If you own an online business you know very well that a percentage of your inquiries thru your website will be those of competitors. You probably have been concerned with this and perhaps even aggravated somewhat. Is there a way to catch them?

Yes, in fact we use to catch them all the time, sometimes they try to get tricky! Using very common names and free mail accounts too. Often you can catch them and they try again and again. Now that I am retired I do not mind anymore, usually I simply tell them I am aware of it or do not email them back? You might try that approach.

Additionally all business owners have to worry about fake inquiries coming from college students pretending to be buyers in their inquiries. Generally they do not mean any harm as they are most likely doing business projects. I just believe they should tell us upfront, because it takes a lot of time to answer people. We need better ethics in college.