And the winner is Donald Trump and Spam
Donald Trump and spam email , to some, it may seem like an unlikely pair, but to spammers it apparently is desirable (i.e. profitable).
AOL just came out with the
top spam subject lines for 2005 and the envelope please… In the category of “
Popular Recognition” the winner is “
Donald Trump Wants You - Please Respond”.
Who wouldn’t jump at that? Maybe “The Donald” is bypassing the TV show and hiring me directly without those silly games. He's got a bridge in Brooklyn he want me to manage.
Of course other spammer categories include stock tips, pharmaceuticals, porn and a myriad of other typical subject spammers use to separate John Q. Public from their money.
My favorite quote from the AOL article is…
“
Spam gangs on the internet engaging in 'hit-and-run' spam attacks in 2004 have turned into a tightly-knit, controlled, web-based spam mafia coordinating sustained attacks on netizens in 2005."
I think I see two new spam-based catch phrases in this quote… “Spam Gangs” and “Spam Mafia”. I’d look for more of these terms in the year to come.
So let’s end the year paraphrasing
Sam Cooke:
“That’s the sound of the men, working on the Spam Gang.
That’s the sound of the men working on the Spam Gang.Can't ya hear them Googlin' Mmm, I'm goin' homepage one of these days..."
Happy New Year.
AAS
Spim, Spam, Splog
Researching again, I’ve come across article after article with news about
Cell Phone Spam, Instant Messaging Spam (
spim) and even Spam Blogs (
splog) but I noticed a certain lack of interest in good old email spam.
So I got to thinking for reason why this would be.
First, are email filters are too good and so are not profitable to spammers?
No. The amazing rise in spam floating around the net shoots this reason right out of the blogosphere. While traditional email filters are good, spammers still increasingly use email to target potential customers. My company, CMS, just released info detailing a
230% rise in RNDR spam. Other similar notes about the increase in spam traffic are really easy to find on the net. Spammers are still bombarding inboxes with Canadian drugs and stock tips.
Maybe... Talking about email filters is just one step above discussions about “Watching Paint Dry”Bingo. This is the reason for the lack of press. Traditional email filters are boring. Give the press the flash of Blackberries under attack, cell phone disruptions and rogue bloggers stalking the unsuspected.
Companies, like Computer Mail Services, that deal in boring but essential email filter solutions just don’t grab the eye of editors today. You need your email filter and armies of developers are working to keep up with newer and newer spammer tricks but to rearrange the old news adage, “If it doesn’t bleed, it doesn’t lead”.
So finally before I go out and watch my bumpers rust, note that CMS has initiated a
50% online price discount for Praetor. This is a great deal for a superb product that has been protecting inboxes since 1999. Check it out.
AAS
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