Every morning I log on to my computer and am greeted by several spam messages, which have automatically been squirreled away into a spam folder. Throughout the day, more appear, telling me to 'pleasure my lady' and, erm, 'get a bigger one'.
I don't understand why I am receiving these adverts. Does anyone open them? Is there a roaring trade for this sort of thing?
The 'names' of the people sending these adverts are quite amusing. I'd post some but sadly I've deleted the lot.
One of my first blog posts was on the silly names of spammers! Here it is http://sanddancer.blogspot.com/2006/03/if-charles-dickens-was-alive-today.html
ReplyDeleteSome people must respond though - I suppose it doesn't really cost anything to send them out and if even a tiny fraction of a percentage respond it has been worthwhile.
Oh, I love 'Baggins Thermostatic' – absolutey brilliant.
ReplyDeleteI recall reading an article in a newspaper a few months ago – the journo in question replied to one of these ads and was sent some sort of herbal tonic, I think. I can't recall whether it worked though!
Not only do I not believe in the claims, I had assumed that they didn't send anything, so I think the journalist did well to get a herbal tonic out of it.
ReplyDeleteNew technology has brought with it a whole world of new scams.
It was probably the juice of a lettuce leaf worth 2p...
ReplyDeleteTechnology definitely has a lot to answer for. I feel for the people who lose money through fake bank emails (esp older people who know no better). So cruel.
I got some of the same kind of spam emails. It boggles my mind why I am getting them (though I do have a penis). The fractured English and the sender's names are really quite hilarious. I thought of doing a post about it a while ago but didn't know if it would come across as funny as I found the adverts. Now, after several months, they are just annoying, not funny in the least.
ReplyDeleteHi Witnessing, they are annoying. I just deleted another nine of the things all asking me – telling me – that I needed to 'impress my lady' and 'make others jealous'. Hmm. Oh, and there was one claiming to be from a major bank, no doubt after my passwords. I'm so glad my email has a spam filter and these end up in a folder of their own.
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