Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Spam spam spam


Spam is getting smarter. But what it delivers is still ridiculous.

Recently my spam has included titles that actually get my attention and convince me to open them.

Hence, an e-mail this morning from the name of a lawyer I deal with and the title, "What are your dates in Sept/Oct for a motion?". I opened the e-mail -- I'd be irresponsible not to open it! But it was spam.

I am baffled as to what type of evil genius could develop a program that would send out such a convincing e-mail automatically.

But then that evil genius e-mail had the following content:

Yes, you can become a Doc and get all the benefits alongside it!

Our Diiploma/Certiificates are recognised worldwide.

No need for exams, or testing, classrooms, tests, even interviewing.

We turn no one down
We guarantee confidentiality.

CALL US 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK

Presumably very few lawyers, as targets of the spam, would fall for the degree mill scam; the spam is a pointless waste. Oh well, human history is full of brilliant work done for fools.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I work in the IT field and recently received a training catalogue from a company who offers IT training. One course caught my attention, the title?: Ethical Hacking.
I have half a mind to sign up just to see what they teach you. Isn't Ethical Hacking an oxymoron?