In this experiment, it confirms what we believe all along:

- when you reply, you don’t get unsubscribed.
- when you click, you get a lot of malware.
- when you give your financial bank account, it will be hacked.
- when you give your physical address, you will get a deluge of snail mail offers.
- there’s not that much legitimacy in what they are offering.

Diary of a deliberately spammed housewife - Network World

By the time it was all over, after every bank-account phishing scam, Nigerian bank scheme, and offer for medication, adult content and just plain free stuff had been pursued. “I was horrified,” says Mooney, a realtor by profession. “It’s all snake oil. I’m amazed at what true junk is out there when you’re clicking through on e-mail.”