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What’s the Scam?

ID: 204ecaae-8d61-59d8-8b5a-fce156b02a77

STIX ID: report--204ecaae-8d61-59d8-8b5a-fce156b02a77

Feed Name: Schneier on Security

Threat Score
15/100

Date Published: 2026-09-01

Date Updated: 2026-09-10

Author: Bruce Schneier

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The author describes receiving many one-line, likely AI-generated ‘thank you’ reply emails from random Gmail addresses in response to a newsletter confirmation process. None of the addresses were actual subscribers, there has been no follow-up conversation, and the author is unsure whether this is an attempt at social engineering (e.g., to provoke replies) or some other scam; example sender addresses are listed.

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