Youre logic as usual, is flawed. You are entering into a dialogue with people who seek dialogue. You are therefore encouraging the activity.
If you also conclude that your actions are likely to result in capture, you credit yourdelf with more power than you ought.
It is true that we are encouraging more spam, but it's again a far greater waste of their time and resources than of anyone else's, and they will soon find the emails they send out being rejected.
Again, you should lookup from your screen and consider the bigger picture. I'm sure an admin will be along presently to tell us about the resources needed at the corporate level to deal with unwanted mail. But as long as you're having fun...