[jeffgrant]

Actually, the WHOIS database is regularly "snarfed" for data, so that the website address (the URL, not the IP) can be spidered for any email addresses to add to spam lists.

This happens to me a ton... I've got about 5 domains that have never been published anywhere, and are used only by me for various purposes (projects that never got released, etc), and each one has a "webserver admin" email address that is listed on it.

Those email addresses start receiving spam, and it's all generated by the Whois Lookup.

Never mind spam to the actual WHOIS database email contact itself.


Personally, I doubt that it's the same person.