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| Thread ID: 78769 | 2007-04-28 01:06:00 | Spammers - Dumb and Dumber | dolby digital (5073) | PC World Chat |
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| 544841 | 2007-04-28 01:06:00 | I've just been hit with a stupid amount of spam. Do they think that I would buy anything from them when they annoy the h*ll out of me (which MOST people must feel). Are they really really really... ...really stupid or what :annoyed: | dolby digital (5073) | ||
| 544842 | 2007-04-28 01:16:00 | You'd be surprised how many people do buy those things that are spammed at them. Not me personally, but there are many | Myth (110) | ||
| 544843 | 2007-04-28 01:27:00 | Good things sold at cheap prices, who wouldn't? Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 544844 | 2007-04-28 02:05:00 | Good things sold at cheap prices, who wouldn't? Cheers :) Umm....You don't actually believe that you can get "good things" at the low prices they are offering do you James? It's a numbers game, send a million spams, and if just .001% hit their target (a gullible, greedy or stupid computer user, or all three in one hit) then 1,000 x [cheap price] = a lot of $$$$ They are predators who prey on the gullible and/or greedy, and fundamentally it is no different to the Nigerian scams etc. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 544845 | 2007-04-28 02:54:00 | You get what you pay for, every now and again you can get a bargain, but mostly not. Likewise, pay peanuts - get monkeys. Caveat emptor - let the buyer beware. |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 544846 | 2007-04-28 03:16:00 | I've had to juggle my email addresses. Its stopped the hundreds and hundreds(grrrrr) getting to my Xtra email box. For the moment I've /dev/null'ed them :mad: | dolby digital (5073) | ||
| 544847 | 2007-04-28 03:35:00 | every now and again you can get a bargain You want to point us to an example where a response to buy from a spammer results in a bargain? :groan: |
Greg (193) | ||
| 544848 | 2007-04-28 03:43:00 | Well, I was speaking in general rather than focusing specifically on spam, I would say that forking out any filthy lucre in response to spam will be met with disappointment upon receipt of the goods or service if you are actually lucky enough to get anything at all. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 544849 | 2007-04-28 09:16:00 | You want to point us to an example where a response to buy from a spammer results in a bargain? :groan: I think it had his tongue firmly planted in his cheek when he said it :horrified |
dolby digital (5073) | ||
| 544850 | 2007-04-28 09:22:00 | Umm....You don't actually believe that you can get "good things" at the low prices they are offering do you James? It's a numbers game, send a million spams, and if just .001% hit their target (a gullible, greedy or stupid computer user, or all three in one hit) then 1,000 x [cheap price] = a lot of $$$$ They are predators who prey on the gullible and/or greedy, and fundamentally it is no different to the Nigerian scams etc. Cheers Billy 8-{) Actually BT, maybe there is a glimmer of a brain cell there. As you say, if you send out enough of the stuff, you are bound to get a few "hits". I just wish they would then keep spamming the people doing the purchasing and leave the rest of the 99.99999% alone. |
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