Well, think like a scammer. (written from scammers perspective EDIT: Realised this sentence could be misintepreted BADLY. I'm not a scammer. Just this being written as a "Here's how my scam works" perspective) First, you send a bunch of bulk e-mails to send, these don't have to be high quality, you'll hit SOMEONE who will trust you. If you can send 1000 e-mails, statistics suggest ONE person will believe you. Next, when they respond, start replying manually. You have perhaps limited information about them now, and you can devote the time to talking to this one person. You can hand-craft a reply that seems legitimate, you don't want to lose them now, you have the fish, now yank them in. This of course assumes they haven't sent you any personal information yet. Just an "Oh gee, how do I sign up" reply. (If the scammer's lucky? They might just send you their credit card number off the bat. No need to reply at all, you have the credit card, now never talk to them again.) Through this? I imagine you (starwhip) won't get a reply at all, you called their bluff, it's not worth the time to send a reply. Scamming: It's not rocket science. Just probability on your side. (I haven't done this, obviously, but scams seem to follow this pattern. I honestly doubt this technique would work, but hey, that's how i've always imagined it.)