I do most of my email through GMail, but I still have an old Yahoo! address that gets some action. GMail retrieves the email from my Yahoo! inbox, but not the bulk folder. So, I go to Yahoo! and check it every week or so to make sure nothing important got snagged. I have to go through about 500 emails each time.
Lately, I’ve been getting spammed to death with the “Just saw you on Yahoo messenger” technique. It includes this message:
Hi
I have nothing to do at night a lot and would like to talk with someone. Are you interested?
Stacy19
Is this working? I can’t imagine a high probability of someone who just got off Yahoo! Messenger seeing this message and saying “shit, I could be getting E-laid by Stacy 19 right now!” Click.
Every time I observe a new spam technique, I always get the same picture in my head: a toothless hick gullible enough to click through. Why can’t the Internet Gods take access away from the people who pay spammer’s bills?
I’d have to wake up pretty early in the morning, with an even smaller penis, to fall for this crap.