I'm living in a really boring 24 subplot.
July 7, 2009 4:28 AM Subscribe
What's an email that anyone would read?
I recently received an "anonymous friend" type email giving me some important details about a personal matter. The content is harmless (useful knowledge, actually) but I am 110% sure about who the sender really is. Let's call them Dick. The fact that Dick knows this information proves that he's been dishonest in the past, and there's no point to sending it anonymously except to hide his dishonesty.
So in order to get the proof needed to confront him with this, I want to send an email to Dick that contains an image hosted on my friend's website, so that we can check the logs and confirm it's his IP address. And I really need to confront him before he even knows I read the message, so this "bait" email should be from another address and about something else.
So I'm drawing a blank as to what someone definitely would bother reading if it came in to a sock-puppet mail account they just made. It can be somewhat suspicious but no more.
Also, this method really is required, because Dick is using an email service that doesn't send the X-Originating-IP header. But he's not that tech-savvy, so he'll happily click the "show images in this message" button in his email client if it's something he's interested in.
Thanks so much in advance. You guys are helping with a nice bust for someone who deserves it.
P.S. A cool recommendation on how to do the whole "Hey, have you heard anything about this thing? No? That's funny, because you did it" schtick would be appreciated too.
I recently received an "anonymous friend" type email giving me some important details about a personal matter. The content is harmless (useful knowledge, actually) but I am 110% sure about who the sender really is. Let's call them Dick. The fact that Dick knows this information proves that he's been dishonest in the past, and there's no point to sending it anonymously except to hide his dishonesty.
So in order to get the proof needed to confront him with this, I want to send an email to Dick that contains an image hosted on my friend's website, so that we can check the logs and confirm it's his IP address. And I really need to confront him before he even knows I read the message, so this "bait" email should be from another address and about something else.
So I'm drawing a blank as to what someone definitely would bother reading if it came in to a sock-puppet mail account they just made. It can be somewhat suspicious but no more.
Also, this method really is required, because Dick is using an email service that doesn't send the X-Originating-IP header. But he's not that tech-savvy, so he'll happily click the "show images in this message" button in his email client if it's something he's interested in.
Thanks so much in advance. You guys are helping with a nice bust for someone who deserves it.
P.S. A cool recommendation on how to do the whole "Hey, have you heard anything about this thing? No? That's funny, because you did it" schtick would be appreciated too.
This post was deleted for the following reason: I'm thinking (and so are others based on the flags) that getting advice on how to deceive other people is not what askme is for. -- vacapinta
How does viewing an image "prove" anything, exactly? Except that he accessed your web server, that is.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 4:55 AM on July 7, 2009
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 4:55 AM on July 7, 2009
helping with a nice bust for someone who deserves it.
You are so sketchy. Stop.
posted by SassHat at 4:56 AM on July 7, 2009
You are so sketchy. Stop.
posted by SassHat at 4:56 AM on July 7, 2009
The fact that Dick knows this information proves that he's been dishonest in the past, and there's no point to sending it anonymously except to hide his dishonesty.
So in order to get the proof needed to confront him with this,
I don't get it. You know it's him "110%" but you still need proof to confront him and the best you can come up with is tricking him to visit a website??
Sorry this sounds skeezy. Don't be a dick, just talk to Dick.
posted by like_neon at 4:57 AM on July 7, 2009
So in order to get the proof needed to confront him with this,
I don't get it. You know it's him "110%" but you still need proof to confront him and the best you can come up with is tricking him to visit a website??
Sorry this sounds skeezy. Don't be a dick, just talk to Dick.
posted by like_neon at 4:57 AM on July 7, 2009
"Please tell me how to write the perfect scam email for a virus"
kthxbai....
I don't think so.
posted by Brockles at 5:04 AM on July 7, 2009
kthxbai....
I don't think so.
posted by Brockles at 5:04 AM on July 7, 2009
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posted by namewithoutwords at 4:38 AM on July 7, 2009