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The Economics Of Spamming

Posted by timothy on from the will-build-a-better-idiot dept.

Shardleton writes "What kind of an idiot would buy penis-enlargement pills? Even more idiotic, who would buy them from a spammer? Apparently LOTS of people, according to this article at Wired. The operators of a spamvertised order site left their customer logs exposed. There were 6,000 orders for the pills since July 4. Sayeth Wired: "Do the math and you begin to understand why spammers are willing to put up with the wrath of spam recipients, Internet service providers and federal regulators.""

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  1. morons prefer spam to bullshit dressed up as.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    information. both leave a bad taste behind.

    so, now that everybody & their mother knows whois the real domestic terrorists, whois going to stop the whoreabull baby killing machine.

    why y'all of course. here are the free instructions again.

    get more oxygen on yOUR brain (also free). consult with/trust in yOUR creator (that's right, no charge). vote with yOUR wallet (you get to keep some of yOUR money). pay attention (requires time/energy, well spent).

    good work so far. much to be done yet.

    that daze of the whoreabull fraudulent murderous thieving payper liesense stock markup scamsters, is going to coolapps/the abyss.

    due to their ongoing misdeeds, they (the felonious wons) are facing a REAL power that they must deny the existence of. tough rackett to say the leased.

    you know where to look. see you there.

  2. Re:a guess by jo42 · · Score: -1, Troll


    Better ask this guy...

  3. Mod Parent Insightful! by Renderer+of+Evil · · Score: 0, Troll
    In short, SomethingAwful's operators specifically encouraged criminal activities and abuse of the network. Reportedly, readers of the flooded USENET group did the right thing in response -- rather than counterattacking with a flood of their own, they reported the criminal activity to the offending user's sites (including universities).
    This is exactly what happened. The actions of SomethingAwful are downright criminal.