email marketer is selling my email address to con artists and I almost got scammed

[BenBrent]

I've been on the jobsearch.info mailinglist for a couple of months. Since I signed up for that email list, I've been constantly recieving emails from con-artists emailing me with employment scams, one of which, I almost took the bait until they asked for too much personal information via email, which wasn't until the third or fourth email from the con artist.

I can usually smell scams like this a mile away, but this con artist whom, I have a feeling, got my email as a result of being on the jobsearch.info mailinglist, was so cleaver that I didn't realize it was a scam until he asked for way too much personal info via email with the third or fourth email.

I replied to the last email I got from jobsearch.info asking him for a report listing everyone he's sold my email address to. If the admins at jobsearch.info does not provide me with this information, do I have the right to sue for damages? If so, what's the maximum amount I can request for damages that result in this kind of negligence on the part of jobsearch.info in the state of Maryland? It makes sense that I should be able to sue for damages because if a marketer sells personal information in a sensitive niche where there are tons of con artists floating around, that the marketer who markets to that niche should at least have the common sense to run a background check on anyone who wants to purchase leads from him. It's obvious to me he's not doing that, so it makes sense that jobsearch.info should have to pay damages.

 

[Michael Wechsler]

Before you do anything, have you looked up the company on the Better Business Bureau? What would be optimal is to have a lawyer sue them as part of a class action - this way you don't have to fund the lawsuit, the scammer must defend and, whatever you might get back is your benefit and also a sense of punishing the wrongdoer.

Maryland Better Business Bureau

To begin, did you realize that this place does not even have a website? Anyplace that only has a mailing list and no information on a website would lead me to believe that they are probably not legitimate.

 

[mightymoose]

I'm not certain that you have any damages to sue for.
Just be more careful in the future.

 

[Michael Wechsler]

I'm not certain that you have any damages to sue for.
Just be more careful in the future.

There probably are damages but they may be negligible. Same practical result... unfortunately... and agreed, must be more careful in the future but it's difficult to know sometimes...