[Air-l] Porn spam

[Phil Graham]

At 12:01 PM 20/01/2002 -0500, Ken wrote:
>Message: 3
>Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 08:48:45 +0100
>To: <air-l at aoir.org>
>From: Ken Friedman <ken.friedman at bi.no>
>Subject: [Air-l] And I thought I was kidding ...
>Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
>
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>In the recent thread on unsolicited porn spam, I sent a playful response 
>to Marj Kibby's note.

I thought you were serious, Ken, because it wasn't outside my own 
experience. I am noticing a marked increase in the level of spam.

The stuff doesn't seem to be terribly well targeted either. I get spam 
trying to sell me breast enlargements, a recurring one from various sources 
that says "add inches to your penis", porn of various and hitherto 
unthought of (at least by me) inclinations, innumerable get-rich-quick 
schemes (by far the biggest bulk), both male and female viagra substitutes, 
life insurance, "easy" credit and credit cards, spying software, 
get-out-of-debt-quick schemes, the originally "Nigerian" 
send-me-your-bank-account-details-and-I'll-send-you-16-million-dollars 
scheme (innumerable), pyramid schemes, ponzi schemes, etc ect etc  --- you 
name it. It mostly comes through my geocities account.

Best to all.
Phil


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