[proxy_user]

"When the spammer gives you either their address or the address of the business they are spamming for...how hard is it to go after them?

Not correct. Many spam emails contain no valid email addresses or URLs.

[P-40]

Not correct. Many spam emails contain no valid email addresses or URLs.

A lot of address don't...many do. There is one very reliable factor in spam though...they want money. To get money in their pockets, at some point the spammer will need to deliver a way to do this and often the information gained will be all you need to start a very simple investigation. There are of course other ways of getting around that, but you start getting into the realm of the spam receipiant have to be incredibly stupid to follow through on the deal.

[George from New England]

Phone number maybe.

But if the intent of spam is to sell, it's useless without contact provisions.

Some of the useless spam is testing the waters for future selling spam or selling email addresses for future spammers.