Why you DO NOT collect sex-offender e-mail addresses

Somebody left an interesting comment to the previous posting. The commenter apparently didn't read this blog's history because I did comment on this last December (to tell the truth I had to dig back into the archive to be sure). But in any event I followed the given link and found this:


Subject: Special Offer to Registered Sex Offender

Dear Registered Sex Offender,

You receive this unique, special, and valuable, offer because
when we checked our lists of email addresses against online lists
or lists held by our social networking site of registered sex
offender email addresses your address matched.

As you are registered sex offender we are certain you will be
interested in our extensive offerings of natural photography of
highest quality and art, conveniently categorised and hiding
absolutely nothing. It is all at very low price.

All transactions are handled discreetly through our offices in
Moscow. After you register with us, for low one-time fee you will
receive special software used to unwrap your previews and purchases
which arrive inside strongest encryption for your privacy.

You may choose to have your purchases e-mailed to you or for even
more privacy you choose to download them from your choice of
servers we maintain in other countries. Servers change from time
to time so we update your list upon receipt of your purchase,
wrapped similar to your purchases for your privacy.

To register for our service send us e-mail from account that you
received this note. Send it to register@art-of-beauty.com.ru and
give us e-mail address to contact you.

We look forward to doing business with you and in prospect of
this have attached samples for your pleasure.

Sincerely,
Art Of Beauty


You know, the more I look at this the more I think somebody read this post and responded. "Offices in Moscow"? But if so they'd be beyond the reach of U.S. law.