I call foul!

[dolari]

I just got an EMail. The sender was Gwendoline [Lastname] and the subject line was Vacation Pics. Dean is on vacation in PA right now. Someone he is seeing is Gwyn [Lastname]. Sure enough I open it, and it's an ad for a crappy penny stock.

The war is over: Spammers are now SCANNING OUR MINDS.

Comments

[varinobo.livejournal.com]

That IS weird. Somehow they new I had an aunt Judy as well.

[erinlefey.livejournal.com]

Odd...a few days ago I got some spam on my work email--which I NEVER give out--from someone with the same first name as my ex. A rather distinctive first name, at that. Hmm.

[jessie-c.livejournal.com]

More likely their spyware is scanning your computer and calling home with "personalising" details so they can claim to be sending you "targeted" advertising.

Scumbags.

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

nny thing is, while Gwyn is a friend, she's a very distant friend through Dean. I've had no reason to talk to her, or about her, on the computer in ages.

[jessie-c.livejournal.com]

If it's there to be found the spammers will try and find it. They don't care how many near misses or even way out "misses by a mile" their "personalising" program generates and spews out. They don't even care how many strike near enough to home to make you want to open the e-mail. The bare fact that someone might be fooled is enough for them to do it.

[labrat78.livejournal.com]

There ought to be an easier way of fighting spammers.

Time to start fighting dirty!

[jessie-c.livejournal.com]

Want to start an orbital anvil delivery service? It's the only way to be sure.