Spammers send out many millions of spam-emails daily clogging up our mailboxes and eating our internet bandwidth, costing the global economy billions per year.
Spammers are constantly on the run from people trying to shut them down. It's hard work being a spammer. But also very lucrative - although the vast majority of us bin that spam as soon as we see it, some people DO actually buy stuff that's advertised in spam emails. Maybe only a handful of responses per million spams sent out - but those people keep the spammers in business. Big-time spammers drive expensive cars and live in big houses.
Another way to make money spamming is to start a rumour via spam that some company's stock is going to rise in value. You buy some shares, then spam everyone out there to push the price up - then sell soon after it rises, before the bubble bursts.
So, is there anyone out there who actually buys stuff advertised in spam emails? Let's hear from you!
2006-10-26 02:31:49 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Oh, come on....there must be someone out there!
Don't be shy.....
2006-10-26 02:41:06 · update #1
I took the "Boulder Pledge" a few years ago and have used it frequently as a closing signature in my emails.
"Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward chain letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online community."
If you're not familiar with it, you can check out the Wikipedia link that I've given. It's a statement that was made by Roger Ebert, the movie critic, several years ago as he was addressing a group in Boulder, Colorado
I've written my own screwball statement as well about forwarding spectacular email claims, chain letters and internet hoaxes, which I called the Wausau Pledge. I am not terribly fond of stories of internet fairies and wish-granting genies who will reward you if you forward an item to everyone on in your address book, internet hoaxes and lamebrained chain letter campaigns.
"Whenever I create or forward emails, I will vow on my mother's grave, with one hand on the Holy Bible, while sitting in an electric chair in a tank full of water with a lie detector set to throw the switch that I have made my very best effort to separate the cockamamie bullshit from the truth and present things for what they actually are."
"If it looks like a crock, walks like a crock, and smells like a crock, it must be a crock."
2006-10-26 02:58:10 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I have actually refrained from buying a product because of spams I got from them. I went to a non-spamming competitor.
2006-10-26 09:34:20 · answer #2 · answered by nondescript 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I've got 20 tins of spam in the cupboard even as we speak.
2006-10-26 09:36:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Not in a million years.
2006-10-26 09:39:05 · answer #4 · answered by michael k 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No way would I buy off them, I prefer to go out and shop myself.
2006-10-26 10:15:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, I haven't..........I am not gonna give them my credit card info or my bank info. It isn't worth it. I would rather buy it in a department store.
2006-10-26 09:34:35 · answer #6 · answered by Webballs 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i have never bought anything online before!
2006-10-26 10:22:28 · answer #7 · answered by Estee 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
never bought anything...no way
2006-10-26 09:33:42 · answer #8 · answered by Fudgie 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
NEVER
2006-10-26 09:33:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋