Comments on: How Spam Works? http://securitypie.com/how-spam-works/ The ramblings of three security curmudgeons Mon, 05 Jul 2010 02:16:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Arik http://securitypie.com/how-spam-works/comment-page-1/#comment-469 Arik Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:34:09 +0000 http://securitypie.com/?p=538#comment-469 Off topic, but still on: I got spammed in the street the other day. No, really. I was walking down the street in Manila (Philippines) when a guy came to me and asked if I'm interested in buying Viagra or Cialis. I've been offered to buy anything from Hashish to stolen goods on the street, but that's my first spam crossover. What's next? People on the street offering to pay them money so they can secure the release of funds from the security company and split it with me? Or perhaps that scruffy man just happens to know that penny stock ABCD will skyrocket in the next day? I wonder. -- Arik Off topic, but still on:

I got spammed in the street the other day.

No, really.

I was walking down the street in Manila (Philippines) when a guy came to me and asked if I’m interested in buying Viagra or Cialis.

I’ve been offered to buy anything from Hashish to stolen goods on the street, but that’s my first spam crossover.

What’s next? People on the street offering to pay them money so they can secure the release of funds from the security company and split it with me?

Or perhaps that scruffy man just happens to know that penny stock ABCD will skyrocket in the next day? I wonder.

– Arik

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