| Comment Number: | OL-100049 |
| Received: | 8/25/2004 1:35:21 PM |
| Organization: | Realty Executives |
| Commenter: | Mary Sheridan |
| State: | TN |
| Agency: | Federal Trade Commission |
| Rule: | Definitions, Implementation, and Reporting Requirements Under the CAN-SPAM Act (NPRM) |
| Docket ID: | [3084-AA96] |
| No Attachments |
Comments:
Anything should be considered spam that has misleading subject heading (e.g.,looks like friendly greeting but isn't from a friend), gets through filters by means of misspellings, isn't about the legitimate product mentioned in the subject, or starts off with something that is designed to make it look like "transactional or relationship message" when it isn't - I get a lot of spam that begins by thanking me for my inquiry, my interest, etc. when I've never heard of them before. All e-mail correspondence should have way to get off their list by a simple "remove"that works. Most of the time this message results in undeliverable mail. There should also be some penalty for using "remove" requests to generate lists for further junk. I use e-mail extensively in my business - mostly to one person at a time, people I've done business with before, and it's an invaluable tool, but the abuses are a real nuisance, especially when they're pornographic, fradulent or in very questionable taste. Thanks for doing something about it. Related issues 1. What should one do about the clearly scam junk I keep getting from (mostly Nigerian) foreign people trying to make me rich quickly. Is there a central place to report things I think someone should look at? 2. What should one do about scams like the promises of by-mail advanced degrees? 3. What should one do about real estate sites that have web sites that sound official for every state but the companies are not licensed in those states - they just get referrals from agents they send business to. (One company, for example, has a web site for every state that comes up when I search for "xstaterealestatecommission" - nothing to do with the official site of the state. See www.realtor.alloptions.states.com)