If you want to receive more spam than you could possibly imagine then you should definitely participate in this offer. As far as we can tell it’s technically legal but that doesn’t make it any less of a scam. This is the old, tried and true, “give us a bunch of information we might give you a prize” sweepstakes offer. If you substitute “money” for “information” this is the same ploy that’s been used by carnival pitch men since, well, as long as there have been carnivals.
Posts Tagged ‘funny’
That Ol’ Black (Email) Magic That You Weave So Well
Friday, August 20th, 2010Yes Virginia, there is Black Magic (BM).
If there wasn’t, nobody would send spam like this:
Subject: cure black magic
From: “batool fatima” <nbhgyt@yahoo.com>
Protect Your Right To A Larger Penis
Friday, August 13th, 2010
This is and old one from The Onion but still funny. We bumped into it while doing some research the other day. Now we have to look for a new job. We didn’t realize we were hurting so many people by blocking spam.
“For millions of poorly hung American men, spam is a vital source of information about penis-enlargement options, and our elected officials have no right to take it away from them.”
Spam How To – A Tongue In Cheek Guide To Spam
Friday, August 6th, 2010
As experts in spam control we have concluded that there’s a secret spammer’s manual out there that is followed, to varying degrees, by nearly all spammers. We thought it would be fun to try to reverse engineer this manual based on the types of things we see repeated in campaign after campaign.
We are Not of Such Dirty and Illegal Characters
Friday, July 16th, 2010Every so often we get the privilege of reading a laugh out loud funny fraud attempt.
Submitted for your enjoyment:
Subject: We are Not of Such Dirty and Illegal Characters
From: Western Union <westenunion11@live.com>
The subject alone is pretty funny but wait until you ready the message body.
Old Fashioned Advice For Avoiding Spam Email
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
If you don’t respect your online identity, nobody else will and before long your in-box will rot and fall off. At least that’s what our mother told us. She also told us to eat our vegetables that we’d go blind if we forwarded email to ourselves.
We usually take what Mom says with a grain of salt.
The CIA Wants You
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
We don’t even know where to begin with this one:
Subject: Central Intelligence Agency
From: Central Inteligency Agency
To: undisclosed recipients: ;
The Central Inteligency Agency. Really?
Remove Me
Friday, April 16th, 2010Today’s “Lighter Side” post is about what happens when you “unsubscribe” from spam. Rather than providing opt-out links for your convenience, spammers have an ulterior motive for providing what appears to be a legitimate “removal” option that has nothing to do with the CAN-SPAM Act.
You should be really careful about unsubscribe attempts.
Here’s why: (more…)
You’ll Love This.
Friday, February 26th, 2010
Every once in a while something comes along that makes you wonder how anyone survived without it.
This isn’t one of those things.
Nevertheless, like so much of the content on the World Wide Web, it is kind of fascinating in a pet rock sort of way.
Those of you who are using our spam filtering service may have forgotten what spam is like since you’re not seeing it in your inbox any more. You might even miss it. (Yeah, we didn’t think so.) Well, now there’s a new way to experience spam without having to delete it . . . (more…)