Talk about preying on innocent geek's self-confidence. I recieved this email just now: | From: "Crushlink.com" To: misleading_angel@apathyindustries.com Subject: Someone likes you and we'll tell you who it is! On June 28, 2001 someone told us they like you and we told you that special someone is out there. You still don't know who it is so now we're just going to tell you! Click here to find out who likes you Have fun and write to us with your success stories! Best wishes, The CrushLink Team |
Problem is -- check out that email address. apathyindustries.com didn't EXIST in 2001, which is when Crushlink says they got this address. Second of all, that domain name has one email address in it, which hasn't been given to the public, and misleading_angel ain't it. So, watch yourselves, oh nerds and geeks of the internet -- Crushlink wants to make money off your inability to find a significant other. They teaseyou with the prospect of true love, then trick you into jumping through their spammy hoops.
I've gotten lots of those.
As near as I can tell its
just a scam to get you to
give out email addresses of
people you know. (ie, ones
that are more likely to be
valid addresses) --Holly,  11/15/2003 14:19:16
If spam has even the tiniest
twinge of upbeatness about it
(and hey I'm not sayin it
does) it would be how it
evolves to hoodwink us into
thinking it's not spam. It
asks us to play the detective
every day at the inbox. As the
spammy hoops become more
enticing we must needs become
more discerning.But mostly of
course, it's just a big waste
of time. Telemarketers---- now
there's a group you can use
for improvisational humor,
unlike spammers, every time
they make a pitch you've
grabbed onto their ear and can
stuff it full of culture jam! --busmun, 11/16/2003 05:16:52
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