Hi, Sam -
On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 01:45:51PM -0400, Sam Densler wrote:
> OK Ben, a question for you...
>
> Other than being a pain In the butt, what benefit do these type of spammers
> derive from such an activity. I understand some of the hoaxes that get folks
> to give up username and password for bank accounts and PayPal, but what was
> to be gained with an email like they sent from Norm or the continuous barrage
> of Viagra emails? Does anybody actually try to buy Viagra from an email?
>
> Doesn't make sense to me...
The key is essentially a zero replication cost: it costs a spammer the
same amount to send 1,000,000 emails as it does to send one, and takes
about the same effort. From the seller's end, if it costs him (let's
say) $100 to advertise to 1,000,000 people, and one in a hundred
thousand is stupid/crazy/ignorant/whatever to buy, that's 10 customers.
Profit margin on Viagra (made license-free in India) is probably 75% on,
what, a $100 order? There's $650 profit - plenty to spread around.
Lots of criminal organizations in Russia, Poland, etc. getting rich off
that very business these days. The actual technical side of spamming,
that is.
Ben
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