They aren't even trying anymore...

[Vicsun]

A friend got this in his email inbox and forwarded it to me a couple of days ago:

Dear_ Citi-bank _Clients_,

This_ LETTER was ssent by_the_ Citibank serevr to
veerify your E-mail adrress.
You musst cotepmle this pseocrs by clicking on_the link
_below_ and enntering in the smal _window your CITI_bank
Atm/Debit full Card Nummber and card pin that you use_ on the Atm
machine.
This is done for-your portcetion -g- because some_of our
membres no lgeonr have accses to their email adrdseess
and we must verify it.

My conclusion after reading it was that they were either trying to avoid spam filters really hard or were just drunk out of their minds. Or retarded beyond belief, I don't know. Anyway for some reason this really depressed me. I shall erect this thread as a shrine to email scammers and spammers everywhere. Please, for the love of God and Baby Jesus, at least try to get me to send you my money.

[Xandax]

God I love my spam filter. Don't see such stupid mails anymore, they go straith to my deleted mail folder and emptied each time I exit Outlook

[smass]

What kills me about spam of this type is that it must work on some level or folks wouldn't bother.

Having dealt with the general public for many years it doesn't surprise me - but never fails to amuse me.

[Vicsun]

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Originally posted by smass What kills me about spam of this type is that it must work on some level or folks wouldn't bother. Having dealt with the general public for many years it doesn't surprise me - but never fails to amuse me.

I knew there had to be a reason I felt this spam mildly depressing. I now know why I found it such - I think I just lost my faith in the general populace and humanity as a whole. I guess the people who fall for such scams are the ones that come from the high urine-content of the gene pool.

[smass]

Believe me - I was in retail management for 12 years and I am have been a financial advisor for the past 4. My collective experience in dealing with all manner of people - rich, poor, old, young, educated, uneducated, - whatever - has left me no doubt about a couple of things.

1. Common Sense - is not common - in fact most people "don't know enough to poor piss out of a boot" as my grandfather liked to say.

2. The gene pool is ever eroding as Darwin's theory of natural selection is thwarted. IE: the stupid ones don't get killed off anymore - they just apply for public assistance and continue to pro-create.

3. I have come to question the effectiveness of Democracy - for reasons you can probably infer from observation #1 and #2.

[Vicsun]

Who was it the ancient Roman philosopher condemnign democracy again? You know, the guy who got his horse elected into the senate and declared that the masses should not have a say in how the country is goverened because not all induviduals in a society think? Was it Marcus Aurelius or was it someone else? My memory is poor when it comes to names...

(eagerly waits for fable to reply )

[Georgi]

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Originally posted by Vicsun (eagerly waits for fable to reply)

*waits for Fable to tell Vicsun to stop being so bloody lazy and look it up*

[Xandax]

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Originally posted by smass What kills me about spam of this type is that it must work on some level or folks wouldn't bother. Having dealt with the general public for many years it doesn't surprise me - but never fails to amuse me.

It is not as much the fact that it works.
Most spam I seem to get hit by, are for rather ... dubious products, so from an advetising strategy I don't think it have any great effect.

What makes spam so vastly used - is the ease of use and its massiveness. For lowcost you can mail to millions of people and only one person is needed to sell these.

It is easy and it is cheap - that seriously counterweights its reduced effectiveness.

[der Moench]

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Originally posted by Vicsun Who was it the ancient Roman philosopher condemnign democracy again? You know, the guy who got his horse elected into the senate and declared that the masses should not have a say in how the country is goverened because not all induviduals in a society think? Was it Marcus Aurelius or was it someone else? My memory is poor when it comes to names... (eagerly waits for fable to reply )

You may be thinking of Caligula. I think he tried to have his horse (Incitatus) made pro consul ... fable can correct me if I'm wrong.

Peace.

PS @ Georgi: DMH!

[fable]

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Originally posted by Vicsun Who was it the ancient Roman philosopher condemnign democracy again? You know, the guy who got his horse elected into the senate and declared that the masses should not have a say in how the country is goverened because not all induviduals in a society think? Was it Marcus Aurelius or was it someone else? My memory is poor when it comes to names...

Yeah, it was Caligula. He had great contempt for the Roman Senate and its laws--and by the time he had ascended the throne, with some reason, since they had shown themselves easily bought by bribes or threats. So he gave them an object lesson in power by having his horse, Incitatus, made a priest (of the official state religion) and a consul.