Do Spammers Use Chain Letters to Harvest Email Addresses?

The answer is yes, according to Bill Orvis, who runs the Department of Energy's Hoaxbusters Website. 'Chain letters are the ideal place to collect addresses,' he told CNN. 'I've seen several hundred on one email.' Other spam experts are skeptical, pointing out that professional spammers have much more sophisticated and efficient means of collecting email addresses available to them. Still, none dispute that chain letters could be used for this purpose — reason enough (as if we didn't already have reasons aplenty) to eschew participation in the 'frequent forwarders' circuit online. Full story. More.