Today’s guest post is by Amy Vernon.
Spam fascinates me.
Spam filters grow ever more clever, stopping it from even getting to us, more often than not.
We’re all tired of it.
But it works, apparently. Enough for people to keep doing it.
Enough for people to keep sending ot invitations for us to buy pills, sex, or indirectly, money.
Spam has different goals: Sometimes it’s to get a backlink.
Sometimes it’s a phishing scam. Sometimes they simply just want to separate you from you from your money by promising you narcotics or Viagra at a fraction of their usual cost (and no prescription needed). (more…)