# Dope Email Spammer
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-email-spammer/543741
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**Created:** [June 19, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-email-spammer/543741 "2010-06-19T02:31:51Z")
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### Author:  [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-email-spammer/543741/1 "2010-06-19T02:31:51Z")
Are you aware there’s an email spammer calling themselves [stupidDope.com](http://stupidDope.com)?
Couldn’r save the headers in gmail. So, I did a screen cap and erased my work email.
See headers here.
[ ](https://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff307/aceplace57/dopeSpam.jpg)
Seems like you folks own the phrase The Dope. Maybe these guys are infringing on you? Perhaps a nasty email is in order. fingers crossed.
This is a persistent little a-hole. At least one and sometimes two spams arrive daily.
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### Author:  [@IAmNotSpartacus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IAmNotSpartacus)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-email-spammer/543741/2 "2010-06-19T17:22:23Z")
Who owns “The Dope” and where do you get this information from?
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### Author:  [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-email-spammer/543741/3 "2010-06-19T19:17:18Z")
I don’t know for sure if straight dope or the dope is trademarked. I know the newspaper column dates back to the mid 1970’s. Books and merchandise are available. A spammer’s activities could damage the reputation of the straight dope.
Anyway, I thought they’d want to know.