Who the hell are Bouri Electronic? - spam e-mails - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: HwAoRrDk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 03, 2020, 03:59:03 pm
content: I just received a spam e-mail from some far-eastern PCB manufacturer called Bouri Electronic (Hong Kong) Co. Ltd, advertising their "High Precision PCBs" service. Why is this surprising or irksome?The e-mail not only addressed me by my full name, but was also sent to an address of mine that Iknowis not in circulation on generic spam lists. This implies that they got my details from another PCB manufacturer. I have only ever placed orders with (or got quotes from) a handful of Chinese PCB manufacturers: JLCPCB, ALLPCB, Elecrow, PCBWay, Smart Prototyping. So, one of them is selling (or has had stolen) their customer list.Would be interested to see if anyone else has been spammed by this company. Maybe check your junk folders, as that's where the e-mail I got ended up (and rightly so!).

author: rea5245
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 03, 2020, 04:07:30 pm
content: Probably stolen. I wouldn't be surprised if an employee left from one company to another and took an e-mail database with him.

author: cgroen
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 04, 2020, 01:12:15 pm
content: Same here,got the same mail a few days ago. I have a bad feeling that when someone leaves PCB producer A, they bring the database of customers with them to PCB producer B.On at least one occasion I was contacted by a specific person that had gotten a new job at another PCB producer, and by pure magic she had my email address

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 04, 2020, 01:19:04 pm
content: Only spam email. You are lucky, damned WMD Circuits called me on phone several times while I was still sleeping and wrote on Skype besides their spam emails. They probably stole data from PCBwin since I had Skype conversation with them.

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 04, 2020, 01:29:56 pm
content: As a prominent member of the forum once said, in the West it is called "stealing", in China we call it "sharing".

author: olkipukki
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 04, 2020, 02:31:58 pm
content: Quote from: HwAoRrDk on June 03, 2020, 03:59:03 pmJust use an email alias for each Chinese supplier (not like obvious ones such as Elecrow@HwAoRrDk.co.uk) and never put your full name in emails.A bit of headache to manage initially, but in long term works well for me.

author: rea5245
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 04, 2020, 02:49:08 pm
content: Quote from: olkipukki on June 04, 2020, 02:31:58 pmI use obvious ones, like elecrow@domain.com and amazon@domain.com. It doesn't bother the companies. Then, when one of the addresses is stolen, I can make an e-mail filter: if the mail is to elecrow@domain.com but it's not from elecrow.com, trash it.- Bob

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 04, 2020, 04:12:39 pm
content: Quote from: olkipukki on June 04, 2020, 02:31:58 pmAnd what it solves? It may work only if you contact some PCB company without placing an actual order. They know your name and phone from shipping address. And frankly I don't want to manage 10 more email addresses.

author: olkipukki
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 05, 2020, 07:16:50 am
content: Quote from: wraper on June 04, 2020, 04:12:39 pmI would say minimise a risk.In our days you cannot solve this problem taking into account that your data can be leaked from everywhere.

author: lovatet
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: June 24, 2021, 01:06:10 pm
content: Why you even pay attention to these spam emails? Try to use the email filter. It will increase your deliverability while using the email. It is one of the most popular email deliverability services. I have been using it for two years, and I have noticed that I have started to spend less time working with my email. It helps me to understand easier what spam emails are and which email I need to reply to. I have noticed that the majority of the emails that I get are spam emails. This is why I delete every spam mail I receive, for not having too much cache.__________________http://folderly.com/blog

author: Siwastaja
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 26, 2021, 10:12:02 am
content: Quote from: wraper on June 04, 2020, 04:12:39 pmThe idea is the addresses can all redirect into your single mailbox so nothing more to manage. That way, you knowwhichone leaked, and can add spam filter settings to get rid of it.