Actual spam subject lines:
let us fight with your creditors
afraid to fight your creditors? we’re not
I’m imagining two guys in a boxing ring with the viking warriors from those Capital One commercials. If only Spamusement had a submissions page!
Category: Spam
An offer you can’t turn down
Some amusing “word salad” variations:
To update passive your e-mail address regulator from <remove> to cellist, please visit adoptive My Profile barge.
I got another one with the same structure, and they’re just dropping random words into the sentence. But I kind of like the idea of a “My Profile barge.”
If you would rather not receive E-mail outshine diffuse alerting you of special offers, product announcements, sensuous and other news, just let us know by rapier
Oh, the temptation!
Is that a promise?
A mortgage spam:
THIS IS OUR CLOSING TRY
We have made an effort to speak to you on many occurences and now is the time to respond! … However, based on the fact that our previous attempts to speak to you have failed, this will be our last notice to gain for you the lower rate. [Emphasis added]
Please!
Unclear on the concept
I just received spam from an organization urging me to boycott Microsoft products because they send spam.
The mind boggles.
Something for everyone
Today’s spam haul included:
Hot penny Stocks
How amateur golfers (can think like a pro)
Half the second line was cut off, and I misread it as “Hot amateur golfers!”
Zucchini Spam!
A recipe for zucchini loaf showed up in one of the spamtraps over the weekend. It was one of the few that used to be real accounts, so I first thought it was someone’s long-lost friend who had a 4-year-old email address, but I scrolled down to the bottom and there was an unsubscribe link. Possibly some recipe mailing list… but one that hasn’t sent any mail for several years? Add in the fact that the message triggered Razor and the unsubscribe link hit the Outblaze SURBL list, and it’s beginning to look more like spam…but why would a spammer just send out a recipe?
Anyway, there’s just something about the phrase, “The Zucchini Loaf recipe is not for me” that I find amusing.
Self-Promotion Tip
If you want to advertise a new social networking service (or anything else, for that matter), do not spam the tech support and abuse contacts for an ISP with your “invitation!”