PM300 Spam or Scam? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: NF6X
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 12, 2018, 02:51:02 pm
content: I just received an email spam claiming to be from Dave about a discount on his PM300 meter. The headers and URLs look legit, and there's an unsubscribe link pointing at sendy.eevblog.com/unsubscribe/.Is this legitimate spam, or is some lowlife scammer trying to soil Dave's good name?

author: StuUK
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 12, 2018, 02:56:42 pm
content: Quote from: NF6X on April 12, 2018, 02:51:02 pmMe too!

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 12, 2018, 03:24:34 pm
content: And you haven't said from what email address this email was received to begin with.

author: NF6X
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 12, 2018, 03:41:19 pm
content: Quote from: wraper on April 12, 2018, 03:24:34 pmSorry about that. The from address is dave@eevblog.com, and Dave replied on Twitter that he sends out marketing offers:Quotehttps://mobile.twitter.com/eevblog/status/984449810164928513Maybe I just got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning, but I hate spam and seeing this in my inbox got me all bent out of shape.

author: Iwanushka
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 12, 2018, 04:06:37 pm
content: It's legit, Dave sends notifications with discounts from time to time (like once a year) so I wouldn't call it spam

author: Shock
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 12, 2018, 04:38:31 pm
content: Hover (instead of clicking) your mouse over links to always confirm it's a genuine website domain and URL. It will display the real URL on the mouse pointer or at the bottom of the window. Look close and you will learn to tell the difference between real and fake. The first few forward slashes are often a dead giveaway where the domain name is in the URL.https://www.eevblog.com/pm300/ (real)https://www.eevblog.com.malwareforfree.it/pm300/ (fake)The fake URL is using a subdomain to confuse youhttps://sendy.eevblog.com/unsubscribe/ (real)A legitimate subdomain is fine as long as it proceeds the genuine domain name.If it's a genuine business you would have obviously contacted them at some point and in most western countries spamming is illegal so the unsubscribe needs to work. After careful examination that the URLs are valid before clicking you can then choose to unsubscribe.If you don't do business with them and you check it's a spam or deceptive URL ignore or block them and don't click on the links. Easy.Here is a test, if you think this link is safe go ahead and click it.

author: FrankBuss
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 12, 2018, 04:45:20 pm
content: I got the eMail twice, maybe Dave should do a SELECT DISTINCT query. Both clicked unsubscribe, problem solved.

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 12, 2018, 04:45:34 pm
content: Dave's marketing machine sent me about three or four e-mails in the last two years. IMHO I don't think it is enough traffic to be considered spam.

author: NF6X
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 12, 2018, 05:47:33 pm
content: This is what I had to say in the Patreon poll that Dave created to discuss this topic:Quote

author: GreyWoolfe
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 12, 2018, 08:20:49 pm
content: I got the same email. I simply deleted it as I wasn't interested in a pocket meter. I, too, have received several of Dave's emails over the years letting me know of a sale.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 12, 2018, 09:24:17 pm
content: This is being discussed on Patreon.Only Patrons and people on my email Newsletter got this.I presume you are a Patron, if so you'll be able to see the discussion on it.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 12, 2018, 09:27:04 pm
content: Quote from: rsjsouza on April 12, 2018, 04:45:34 pmAnd you would have only got those emails if you deliberately signed up for the newsletter.

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 13, 2018, 01:30:50 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on April 12, 2018, 09:27:04 pmYes, you are correct. I vaguely recall asking to be added to a newsletter of sorts.