12% of E-mail Users Have Responded To Spam 268
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Meshach writes "An article in Ars Technica claims that 12% of internet users have actually responded to spam messages and tried to buy items. Although I find this hard to believe, it does explain why my spam folder is always full." Also in spam news, wjousts links to a Technology Review article about how spammers get your e-mail address, writing "E-mail addresses in comments posted to a website had a high probability of getting spammed, while of the 70 e-mail addresses submitted during registration at various websites, only 4 got spammed."
That's why... (Score:5, Funny)
I'm posting as an anonymous coward, so they don't spam my e-mail address.
Of course people respond... (Score:5, Funny)
Order of the day (Score:3, Funny)
Terrify people into compliance!
"Hey, y'know gramma - I heard answering junk email funds the terrorists." ...
"Yep, that's right - that email you've got right there advertising cheap knob-expanders? That came straight from Osama bin Laden's laptop, uh huh."
My Penis Enlargement Pills Worked Great!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Hey! I got a great deal on penis enlargement, breast enhancement, and this greasy stuff you rub all over your body to increase your sexual desirability scent! Works great! Now if I could only get the dog to stop sniffing me, all the women would be barking at my door!
Sad to say, one of the places that I buy "generic viagra" from would not return my money when it did not work as well as the "super size me" products... I will just have to wait for my money from the deal I made in Nigeria to counter that loss.
Correction (Score:5, Funny)
The dumbest 12% of internet users have actually responded to spam messages and tried to buy items.
The other 88% are what scientists refer to as "not retarded".
Re:They got my email (Score:1, Funny)
Your UID is too high. Nobody cares about you ;-)
Re:Misleading (Score:4, Funny)
That was my thought too. People responding to 12% of all spam is quite a bit different than 12% of people having every responded to a spam email. A 12% response rate for an email marketing campaign is enough to make any marketers nipples hard enough to cut glass.
Re:Lately... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:no kidding? (Score:3, Funny)
Don't know why but it reminds me of this SNL Skit: Don't Buy Stuff You Can't Afford
http://consumerist.com/consumer/clips/snl-skit-dont-buy-stuff-you-cant-afford-252491.php [consumerist.com]
Re:Of course people respond... (Score:4, Funny)
How else are they going to win the Nigerian lottery? You can't win if you don't enter.
Of course you can. I got an email just last week telling me I had won, and I've never entered it...
Re:no kidding? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Of course people respond... (Score:5, Funny)
Blacklists (Score:2, Funny)