You know what I mean - the ones that go automatically into the Yahoo Bulk mail file with weird subject headings like "sense, like money, is Hardin" or whatever. I never open the emails so i don't know what they say. What is the purpose of those? Is it just to catch my attention so I;ll open it and see what it is?
2006-09-24 08:03:21 · 8 answers · asked by Starchild K 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
That way they are not dectected as spam. If they put certain words in, (anything sexual or marketing terms) the email will be sent to a junk pile.
2006-09-24 08:06:53 · answer #1 · answered by ecogrl23 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are generated by automatic programs that have a list of words (leaving out the ones that a spam filter would block i.e. sexual or swearing) and have an algorithm that tries to make them into a sentence.
This way the program can just send out 10's or 100's of thousands of different emails and they only have to get 1 or 2 people to 'click' the link embedded in the message to make it worth their while.
Occasionally by chance one or two may even make sense !
2016-07-24 01:55:14 · answer #2 · answered by DodgeM 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's all about sparking your curiosity. For instance, if I sent you an email saying, "Free mortgage information" you would be like, "I don't want this crap and then delete it" However, if I sent you something with a random heading your curiosity would spark and you will be more likely to click and see what it is. It's all a marketing ploy.
2006-09-24 08:09:27 · answer #3 · answered by TonyDrummond 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some of these messages originate from Nigeria or the Ivory Coast, and English is not their first language.
2006-09-24 08:05:37 · answer #4 · answered by Duncarin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know i get alot of things like PfsHASfj.exe files and crap, i think its just a computer randomly typing the subjects
2006-09-24 08:05:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are trying to defeat spam filters
2006-09-24 08:04:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they don't care about making sense. they are only
paid to get you to read,
2006-09-24 08:13:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
curiosity killed the cat...
2006-09-24 08:12:15 · answer #8 · answered by thrag 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋