Spammers Using Tragedy To Their Advantage
from the sickening dept
I was just commenting to a friend of mine last night that since the tragedy began, I noticed I've been receiving even more spam than usual. I had thought that even spammers would have a heart and stop spamming for the time being. Instead, they're using this opportunity to use the tragedy to promote pornography and check on their mailing lists. Some are even suggesting "donations" that probably will never go to rescue organizations. At least some annoying marketers are doing something. X10.com, famous for their pop up ads, have suspended the ads and their website and instead are using their site to urge people to donate blood and money. Update: The Register has the text of a ridiculous message comparing those who are against spam with terrorists. It's amazing how senseless people can be. While so many people have been doing everything they can to help in any way possible, a small minority of people are only looking to see how they can profit from this tragedy. Sickening.
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I had gotten less
I have seen a couple reference the tragedy, including one this morning which was totally about where you can donate money or blood (and pointed out legitimate locations for this).
I guess there are good and bad spammers as well.
Brandon
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Re: I had gotten less
I could have used at least day of silence and mourning so it saddened and angered me to see the vultures sweeping in so quickly to pollute our communications systems. We need to cut off, monitor and regulate unsolicited email to prevent things like this. No amount of profit is worth this many innocent lives.
God bless us all...
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I got another one, also providing links to the Red Cross and the like, while asking me if I was interested in buying insurance.
Unreal.
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A more in-depth article on the variety of scams...
http://www.zdnet.com/zdfeeds/msncobrand/news/0%2C13622%2C5096957%2C-hud00025nshm3%2C00.ht ml
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