Someone forwarded a spammer's email to Spamnesty, which replied to the email, pretending to be a person called Kelly Crawford and starting a conversation.
This is that conversation.
Hi,
Nick Ciesinski with Airbrake here. I haven't heard from you and need a
favor. So I can "take a hint," can you please respond with:
A: I've been busy, but I'll get back to you ASAP.
B: I am ready to talk, let’s set up some time!
C: We are not interested, thanks.
That would help. A, B, or C please.
Hello,
That is very helpful, thank you. Do you perhaps have some literature I could look at, or could you send me some more information about what exactly makes you unique?
Kelly Crawford
CEO, MNesty, LLC
Hi Kelly,
Absolutely! This screenshot has a few things, but the easiest way to show
you is a demo. It's a bit different depending on if you have an error
management tool or not. How are you currently tackling bugs?
<http://airbrake.io/account/new/startup_trial>
Nick
Hello,
That sounds like a fantastic offering, can you give me a bit more information on it?
Kelly Crawford
CEO, MNesty, LLC
Of course, probably easier to either walkthrough or talk about it. Are you
free to chat for ~10 min this week?
Nick
Hello,
That sounds great, could you give us a small example of what this would look like for us? It would be great if you could customize the example to our business a bit.
Kelly Crawford
CEO, MNesty, LLC
Hey Kelly,
It's easiest to show you and set you up on a trial, it takes less than 5
minutes! That way you can see your errors and all the data that we provide
for them. Are you interested in trying us out for free? If you don't end up
needing us then no problem but I think we can really speed up your
deployment time and increase your confidence in them.
Nick
Hi,
I shared this with the board, and they're all very interested. Could you give me some contact details for further discussion? Also, do you share some information about your company's finances? The board wants to ensure that any company we do business with is financially solvent.
Kelly Crawford
CEO, MNesty, LLC
Hi Kelly,
Fantastic! I see you're not in the US, so I can use google hangout or Skype
to connect.
In terms of financials, we've been breakeven (on purpose) for a few years
now. We try to keep increasing our spend equal to our increased growth. I'm
happy to connect you with my CEO to go over the specifics, but we aren't
going anywhere :)
Nick
Hello,
Fantastic, thank you. We're interested in proceeding with this pretty much immediately. What are next steps for you?
Kelly Crawford
CEO, MNesty, LLC
Hello,
Great! When are you available to connect for 15 minutes?
Hello,
That sounds like a fantastic offering, can you give me a bit more information on it?
Kelly Crawford
CEO, MNesty, LLC
Kelly,
Happy to chat about it over the phone if you're more interested. Just let
me know when you can talk.
Nick
Hello,
That sounds great. What sort of volumes are we looking at? What can you reasonably provide, and what turnaround times are we expecting? We're a pretty agile organization and would like to expedite delivery on this.
Kelly Crawford
CEO, MNesty, LLC