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Interview With a Spammer

Posted by michael on from the need-a-wooden-stake dept.

Shipud writes "The NYTimes interviewed Richard Colbert, under the title of 'Confessions of a SPAM King'. Richard talks about one-time credit cards, WiFi, 'good' vs. 'bad' spam and more."

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  1. All I want to know is. . . by kfg · · Score: 4, Funny

    can I harvest his email address from the article?

    KFG

  2. Spamming must be lucrative by l810c · · Score: 4, Funny
    He lights up a Monarch menthol as he shows me his computer room, an intimate homemade space built off the side of an aging two-tone mobile home -- robin's-egg blue and white -- which sits among hundreds of Airstreams and Miami Deco single-wides in the Sunset Colony Mobile Home Park in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

    What a life!

    1. Re:Spamming must be lucrative by Lord_Slepnir · · Score: 5, Funny

      Unfortunatly, the Mobile home has become a necessity for the spammer. The need to relocate on a moments notice and be able to out pace the lynch mob once they have your address should not be underestimated.

  3. 'good' vs 'bad' spam by Kjella · · Score: 5, Funny

    The spammers' definition:
    Good: The spam I send and make me money
    Bad: All that junk that fills up my inbox

    Kjella

    --
    Live today, because you never know what tomorrow brings
  4. Re:Finally, confirmed. by MassacrE · · Score: 5, Funny

    I get excited about an awesome car with a sexy girl in it, who has an active e-mail address ;-)