Why do morons send spam?!

Spamming is just a way for idiots to get blacklisted, why would any
moron wanna send the same thing to 5,000 other rejects?! C'mon now...
DUH!!!

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Mike DeNeut writes:

> Spamming is just a way for idiots to get blacklisted, why would any
> moron wanna send the same thing to 5,000 other rejects?! C'mon now...
> DUH!!!

You underestimate the stupidity of the human race.

Even if only one in ten thousand recipients buys something from the spammer,
it's a profit made. There's no cost in hijacking several hundred cablemodem
boxes, owned by morons who don't know how to secure Windows properly, and
using them to spew into millions of random mailboxes. Anyone who responds
brings instant profit.


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Re: Why do morons send spam?!

On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Sam wrote:
> You underestimate the stupidity of the human race.
> Even if only one in ten thousand recipients buys something from the spammer,
> it's a profit made.

That, alas, is true.

Some while ago (I forget exactly when) someone managed to hack into a
penis-pill spammer's system and steal his customer list. It turned out
that there were quite a few 6-digit salary executives in New York City on
the list.

-- Mark --

http://staff.washington.edu/mrc
Science does not emerge from voting, party politics, or public debate.
Si vis pacem, para bellum.

Re: Why do morons send spam?!

> Spamming is just a way for idiots to get blacklisted, why would any
> moron wanna send the same thing to 5,000 other rejects?! C'mon now...
> DUH!!!

It is profitable, to some degree, because receipients are stupid enough to
send money to the scammers sending them spam.

Most of the people spamming are not actually making money, but there are
some marketers making substantial money.

--
Jem Berkes
Software design for Windows and Linux/Unix-like systems
http://www.sysdesign.ca/

Re: Why do morons send spam?!

What do you mean, like creating all the alias accounts so the look
legitimate? I think
that is what is old... It's like if you don't use Ebay much, and ya
get an Ebay scammer
trying to steal your information. How can morons be so retarded...

How do they get 5,000-10,000 random e-mails in the first place?

Re: Why do morons send spam?!

Jem Berkes :
> > Spamming is just a way for idiots to get blacklisted, why would any
> > moron wanna send the same thing to 5,000 other rejects?! C'mon now...
>
> It is profitable, to some degree, because receipients are stupid enough to
> send money to the scammers sending them spam.

I recently saw another, more plausible argument. The real action is
between Spammer Inc. and potential spammer marks. SI wants to sell a
spamming package to sm, SI sends out a few million spam, then goes to
sm's site and buys some. Based on this, sm is convinced (s)he can
actually make money at this, so (s)he forks over money for spamming
package. Of course, sm loses shirt (nobody in their right mind buys
from spammers), but what does SI care?

> Most of the people spamming are not actually making money, but there are
> some marketers making substantial money.

Yeah, Spammer Inc. makes money, by defrauding gullible marks. There's
still a sucker born every minute, and creeps willing to take advantage
of them.

[Thanks to Chris Fortune for this.]


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