Where Everybody Knows Your Spam
Today I started receiving a new sort of spam - personalised spam! Here are some amusing bits from it.
Good evening Sir Emily, 60% discount on medica
Rise and shine Emily, any possible type of pharmacy
Hi Sir, Emily you just should see out theese best softtabs
Salut there, Emily just check out this good medicines
Yep, that’s some high quality targeted marketing right there.
July 26th, 2005 at 12:29 pm
Congratulations on your knighthood :)
I got one yesterday which actually had the word “[SPAM]” in the subject. Self aware spam!
July 26th, 2005 at 9:56 pm
I got that email at work to a couple of addresses, so instead of being ‘Sir Joanna’ I was ‘Sir Editor’ and ‘Sir Vacancy’. Much cooler.