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12% of E-mail Users Have Responded To Spam
Meshach writes "An article in Ars Technica claims that 12% of internet users have actually responded to spam messages and tried to buy items. Although I find this hard to believe, it does explain why my spam folder is always full." Also in spam news, wjousts links to a Technology Review article about how spammers get your e-mail address, writing "E-mail addresses in comments posted to a website had a high probability of getting spammed, while of the 70 e-mail addresses submitted during registration at various websites, only 4 got spammed."
I'm posting as an anonymous coward, so they don't spam my e-mail address.
How else are they going to win the Nigerian lottery? You can't win if you don't enter.
Thought thinks itself.
Terrify people into compliance!
"Hey, y'know gramma - I heard answering junk email funds the terrorists." ...
"Yep, that's right - that email you've got right there advertising cheap knob-expanders? That came straight from Osama bin Laden's laptop, uh huh."
Hey! I got a great deal on penis enlargement, breast enhancement, and this greasy stuff you rub all over your body to increase your sexual desirability scent! Works great! Now if I could only get the dog to stop sniffing me, all the women would be barking at my door!
Sad to say, one of the places that I buy "generic viagra" from would not return my money when it did not work as well as the "super size me" products... I will just have to wait for my money from the deal I made in Nigeria to counter that loss.
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Your UID is too high. Nobody cares about you ;-)
That was my thought too. People responding to 12% of all spam is quite a bit different than 12% of people having every responded to a spam email. A 12% response rate for an email marketing campaign is enough to make any marketers nipples hard enough to cut glass.
Is it just my observation, or are there way too many stupid people in the world?
Well... did you end up forging your huge love sword or not?
I am the richest astronaut ever to win the superbowl.
Don't know why but it reminds me of this SNL Skit: Don't Buy Stuff You Can't Afford
http://consumerist.com/consumer/clips/snl-skit-dont-buy-stuff-you-cant-afford-252491.php
EA David Gardner -"... but the consumers have proven that actually what they want is fun."
You might want to contact Lorena Bobbitt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorena_Bobbitt).
What could possibly go wrong?