Here's a quick tip when working with email / spam mesages:

Sometimes you want to see if the message is real or spam, but you don't want to open it, since it could load a graphic file that will confirm your address is active, or it may launch some kind of nasty web page in your browser.

If you use Outlook, you can right-click on the email and select "options".

You can then view the email message header and this should help you determine if it's something you want to open or not.

(hris