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I got this email just now. Can't tell if it's spam, or click-bait ad to get a response, or an email server running wild, or what? Why would Porsche USA tell a local dealer about an inquiry I didn't make, re a car they haven't made in years? Scratching my head over this, and wondering if anyone else got this, or anything like it?

porschefremont.com is legit, and porscheoffremont.com redirects to it. So doesn't seem like a phishing attempt.

More than likely, someone at Porsche USA or Fremont was clearing out their email box or customer database backlog without thinking about it too much.

Tom wrote: Fri Jun 09, 2023 9:54 am I got this email just now. Can't tell if it's spam, or click-bait ad to get a response, or an email server running wild, or what? Why would Porsche USA tell a local dealer about an inquiry I didn't make, re a car they haven't made in years? Scratching my head over this, and wondering if anyone else got this, or anything like it?


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Maybe give Eric a call? Something is screwy.

FWIW, I get follow-up e-mails from vendors I haven't dealt with in years. A new marketing rep takes over and inherits a never-expires contact list from the previous person. It's casual and relatively harmless fishing. Probably the biggest lesson is to not respond -- that updates your record in their CRM system, suggesting a real renewed interest. And you are back on to their active-accounts rather than languishing in dormant status. Thank goodness for e-mail filtering!