Do you answer questions from fake names?

Question

We are in B2B business and now and then someone will send a message via our contact page with a fake name, free email, fake phone etc.

Most of the time the question itself is badly written or barely makes sense.

Is it worth bothering with these people? Do you answer all the emails or simply ignore these kind of requests?

Mike · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-12 22:54:40Z

up vote 2 down vote accepted

I'd save your time and ignore it.

It could be a couple of things, but most likely, it'll be some spam operator filling in your fields and pressing send.

answered Sep 12 '11 at 22:54

Mike
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they may be probing your web site scripts for security vulnerabilities or to see if they can relay spam emails – james Sep 23 '11 at 0:03

Lloyd S · Answer 2 · 2011-09-12 13:41:17Z

In the end just use your judgement and you will be fine, you are already spotting those that are not worth replying to so continue to do that.

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