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RC Car Craze: The Spam Connection

Posted by timothy on from the spam-from-ix dept.

Rick Zeman writes "The Washington Post is reporting that the latest toy craze, miniature radio-controlled cars, is actually fueled by spam, and that spammers are actually helping brick and mortar retailers. Dunno about you guys, but I get a couple of those a day...and I've resisted the 'temptation.'" The Washington Post wants to know your age, ZIP code and sex, and even provides you with hints on the first two. ...or read the same story on MSNBC.

2 of 302 comments (clear)

  1. why not boycott spam products? by SHEENmaster · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's a lot easier than boycotting 3rd world child labor or commercial software. To bad grandmothers and perverts are the true targets of spam; not us.

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    You can't judge a book by the way it wears its hair.
  2. Voting With My Dollars by Myuu · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Ya, I thought those were pretty cool, and I was just about to buy one until I start get those SPAM messages. I was so sick of deleting and sifting through them I said fsck them and bought something else.

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    forget it.