Re: Spammer motives
From: Willondon (willondon_at_dsisp.net)
Date: 02/28/04
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Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 18:43:49 -0500
D wrote:
> Itz Just Me wrote:
>
> > Just out of curiosity, what would the motivation be for a spammer to
> > go to so much trouble trying to get into my (our) mailboxes when it's
> > evident we are not interested in the message?
>
> Cos it costs zero to send spam, so if they get one sale, they've made a
> profit. Multiply that by millions of spam messages and a few hundred
> sales and it becomes serions money.
Also, a lot of spammers make their money by conning other losers into
advertising their crap with spam. They really don't care if you don't
want to buy; they make money based on how many millions they can send the
message to.
-- Willondon
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