What is going on when you get email messages like this? I smell a rat and wouldn't answer for all the tea in China. But some people might.

To: ausweichjochen@yahoo.de
From: ausweichjochen@yahoo.de
Subject: Hallo
Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 19:45:03 +0100

Hallo,
how are you?

From: DearWW@aol.com
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 09:27:18 EST
Subject: Re: Phone Number
To: hmurrill@ix.netcom.com

We will check it out and get back to you if we are able to obtain another
number.

I don't recognize either address and have no idea what they are talking about. Is it some kind of bait, or just one of my looney friends playing a joke? I've never seen an email address that ends in "de." Should that tell me something?
Howard