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I'm getting sick and tired of all this spam. In a day I get dozens and dozens of new friendship requests, not to mention the "Software promotion", "Adobe Photoshop OEM Version Sales", "Viagra and all kind of pills" and "Replica Watches Offers"
... I don't know why I'm complaining here, I guess I just wanted to express my frustration :S
I simply cannot conceive that there are people out there that fall in all those scams.
Only a very small percentage of people ever click on the links but when you send out 10 million spam emails a very small percentage can represent a healthy return.
When a spammer wakes up in the morning, does he/she say "Ok, I have 10 million people to reach up to today."
And I wonder if they mark everybody who responds as "Fool_{ID}"
How does a normal spammers life look like?
Habtom
[edited by: Habtom at 7:46 am (utc) on Sep. 13, 2007]
Yes people are dumb or greedy enough to fall for these scams. Usually greedy. Hence they really believe that Mr Akino formerly of the Ghana Gold Mine Co embezzeded $10m and his son now needs your help to transfer the money out of the country. We all know it's illegal, and yet many people fall for the scam through their own greed. I have little sympathy for them, he who lives by the sword so shall he die!
Matt
How does a normal spammers life look like?
I doubt there's much normality in it at all.
Oh well, once I get my degree online I'll be able to fire my boss and take that trip to Africa so I can meet Nigel and help his poor Mother get that money out of her Swiss bank account. Thanks to this cheap OEM software I just bought I can probably even make millions online by following all the stock tips I've been getting from all these nice people lately.
Isn't e-mail wonderful?
My email has been around for a very long time, and I get hundreds per day, most are sexual improvement claims. If I didn't use a filter my email would be unusable. Actually the number has gone down by about 100 per week since the Americans caught those spammers a couple of months ago.
I believe I probably recieve almost every spam email that gets sent, at some time or other.
It does make me laugh though, every now any again I dip in a read a few.
Today's top 10 quotes.......
1. 500% more sperm.
- Is that even medically possible?
2. high-qual odm ity gen ge eric dru tko gs in our Canadian Web Pha ft rmacy
- I can't believe a single person could take that seriously.
3. EXQUISITE REPLICA WATCHESROLEX, CARTIER, BREITLING AND MORE...VISIT OUR ONLINE SHOP!
- At least it says replica. Could that be classed as a real ad?
4. "This is to officially inform you that We have received
the express mandate and instructions of the
President,Federal Republic of Nigeria: Alhaji Umaru
Musa Yaradua GCFR together with the Economic &
Financial Crime Commission(EFCC) Nigeria, the
Interpol and the FBI to commence the immediate release
of US$100,000 as compensation to you through the
Fidelity Bank Plc"
- Wow! Maybe I should give them my bank details and date of birth so they can pay it straight away!
5. Hello! I am tired this afternoon. I am nice girl that would like to chat with you.
- Could it be love at first email?
6. Dear NatWest Bank customer, NatWest Bank Customer Service requests you to complete Online Banking Customer Form
- The URL points to onlinesession-53548049.natwest.com.example.com, quite creative, they must be running their own DNS servers. Anyone know where .cn is?
7. Our customized employment solutions and personalized approach give job seekers access to great opportunities with competitive salaries
- All they ask is that I have 1 hour of free time per day, and my bank details so they can make my first payment in advance!
8. We don’t advertise, we advise
- They don't advertise hey?
9. Hi, I`ve found cool site, It is a lot of programs in all european languages - english, France, Italy, Spanish, German. and all of them cost very cheaply! It's a url http://example.com Also they have soft for MACINTOSH. And you can download them right after purhases! You will no need wait 2-3 week for CD delivery.
Willard Villarreal
- Well thanks, Willard, if that is your real name.
10. A breakthrough in herbal Science has created a pill that has been designed specifically for #*$! enlargement. The tests that took place over a 6 month period showed that out of the 5,000 Males from around the world who participated, the average gain after 5 months of taking ManSter pills was 3.02 Inches!
- This one must work, it's been tested! Quick go and buy some!
Well, I think that's one of each, and that's since yesterday lunchtime!
[edited by: engine at 7:45 am (utc) on Sep. 14, 2007]
[edit reason] examplified [/edit]
Dabrowski, what filter are you using? sounds like it's a good one.
It's URL (if I'm allowed to post it) <snip>
On top of that, my server recieved around 600 mails PER DAY, all for my domain but not for me. Only 4% of them pass that. If I was using a catch-all on my email like some small businesses do, I would get all of those in my inbox!
Just for anyone who doesn't know, a catch-all is where you recieve mail sent to anything@yourdomain.com
[edited by: lawman at 2:08 am (utc) on Sep. 15, 2007]
[edit reason] Nope [/edit]
It is good to read a few spam emails once in a while, they keep your spirit up. :)
Let's face it, no spam carries a bad news.
What about all those poor dead African dictators and government ministers? ;)
Somehow, my spam filter missed this one:
<snip>
Maybe it went on a coffee break.
[edited by: lawman at 8:13 pm (utc) on Sep. 18, 2007]
[edit reason] No Camo Swear Words Please [/edit]
Every person who buys a computer should be forced to go on an antispam course, or show their 'I not a computer idiot' card.
I can understand why drug dealers exist, because people are addicted to drugs.
But spam; nobody is addicted to spam. If we can just stamp out stupidity in the masses, then we can eliminate spam.
show their 'I not a computer idiot' card
Thanks, that would put me right out of work.
