Have you ever received email which the content is only...?

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random entered letters, like jloshelkjgklnkjnnxbiyweoxls or whatever?
they don't look like doing adertisement. why ppl send email like this with no meaning.

Roger · Accepted Answer

This is often a regular occurance. You may receive an email which is blank, got random letters, or even a apparent point to the email. They are used to distribute spyware to computers via bulk emailing.

Best advice would be to mark it as spam and try to determine whether or not an email is spam before opeing it (by checking you know the email address, and checking the subject) And run a spyware scanner.

Please view the following for more information on this subject:

http://experts.about.com/q/Email-3244/Blank-Emails.htm

Paul · Answer

They do this to harvest valid e-mail accounts to send future spam to. If they get a return saying the e-mail address is invalid - they know who not to send e-mails to. If no return - they add that address to every spam list they can.

buzzbait0u812 · Answer

They usually contain a virus and should not be opened.  Don't open any email from people you don't know.

? · Answer

no. do u know the person who sent it to u?

��ύριος κτίστης · Answer

most time it has spyware attached

alirette70301 · Answer

I get them as well .....TRASH MAIL!

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