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Former Spammer Reveals Secrets in New Book

Posted by Zonk on from the sleeps-better-on-his-bed-of-royalties dept.

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."

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  1. Balloon Popping?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Damn! A balloon fetish? Who would have thought? Ain't the Internet great?

    For the lazy, see http://www.mellyloon.com/ and http://www.looneynudes.com/preview/lnasampl.html and others (Google away, dudes).

    Oddly, it's just not appealing to me. I'm not be the Slashdot uber-geek I thought I was. Now perhaps, balloon pooping . . .

  2. Re:photos of fully clothed women popping balloons by beadfulthings · · Score: 3, Informative
    Oh, it's easy. Just type in "women popping balloons." It will take you to this site.

    Who knew? Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go wash my cache out with soap.

    --
    "Here's what's happening. You're starting to drive like your Dad..." - Red Green
  3. Re:Innocuous? by Vulva+R.+Thompson,+P · · Score: 2, Informative

    He moonlights as "Sadie the Clown".

  4. MASSIVE Violation by l33tDad · · Score: 2, Informative

    He used e-mail addresses of people known to have bought antianxiety medication or antidepressants and targeted them with pharmaceutical spam. I work at a hospital and am involved in HIPAA regulation compliance. This one line is proof that some company, hospital, care giver, pharmacy or what ever seriously violated HIPAA regulations by disclosing that information. By law that would make the spammer liable and force him to disclose his information for further prosecution of who ever gave him the list(s) of people on medication.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_Insurance_Port ability_and_Accountability_Act