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Former Spammer Reveals Secrets in New Book
StonyandCher writes "A retired spammer is looking to make money from a tell-all book rather than fleecing people dependent on pharmaceuticals and people with gambling problems. In this Computerworld article 'Ed', a retired spammer, predicts the spam problem will only get worse, aided by consumers with dependencies and faster broadband speeds. From the article: 'He sent spam to recovering gambling addicts enticing them to gambling Web sites. He used e-mail addresses of people known to have bought antianxiety medication or antidepressants and targeted them with pharmaceutical spam. Response rates to spam tend to be a fraction of 1 percent. But Ed said he once got a 30 percent response rate for a campaign. The product? A niche type of adult entertainment: photos of fully clothed women popping balloons ... "Yes, I know I'm going to hell," said Ed."
It's a pop-up book? Sorry, couldn't resist.
It's the only kind of adult entertainment fully endorsed by my church and my local clown guild.
Innovation makes enemies of all those who prospered under the old regime... -- Machiavelli
I've never gotten such spam.
I'm surprised it was only 30% -- that kind of thing is bound to pique the interest of a whole lotta people.
(Oh, come on, admit it, you're googling it right now, aren't you? Oh, maybe I'm going to hell too
Cheers
Lost at C:>. Found at C.
...but part of me wants there to be a very special hell for spammers (and people who talk in the theater).
Hail Eris, full of mischief...
E pluribus sanguinem
Enjoy!
http://www.vimeo.com/78881
Pics anyone?
Watching her inflate the balloon too much... you know it's gonna pop, you know she knows it... but she just keeps going... <<shiver>>
This was an actual ad that frequently ran in the national enquirer
Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
He bought a list of men who subscribed to "Macy's Balloon and Blimp Fetish" magazine.
It is by the juice of the coffee bean that thoughts acquire speed, the teeth acquire stains. The stains become a warning
Yes, he did, a Beowulf cluster of them, while eating hot grits, and he had nat port stickers on the cases, and he had a full collection of OMG PONIES and he called himself the "I for one welcome our obligatory overlords" and his business plan was
/. accounts for people who continue to beat the dead horse...
1. spam
2. ???
3. Profit!!!
I for one wish there was a -6 beating a dead horse mod
I also wish i had the ability to delete
No doubt there'll be some troll along shortly claiming that the GIMP suit is clunky and hard to use, and that they prefer a PhotoShop suit.
Do you think that he ran Windows? Not likely. No way was this guy going to help his competitors.
While there is nothing immoral in the pictures, but part of the sin lies in the objectification or women. If you're still objectifying them, its still wrong.
brought to you by the local morality guide.
Well.. maybe. Or Maybe not. But Definitely not sort of.