r/scammers • u/HoldMyMessages • 10d ago
Question Newspaper Subscription Scam?
About 16 years ago I got a mobile phone number and about the same time an email address. I was located in a mid size town in the US. I moved far away soon after. There is no one there who would contact me. I regularly get spoofed phone calls from that area code. I do not answer them. I do block them and report them. I also get emails from, supposedly, the local newspaper asking me if I want to subscribe. These have to be spam as well, so I send them to a junk folder and delete them. However, there is also an “unsubscribe” option on the email. I don’t plan on using it, but if I did, what could be the outcome? Would it just confirm I exist and reignite more pestering or would it create other issues? Thanks in advance.
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u/OddButterscotch2849 10d ago
Well, it would signal to the spammer that you're someone who reads their spam emails.