A comment spammer left this comment on an earlier blog post Finally, an issue that I am passionate about. I have looked for information of this caliber for the last several hours. Your site is greatly appreciated. Glad I could procure something for him/her to finally be passionate about.
In the past I’ve often remarked that spammers must be stupid because they generally commit some silly, obvious error when forging an email. That all changed today… This morning I received an email, ostensibly from Amazon, advertising Erotic Monday specials. I’m a pretty laissez-faire kind of guy but this seemed a bit over the top…
Not that I encourage spam, or even read a minuscule portion of it, but this struck me as oddly humorous. This one comes from “muriel” with the subject line something along the lines of “did you get my previous email…” We’re always working to get you the best on the market http://www.geocities.com/[some gibberish here]/ and…
You can smell it in the air. You can hear it rumbling in the distance. You can see the dust cloud on the horizon… So the commentary in this post seems to have struck a chord, or maybe a nerve, with the St. Johnny’s crew—especially the righteous Anthony Whorebath. A man who would not normally…
So I posted a podcast today as I do on occasion, especially on Sundays when the dogs decide it is time to wake up long before I would like and/or Elz does. The few spare hours on a Sunday morning are nice for their self-directed solitude. However, we digress… So, like I said, I post…
I just really like this for some reason: The Bureau of Communication I’m sure they’re harvesting email but it’s almost totally worth it.
Here’s an interesting investigation into the source of the Ron Paul spam spasm from the end of October. Yes, it’s ripped from the pages of Metafilter. The discussion that ensues in the thread is by turns snarky, interesting, and partisan. Go for the snark, stay for the bits of on-topic discussion.
Subject: FUCK YOU From: “HEY YOU PIDAR!!” <order@carderproduct.com> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:55:23 -0400 To: me@mydomain.com HI SHITTER IF YOU WANNA BUY SOMETHING —> GO TO http://www.carderproduct.com FUCK YOU, SHIT!!!! EVEN DONT THINK TO ABUSE FOR SMPAM!!! If that doesn’t get me buying something, nothing will…