Ya, its been a given for a long time that the crooks who are actually making money at the spam game are the sellers of spamware + addresslists, thats one of the reasons why Virginia did the smart thing and outlawed spamware. The whole business is a CON, the seller of spamware & lists convinces some sucker that spam is profitable based on some sillyassed porjecttion based on assuptions about how many people will respond to an email advertising campaign. I've seen spam ads that state "20% favorable response rate" ya right, one would have to be VERY gullible to take that bait, but apparently there are suckers out there for this sort of thing. The whole spam game rip-off is based on LIES & FRAUD, and for that reason I support legislation to curb the practice. I know we really can't expect to arrive at some magical "Zero spam" condition but we can sure put a dent in it. --
On Fri, 22 Mar 2002 17:29:27 ahimsa wrote: >-- Delivered via SpamCon Foundation DEA: http://dea.spamcon.org >-- Replies will be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >-- Additional Info: http://dea.spamcon.org/i/?v=200354 > >I'm really curious. How do spammers make money? Are there >really enough people out there who receive an email out >of the blue and decide to buy the product or service? >Okay, I understand there's a big market for porn, but what >about the rest of it? > >I'm surprised that there are enough buyers to make it >worthwhile for any spammer, especially since so many of >the web sites and email addresses get shut down after a >short time. > >Maybe some spammers themselves are "marks" -- duped into >buying lists of email addresses hoping they'll get new >customers? > >Marjorie >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >_______________________________________________ >spamcon-general mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://mail.spamcon.org/mailman/listinfo/spamcon-general#subscribers >Subscribe, unsubscribe, etc: Use the URL above or send "help" in body > of message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Contact administrator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com _______________________________________________ spamcon-general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.spamcon.org/mailman/listinfo/spamcon-general#subscribers Subscribe, unsubscribe, etc: Use the URL above or send "help" in body of message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact administrator: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
