On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 02:25:37 -0700, "Loren Wilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 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 ...or maybe they just have the one brain. The one they borrow from the mad cow when it's having a day off? ;-)
