Originally Posted by
RogerD408
Scammers are very good about making things look legit. The "sender's" address looked legit (and was legit) however, that can be spoofed as it was in this message. Only by looking at the header was I able to see the aairlines.bounce.ed10.net domain address. If you Google you will see quite a few entries listing it as spam. Not that AA is not above using a spammer for marketing activities.
Being locked out of using any of the website controls (read next message, delete the message, etc.) I found very upsetting. Heaven only knows what else is going on within the message. I have sent a copy to my email supplier for further investigation. I have done a full scan of my system and I haven't found anything in my system (yet).
I don't think aairlines.bounce.ed10.net is a scammer. ed10.net is a marketing organization that anybody can use. I believe AA uses aairlines.bounce.ed10.net for their marketing tools. I didn't see anything to suggest that aairlines.bounce.ed10.net was a dangerous email. Just because it is listed as Spam does not make it dangerous. I have emails from American Express, Banana Republic, non-profit organizations, St. Jude, etc.. all going into spam. I wish there was a separate button on mail clients to distinguish "legit spam" from junk/dangerous email spam. I was getting weekly emails from a dealership that I had opted out of that I hit the spam button on, but I believe that is different from the spam of "You have won 10 million in a lottery in the UK and you need to pay the tax to release the winnings."
What was the link that the email tried to send you to? Mine was a link to link.aa.com which would be a legit organization.