Hi,
Several years ago my inbox was dominated by porn spam and foreign
investment opportunities. Now it's all about home mortgages and
viagra. I know porn hasn't gone away - has porn spam gone away?
Thanks.
On 2005-05-02, River Falls Public Library
> Hi,
>
> Several years ago my inbox was dominated by porn spam and foreign
> investment opportunities. Now it's all about home mortgages and
> viagra. I know porn hasn't gone away - has porn spam gone away?
I've never had any porn spam. The only spam I ever get is from the sons of
deposed generals in Nigeria, wanting to share their fortunes.
Unfortunately, through an aquaintance online, I heard the brief, sorry tale
of someone who was ecstatic about their newfound wealth. They'd actually
given them a $1000 and were awaiting a response ...
:(
M.
> Several years ago my inbox was dominated by porn spam and foreign
> investment opportunities. Now it's all about home mortgages and
> viagra. I know porn hasn't gone away - has porn spam gone away?
Spam mirrors the overall marketing trends of the day since it's the same
people behind in marketing no matter the channel. You'll also see tons of
commercials for drugs, as well as mortgages and home equity loans, on
television.
Thankfully you can expect those mortgage spams to disappear over the next
year or so.
--
Jem Berkes
Software design for Windows and Linux/Unix-like systems
http://www.sysdesign.ca/
Jem Berkes
>> Several years ago my inbox was dominated by porn spam and foreign
>> investment opportunities. Now it's all about home mortgages and
>> viagra. I know porn hasn't gone away - has porn spam gone away?
> Spam mirrors the overall marketing trends of the day since it's the
> same people behind in marketing no matter the channel. You'll also see
> tons of commercials for drugs, as well as mortgages and home equity
> loans, on television.
Can anybody explain this thing about fake Rolices? I mean, I can
understand people getting rich from pornography and hard pills, which are
cheap to make, and I can see Nigerian overinvoicers getting rich on their
"introduction fees", or whatever, since spam email is so cheap. But fake
watches? Who wants a Rolex anyway? They must cost real money to make.
Or was the fake Rolex thing more about destroying the original company?
> Thankfully you can expect those mortgage spams to disappear over the
> next year or so.
To be replaced by what? :-(
> --
> Jem Berkes
> Software design for Windows and Linux/Unix-like systems
> http://www.sysdesign.ca/
--
Alan Mackenzie (Munich, Germany)
Email: aacm@muuc.dee; to decode, wherever there is a repeated letter
(like "aa"), remove half of them (leaving, say, "a").
Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> They must cost real money to make.
Yeah. About 2$.