Can’t I Just Send My Spam to You?
I haven’t emptied my email trash in a few days and noticed a bunch of spam that had been automatically deleted. Out of a random sampling of 100 of the dreaded spam messages, here’s how they fell into various categories and the quantity of emails received within each category:
- 16 - Make money at home / own your own business
- 16 - Play our lottery / enter our contest
- 15 - Dietary supplements / weight-loss pills / health products
- 9 - Various forms of pornography
- 8 - Lower your mortgage rates / consolidate your debt
- 8 - Low-cost insurance
- 5 - Buy our software
- 4 - Save on inkjet or printer cartridges
- 4 - Online dating services
- 3 - Register a domain name
- 3 - Bulk e-mailing service
- 2 - Earn a degree at home
- 2 - Credit card offer
- 2 - Build more traffic to your website / search engine listings
- 1 - Purchase Viagra online
- 1 - Computer monitoring software
- 1 - Buy cheap DVDs
Sheesh! You’d guess by judging the spam I receive that I’m someone who wants to own his own business and make lots of money, needs to live a healthier life and lose some weight, has way too much personal debt, pays too much for insurance, works with computers and especially the Internet, doesn’t have a college degree, wants to buy stuff cheap, and has a DVD player.
Oh. I guess they are pretty much on the mark, aren’t they?!
I just have no need for either Viagra or dating services, and I prefer my naked women in the flesh, so to speak. (Although I certainly appreciate photos of flawless, bare-breasted young women!)
