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07/07/2009 05:36:53 PM · #1
When checking my spam filter for false-drops, I see the usual list of "buy this" "make this bigger" "work from home" and blah blah blah. Sometimes I see the more creative "Hey, Carl, you need to read this" or "Steve, tell me what we did last night," etc -- which I would classify as a bit of social-engineering spam.

Today I found a whole new kind, though. Took me so much be surprise, I even opened one and looked. The subject was (paraphrased) "You do all the wrong things!" (which caught my eye as at least being a little different)... and in the message, it basically was a series of insults and explanations why my life was so miserable and I was a horrible, worthless person. Followed, of course, by a link to where I could buy something to make it all better.

I guess we have a new category of spam now -- the self-deprecation/self-pity spam message.

I just found it amusing. :P
07/07/2009 06:37:17 PM · #2
Yeah, like I really want to give my money to somebody who calls me worthless scum.... NOT!!
07/07/2009 08:11:14 PM · #3
Originally posted by BeeCee:

Yeah, like I really want to give my money to somebody who calls me worthless scum.... NOT!!

You are so totally awesome... but you'd be MORE totally awesome with this.

Message edited by author 2009-07-07 20:11:42.
07/07/2009 09:30:32 PM · #4
Or This
07/07/2009 09:36:19 PM · #5
Yeah like those ones that are "in response to your online query", which I get in my husband's e-mail and he has been deceased for nearly 3 months!!! They make me sick.
Sorry hit a nerve.
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