from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reunion.com


Many people know Reunion.com because they received a spoofed e-mail.
People who subscribe to Reunion.com often unwittingly allow Reunion to
access all email addresses stored in their free e-mail accounts. These
are then used to solicit more members under their name by altering the
sender address and other parts of the email header to appear as though
the email originated from the person who subscribed.^[4]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reunion.com#cite_note-3> So although the
e-mail resembles an e-mail that is sent by a friend, family member,
business contact or another relation, it is in fact sent by Reunion.com.
Such fraudulent e-mail activity is known as e-mail spoofing
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_spoofing> and is often used for
e-mail spam <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_spam>.

A typical text of an e-mail by Reunion.com is

"I looked for you on Reunion.com, but you weren't there. Please connect
with me so we can keep in touch. Do you know XXXXXXX?" " Yes " " No "
/*<-- Buttons that link to their login page*/ "Tell us, and see who's
searching for you! "

The first phrase is generally not true; Reunion.com sends such an e-mail
to e-mail addresses found in contact lists of accounts provided by
subscribers. Reunion.com has exploited email lists of users to dupe
others into subscribing to find out that they really were not contacted
by people that they already knew.



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