So it seems that there is still a need for a good spam reply template.
The below is an email drafted by myself and brightshark and has been effective thus far. Feel free to copy and spread at will as well post the names and details of the companies you are sending it to on this post.
Thanks!
Johann Schwella
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Dear [insert name of person you are sending to - can be found through google or co.za/dns records]
Thanks so much for the free spam email advertising your business “business name” (email below).
Please remove me from your ALL of you mailing lists with immediate effect (including and not limited to any or all information you have about me). I categorically state that I have never requested any emails from “business name”, never heard of them and have never given permission for “business name” to contact me.
In this regard, I refer to the ECT Act of 2002:
Electronic Communications and Transactions Act. 2002
Chapter VII - Consumer Protection
45. Unsolicited goods, services or communications
(Section 45 of the ECT Act)
1) Any person who sends unsolicited commercial communications
to consumers, must provide the consumer
a) with the option to cancel his or her subscription to the
mailing list of that person; and
b) with the identifying particulars of the source from which
that person obtained the consumer’s personal information, on request
of the consumer.
As such, in terms of section 45(1)(b), I would like to formally request the source from which my details was obtained. The full act can be obtained here: http://www.info.gov.za/gazette/acts/2002/a25-02.pdf.
Failure to provide me with such information in terms of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, is an offense, as per the act and will be reported to the South African Police Service as such.
Sincerely,
Yournamehere