Deceptive Patterns
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A marketing email disguised as an “appointment confirmed” email, by True Classic.

Author
Thisistomok
Date
16 Apr 2023

“In an apparent effort to boost email open rates, T-shirt vendor True Classic sent a marketing email with the subject line “Appointment Confirmed…”. This is forbidden under the CAM-SPAM act Section 5 (a) (2) “Prohibition of deceptive subject headings”.”

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