spam bait

( n.)

   Email  addresses included in, or comprising the entirety of, a Usenet
   message  so  that  spammers  mining  a  newsgroup  with  an  {address
   harvester}  will collect them. These addresses can be people who have
   offended or annoyed the poster, or who are included so that a spammer
   will   spam   an  official,  thereby  causing  himself  trouble.  One
   particularly  effective  form  of  spam  bait  is  the  address  of a
   {teergrube}.

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