The Apologetic Spammer

February 14, 2007 By Ken McGuire 4 Comments

This is a new one…

Kakabadan wrote:
Sorry, I NEED to send you this messages, because I need money for medicaments

Followed by enough links to videos to put the local adult movie shop to shame. Do they think throwing in an apology is really going to entice people to shop for viagra, porn and trawl through the dozens of links in the mail?

Filed Under: Spam

About Ken McGuire

I've been blogging at kenmc.com since 2005. I'm a lover of all things food and digital. I've been running my own design business since 2005. You can find me on Twitter via @kenmcguire.

Comments

ES says:

February 14, 2007 at 9:47 am

I still would not click on it but this still seems the best way I have seen for spam
Sean says:

February 14, 2007 at 6:41 pm

Thats so funny!! You are meant to feel bad for spammers now??
Ken McGuire says:

February 14, 2007 at 7:37 pm

Who knows, who knows!

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