He started his letter with 'Dear Sir.'
Maybe he doesn't really know me and isn't going to send me money after I send him my driver's license number, full name and address, banking information and social security number and a $300.00 INTERNATIONAL money order as a show of good faith, but gosh...if you don't buy a ticket, you will NOT win the lottery, right?
My emailed reply ("Eat shit, you lying asshole.") bounced back.
Reason?
The recipient's email program labeled it Spam.
::snort::
The spammers are nothing if not creative with their subject lines.
"Tomorrow's News Today -- 16.3.2009
We are in the center. Join
You will recharge your amorous gun much faster, if you swallow one before you jump to bed.
Super solution for night revolution
Energetic boost for your desire! Because all men want their lever to go up!
They're also creative with names. I receive many emails from 'me'. Sometimes they've spoofed my email address. I get lots of spam from 'Praylola'.
OOOOkay then!! Most of the emails I open just for shits and giggles include a hyperlink. Some of them are "about your order" and I'm supposed to "click here" if I did not order $3000.00 worth of computer equipment from Dell.
I knew someone who was new to the internet and went to a website and gave them her credit card information because they threatened to cancel her internet if she didn't. About three weeks later, the bills started coming in. It was eight years ago and she's still straightening out her credit.
Do you get lots of spam? Today (Thursday) alone I deleted 90 pieces, all of which, through some miracle of technology, ended up in my spam folder instead of my inbox. A simple matter of clicking 'select all' then clicking 'delete all' but aggravating and annoying all the same.
I notice I don't get ANY spam on the email account that's not linked to my blog.
Hmm.
Maybe I should stop blogging.
8 additions to my musings:
Weird! I don't get hardly any spam but my friend has gotten over 300 a day for the past decade. 300! Crazy. Now if you'll just send me all you personal information I can get right on to sending out that "special prize" you've just won.
I get a lot to my work account, from me of course. We have pretty decent spam filters, but still it is a pain. I do get a fair amount in my gmail account too.
Hmmm. I'm going to have to ask my husband about his "amorous gun." Also, I was under the impression that guys kind of liked it when "girls" see their "motors." Some people get all the cool spam. Such is life.
Actually, I've gotten so bad about deleting unopened anything with an unfamiliar address that I've deleted some important stuff, and had to contact the sender, sheepishly admitting my error. DH is a software guy, and has impressed upon me the importance of never opening strange email, regardless of my curiosity, and that really cuts down on the crap I get.
Don't stop blogging!!
I get spam all the time! I just delete it.
Now if Ed McMann knocks on my door bet your bottom I will be all over him!
If Ed knocks on your door, you will be famous the world over... Ed's dead.
:::snork:::
I don't know where my comment is from earlier. Maybe I left it on a different post?
Anyway, wanted to say that spam sucks but birthday cards from favorite bloggers ROCK!
Thank you very much!
Hugs!!
Found it. It's on your Here's What I Think post.
Losing my mind early in life. JOY!!
Hugs!!
Wordpress has a spam filter but I don't really get many spam that I can see. It does say on my site that x number of spam have been caught but only a few go into the folder and I have to say whether it is spam or not. We don't get much in email either.
Oh... and don't quit blogging, I'd miss you.
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