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A Day In The Life Of A Spammer

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the pay-it-forward dept.

kaip writes "Internetnews.com has a story of a spammer. The individual sends 60 million spam emails for four days worth of work and claims that one in 19 of AOL users clicks the links in his mortgage spam (this number should however be taken with a grain of salt, see rules 1 and 2). Maybe not everybody has heard of the Boulder Pledge... The article also tells how the CAN-SPAM Act, which legalises spamming, is turning the US into the spam haven of the world. Currently, 86 percent of the total spam volume is coming from the States."

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  1. Finnaly by Krunaldo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Finnaly, now i can track down this person and kill him as revange for all the porn mail I'm receivning. Wait, that i want... hmz pr0n&spam or no pr0n&no spam... Difficult decison

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    God,root what's the difference? I read slashdot, there for I errr... am stupid?
  2. I'll let Hanover Fiste speak to this: by drsmack1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    He's nothin' but a low-down, double-dealin', back-stabbin', larcenous, perverted worm!! Hangin's too good for him!! Burnin's too good for him!! He should be torn into little bitsy pieces and buried alive!!!

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    Humor from a Genetically Molested Mind

  3. A day in the life of a spammer by inkswamp · · Score: 4, Funny
    8:30 AM: Wake up.

    8:35 AM: Morning stretches and exercise.

    8:55 AM: Pray for forgiveness for being a subhuman piece of filth, hoping to save already-rotten soul from the deepest pits of Hell.

    9:00 AM: Shower.

    ...etc.

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    --Rick "If it isn't broken, take it apart and find out why."
  4. What really gets me... by Xugumad · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... about spam, is it just doesn't apply to me. You see, I have a degree in computer science. This means:

    1. I don't want a degree from a prestigious non-accredited university.
    2. My sex life is well beyond being helped by Viagra, or anything else in pill form.
    3. Outsourcing means I can't afford a mortgage (okay, actually I'm employed, but work with my joke).