I’m getting a fair few messages over the last week or so from someone who doesn’t seem to have configured their spamming tool properly… it just has placeholders like:

06/03/2007 (13:53 GMT +03:00) 1.0 Content-Type: text/html Date: %CURRENT_DATE_TIME %MESSAGE_BODY

Muppets! :)

I’m getting a fair few messages over the last week or so from someone who doesn’t seem to have configured their spamming tool properly… it just has placeholders like:

06/03/2007 (13:53 GMT +03:00) 1.0 Content-Type: text/html Date: %CURRENT_DATE_TIME %MESSAGE_BODY

Muppets! :)

I’m getting a fair few messages over the last week or so from someone who doesn’t seem to have configured their spamming tool properly… it just has placeholders like:

06/03/2007 (13:53 GMT +03:00) 1.0 Content-Type: text/html Date: %CURRENT_DATE_TIME %MESSAGE_BODY

Muppets! :)

1. There’s no need for a money trail leading from spam to spammer

2. A spammee needn’t trust the spammer to benefit him.

Here’s how this works: A gullible person (let’s call him Adrian) reasons as follows: * I know this is a scam * …but I know a lot of people will fall for it * so the stock price will rise * I’m more alert than most * so I will be buying before the rise, and can profit

This is, I think, quite elegant psychology: like all the best scams, the victim effectively cons himself.

BTW: the right-hand column also obscures the reply textbox in Firefox 2.0.

1. There’s no need for a money trail leading from spam to spammer

2. A spammee needn’t trust the spammer to benefit him.

Here’s how this works: A gullible person (let’s call him Adrian) reasons as follows: * I know this is a scam * …but I know a lot of people will fall for it * so the stock price will rise * I’m more alert than most * so I will be buying before the rise, and can profit

This is, I think, quite elegant psychology: like all the best scams, the victim effectively cons himself.

BTW: the right-hand column also obscures the reply textbox in Firefox 2.0.

1. There’s no need for a money trail leading from spam to spammer

2. A spammee needn’t trust the spammer to benefit him.

Here’s how this works: A gullible person (let’s call him Adrian) reasons as follows: * I know this is a scam * …but I know a lot of people will fall for it * so the stock price will rise * I’m more alert than most * so I will be buying before the rise, and can profit

This is, I think, quite elegant psychology: like all the best scams, the victim effectively cons himself.

BTW: the right-hand column also obscures the reply textbox in Firefox 2.0.

your right hand nav displays over the oversized text entry field in Firefox too.

your right hand nav displays over the oversized text entry field in Firefox too.

your right hand nav displays over the oversized text entry field in Firefox too.

When I first found out about it, I couldn’t help but think it would be good to catch as much such SPAM as possible. On detection of a new stock buy that stock ASAP, actually going along with the SPAMer but be sure to sell before the spammers.

I’m currently unsure how immoral that would be!

(BTW: Your column to the right displays over the top of the message entry box in Safari 3.0.3 on a Mac)

When I first found out about it, I couldn’t help but think it would be good to catch as much such SPAM as possible. On detection of a new stock buy that stock ASAP, actually going along with the SPAMer but be sure to sell before the spammers.

I’m currently unsure how immoral that would be!

(BTW: Your column to the right displays over the top of the message entry box in Safari 3.0.3 on a Mac)

When I first found out about it, I couldn’t help but think it would be good to catch as much such SPAM as possible. On detection of a new stock buy that stock ASAP, actually going along with the SPAMer but be sure to sell before the spammers.

I’m currently unsure how immoral that would be!

(BTW: Your column to the right displays over the top of the message entry box in Safari 3.0.3 on a Mac)