Why you shouldn’t write back to a ‘phishing’ attempt (or other spam)

[Karen]

Why would anyone ever write back to one of these?

[Catty1]

I have several clients - and a former employer - who would write angry emails in reply to this spam, telling "them" to stop.

I tell them they are replying to a programmed computer, NOT a person...oh well...

[happylabs]

I thought the same thing. Why would someone respond? I just click delete, delete, delete...never even open them.

[Catty1]

People of little awareness respond...all articles like this can do is educate. *sigh *

[Hellow]

This is true. Additionally, when you respond to the email, oftentimes the computer that receives the email is keeping a list which it then distributes to other spambot computers for the same purpose.