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even spammers have friends...
I am in a bit of a quandary. We received some spam, and it looks like it was sent by our friends in Australia. They seem to have set up some kind of internet company selling stuff. This is what they said:
Hi all, the following information is HOT! Do you own a mobile phone? Do you know two people who own a mobile phone? You can cut your phone bills down by 2 thirds and make money by doing so. You could be on your way to earning a large residual/passive income for the rest of your life!
The following website is the doorway to your dreams.
www.blahblahblah/giveusyourmoney.com
Take a look and if you have any questions let us know. We have spent the last week looking into this business opportunity and find it to be all above board and very exciting.
Hope to hear from you soon, either directly through the website or as a reply to this email.
John & Mary
giveusyourmoney
Looks like spam to me. Now I wanted just to bounce it back, but of course I don't want them to think that our email address is dead. I also would like to tell them to fuck off, take our name of their address list, and never bother us again, but they are our friends, and very nice people. There is something very cynical and very unfriendly about this, but it is hard to put my finger on it.
I shall move into Carrie Bradshaw mode now, "what do we do when spammers are our friends?"
By the way, I have changed their names and the link they sent. I didn't even visit it. That'll teach them.
mr mcmuffin on 31 May 2004 @ 02:55 PM ✲ Permalink
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Guess what? We got the email too and we thought exactly the same as you. Well you know how into Pyramid selling (etc etc) they are, but I do find it very intrusive of our them to send us stuff like that.
Hope they don't read this blog, they might never speak to us again. Sorry K, love you dearly but don't send us any more.
Posted by: Mrs Carrot Cake | 31 May 2004 20:02:03
That explains why my repeated attempts to access www.blahblahblah/giveusyourmoney.com resulted only in error 404's, you batsards!
It reminds me of ages ago, long before e-mail, the internet and spam, at my previous company two friends/colleagues tried to rope me into some pyramid selling scam that they themselves had been roped into (gullible saps). They gave me lines like "well, when we're driving around in Porsches..." I still don't see a Porsche parked outside either of their houses - there's sure to be one or two at the house of the guy that got them hooked tho! ;-)
Posted by: steve | 31 May 2004 20:03:05
What, we can have a porsche? I've changed my mind now. Actually am not very keen on Porsches, I don't have a dream car, but Mr McMuffin has low aspirations he only wants an Audi TT!
Posted by: mrs mcmuffin | 31 May 2004 20:23:02
