +0100, Mike Scott
wrote:

I generally use a unique email address for vendor accounts, and amazon
is no exception. I also always mark accounts to the effect of 'no ad
emails, no passing on address' - you know the sort of thing.

Me too.

I was surprised therefore when I received a spam email from Games Centre
Ltd addressed to the addy I use only for amazon. (I'd never before heard
of them btw). I can only assume the address had been improperly passed
to them; it's not a likely one to guess out of the blue.

All I can tell you is that I am not getting any spam directed at my
Amazon email address.

I complained to amazon and the company hosting Games Centre. Amazon's
reply was less than helpful - it basically assured me they were
concerned about "the misappropriated use of our name" (what??) and that
their online credit transactions were all secure. I've repeated the
complaint.

Has anyone else had amazon pass on their email addy like this?

It is possible that the spammer is generating random email addresses
which just happens to include yours.

IME Amazon is not good at reading complaints. The only two times I
have tried have not been successful.

(Oh, the hosting company /was/ helpful - apparently clients are supposed
to use only directly signed-up addresses, not "acquired" lists of any
sort, legit or not, and they've knobbled the offender pending
investigation.)
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(='.'=) Owing to the amount of spam posted via googlegroups and
(")_(") their inaction to the problem. I am blocking most articles
posted from there. If you wish your postings to be seen by
everyone you will need use a different method of posting.
See http://improve-usenet.org

amazon selling email addresses??
 

Mark wrote:
....

Has anyone else had amazon pass on their email addy like this?

It is possible that the spammer is generating random email addresses
which just happens to include yours.

Very unlikely to hit exactly and only that one. (As I run my own
mailserver, I get to see all the junk, even the bounced stuff)


IME Amazon is not good at reading complaints. The only two times I
have tried have not been successful.

No, they missed the point totally; no call # provided either.

amazon selling email addresses??
 

I generally use a unique email address for vendor accounts, and amazon
is no exception. I also always mark accounts to the effect of 'no ad
emails, no passing on address' - you know the sort of thing.

If only I could remember which company nick3d@mydomain relates to...

amazon selling email addresses??
 

On 2008-07-16, Mike Scott wrote:

I complained to amazon and the company hosting Games Centre. Amazon's
reply was less than helpful - it basically assured me they were
concerned about "the misappropriated use of our name" (what??) and that
their online credit transactions were all secure. I've repeated the
complaint.

You should pass that one on to The Register. Amazon concerned with
people using ' , surely worth a mention.

Lordy