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   Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 06-May-2026 01:54:40 JST Nathan Schneider

   I've recently been getting a lot of brief emails that are like "I've been getting interested in your work on economic democracy [or whatever]. Can you tell me how I can learn more?"

   If I reply with a further question, there is no answer.

   The frequency and pattern suggests AI, but I don't understand what the scam is. Confirming email addresses maybe?

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     Laura James (laura@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 06-May-2026 01:54:39 JST Laura James

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     @ntnsndr maybe it's helping the email sender to build reputation so they don't get filed as scam/spam... (and yeah could be ai powered, building scam assets for later use)

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     Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 06-May-2026 04:56:46 JST Nathan Schneider

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     • Laura James

     @Laura Ooh, that's an interesting theory!