# Dccc at dccc dot org -- legitimate, or spam? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 27, 2024, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dccc-at-dccc-dot-org-legitimate-or-spam/1006281 "2024-08-27T01:35:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dccc-at-dccc-dot-org-legitimate-or-spam/1006281/1 "2024-08-27T01:35:32Z")
I’ve been getting emails from dccc at dccc dot org, all soliciting donations (supposedly for Democrats) and with lots of click buttons for donation amounts, lots of text that is really a clickable image, and just in general a very spammy look. I marked the first one as spam, that just had the above address as the sender. Then I got another one, that had "Dan, " in front of it, and it didn’t go into the spam folder, so I marked it as spam. I did not open either one of these. Then I got a third one that had an ostensible sender “Hakeem Jeffries” but the actual source was the same email, and that one did not go into the spam folder either. I did open that one just so I could get a better idea of what was going on, and I marked it as spam. I went to the url dccc dot org briefly, it looks like it’s just a banner ad with some click buttons for donation amounts, and a little bit of persuasion attempted. So in typing this I’ve pretty well persuaded myself that it is spam and a fake address to collect money from us left-wing rubes. I guess I’ll have to just keep sending them to the spam folder until they stop coming to my In box. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dccc-at-dccc-dot-org-legitimate-or-spam/1006281/2 "2024-08-27T01:39:49Z")
> **[About - DCCC](https://dccc.org/about/)** > > D-Triple-C the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee the official campaign arm of the Democrats in the House of Representatives the only political committee in the country whose principal mission is to support Democratic House candidates every... ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dccc-at-dccc-dot-org-legitimate-or-spam/1006281/3 "2024-08-27T01:41:30Z")
> **[The anatomy of a misleading fundraising email](https://publicintegrity.org/politics/the-anatomy-of-a-misleading-fundraising-email/)** > > The tone of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s latest fundraising pitch is decidedly doomsdayist. “There are only 48 hours left — so I’ll be blunt: If we get blown out on this first quarterly fundraising deadline, President Obama’s... ^2013. > **[Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Congressional_Campaign_Committee)** > > The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC)\[a\] is the Democratic Hill committee for the United States House of Representatives, working to elect Democrats to that body. The DCCC recruits candidates, raises funds and organizes races in districts expected to yield politically notable or close elections. The committee consists of the Chairperson (who according to Democratic Caucus rules is a fellow member of the caucus appointed by the party leader in the House), their staff, and oth ^History, on Wikipedia. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dccc-at-dccc-dot-org-legitimate-or-spam/1006281/4 "2024-08-27T06:44:24Z")
Very well. I’ll take a chance and click on the Unsubscribe link in the next one that shows up in my In box. I am rather repelled by their email tactics that I have witnessed so far, even if they are in a good cause. Somehow they have managed to get around having their email address marked by me as spam, even professional spammers aren’t normally able to do that.