Where do these guys all get on the same kick at the same time?
Or is it really ONE spammer who just got fired?
Do they hold meetings about what topics to use next month
or what?
I'd lay odds that it is either one spammer, or more likely one spam program.
Back in the days of 900 porn phone numbers, there were companies selling get
rich quick schemes to suckers. Someone ran a 900# service that gave out
astrology predictions and other such nonsense. Suckers could sign up to run
their own 900# service and get 50% of the profits from the number. All they
had to do was advertize in the "right places" so that they would get "lots
of business". The main company scamming these dudes would even provide
recommendations for advertizing companies.
What really happened is that there was one 900# on a rotary and a bunch of
extensions. YOu were told to place an ad for whatever the service was, and
give the 900# and extension number. If that extension got called, you got a
dime or whatever. They would place ads in newspapers if you paid. If you
looked at the proof for the entire page (not just your ad) you saw about 75
virtually identical ads, each with the same phone number and a different
extension number. Needless to say the suckers placing the ads didn't get
any calls.
I think the modern equivalent of this is that there is a spammer service
that will send spams out for you, all you have to do is pay them. They will
even probably provide the drop sites that are advertized in the spam. If
someone goes to the right site, the baby spammer gets a penny or dime or
whatever. You probably sign up for this wonderful scheme with a web form
someplace, where all you have to do is enter your cc number to pay them for
a spam run with your code on it, and possibly the advertizing hook (the
subject line) of your choice. As a matter of convenience, they probably
provide about 25 "different" subject lines to choose from. (Just like the
900# people provided about 25 "different" but identical ads).
It may be that nobody is ever stupid enough to look into the spam, so none
of the baby spammers ever get a single dime. But the master spammer
probably got $100 or $2000 or some such from each baby spammer that thought
they were going to get rich quick.
Loren
