I'm curious about a few things currently being practised by spammers,
...like for example when someone has words like "enlargement" or "Viagra" blocked in their email client's rules, they do so because they want emails containing those words to go directly to their "deleted items" folder (or as I call it, the "shit" bin)... why do spammers change those words in their spam to things like "en-large-ment" or "V*iagra" etc? Is it because you think that if you can fool people's spam filters they will eventually break down and buy something from you? Tell me you don't think people are really that stupid, please.
Another question: There seems to be several different techniques for spamming as far as I can tell. One is to just send out mass emails that seem to come from various sources (yet many are obviously from the same spammer) that contain an ad and a link --- "legitimate" spam if you will, while others seem to contain an attachment that when opened, loads some kind of adware or scumware on the recipient's computer that continually does the spamming for you. My question is, do spammers have an "upper class" and "lower class" structure thing going? If you are a spammer who simply sends ads and alters keywords to trick spam filters do you look down upon other spammers who send out .exe files that load scumware? Is there descrimination among spammers? Does one type of spammer think he is better than other types of spammers? Do you ever find yourselves saying "I'm a nicer spammer than that guy over there".... ?
No really, I'm very curious as to how the mind of a typical spammer works. And don't be shy about answering, we all know you're here, many of you have openly posted about spamming in the past. Speak up.
Lastly, how come there are no trade shows for spammers? Or.... are there? If not, then how come there are no booths at internext run by spammers to sell their massive lists to other prospective spammers?
...like for example when someone has words like "enlargement" or "Viagra" blocked in their email client's rules, they do so because they want emails containing those words to go directly to their "deleted items" folder (or as I call it, the "shit" bin)... why do spammers change those words in their spam to things like "en-large-ment" or "V*iagra" etc? Is it because you think that if you can fool people's spam filters they will eventually break down and buy something from you? Tell me you don't think people are really that stupid, please.
Another question: There seems to be several different techniques for spamming as far as I can tell. One is to just send out mass emails that seem to come from various sources (yet many are obviously from the same spammer) that contain an ad and a link --- "legitimate" spam if you will, while others seem to contain an attachment that when opened, loads some kind of adware or scumware on the recipient's computer that continually does the spamming for you. My question is, do spammers have an "upper class" and "lower class" structure thing going? If you are a spammer who simply sends ads and alters keywords to trick spam filters do you look down upon other spammers who send out .exe files that load scumware? Is there descrimination among spammers? Does one type of spammer think he is better than other types of spammers? Do you ever find yourselves saying "I'm a nicer spammer than that guy over there".... ?
No really, I'm very curious as to how the mind of a typical spammer works. And don't be shy about answering, we all know you're here, many of you have openly posted about spamming in the past. Speak up.
Lastly, how come there are no trade shows for spammers? Or.... are there? If not, then how come there are no booths at internext run by spammers to sell their massive lists to other prospective spammers?
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