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2016-08-02

by Darknut

AT&T Spam

Hey, check out this email I just received.

Good Afternoon,


My name is Jamal Maxwell and I am your local AT&T Fiber Solutions Specialist.  I’m contacting you to let you know AT&T has recently installed fiber services in the area.
What does this mean to you and your business?
This means you now have a whole new world of AT&T products and services available to you.

•             Dedicated High Speed IP services 10MB to 100MB
·                AT&T Business Fiber HSI
•             Advanced voice calling
•             Integrated AT&T solutions on a single access line
•             All at the most competitive market prices

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Start enjoying the personal service you deserve from AT&T, a company intent on helping you do what you do even better. I would like to offer you a complimentary comprehensive communications assessment.  Together, we can find a solution tailored to your specific business needs.
Please feel free to reach out to me via my contact information below for consultation on how AT&T can improve your efficiency and productivity. If you are currently working with an AT&T Business Rep, please continue to engage them for your service needs.

Best Regards,
Jamal Maxwell
Sales Executive 2 FBB
Business Acquisition Solutions – Fiber

Fiber

M: 714.227.0853
jamal.maxwell@att.com

For more information:  AT&T Fiber Ready Building
MIS/ PNT Helpdesk  and technical support 1-888-613-6330  listen to prompts  or you can send an email to rm-awmis@ems.att.com

To unsubscribe from this email, reply with “Stop”

So... yeah, it seems pretty legit. The email headers show a sequence of AT&T or SBC mail servers and IP addresses. There's nothing obviously fake about any of this. They even mentioned unimpressive Internet speeds from yesteryear, and they attached a DOCX file, so it's just as if I was talking to a real salesdrone who didn't actually know stuff about computers. It's pretty hard for the Russians to mimic that sort of thing.

This means AT&T is sending people spam. Just as if they were Russia or Ukraine or Nigeria. Doesn't "AT&T" have the word "American" in it?

Of course, I simply blocked AT&T forever, but I think the principle of the matter is worth talking about.

Ironically, AT&T says they have an anti-spam policy. Maybe that only applies to their customers, but not themselves? They also offer anti-spam services... But will AT&T's anti-spam filtering also block AT&T?

WTF, AT&T?

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