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is the golden age of spam at an end?

July 31st, 2008 · 3 Comments

There was a time when spammers were creative, artistic, poetic even. Remember this classic?

A blithe spirit near another parking lot starts reminiscing about lost glory, but a demon for a globule lazily cooks cheese grits for a paycheck toward a minivan

Or what about this one?

Let there be light (even of the hazy variety), and the light was good, and so on and so on? He remembered thinking: Turn the pages of the manuscript into paper hats if you want, just.

But what I’m seeing a lot of these days is poor quality spam that looks like this one advertising realty in Greece or Poland or Turkey (I’ve disconnected the link now so we will never know which country it was):

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???????? ??????? Polnord ? ??? “??????? ?????????”, ?????????????? ?????-?????, ???????? ????????????? 800 ??? ????. ? ????????????? ???????? ????????? ? ????????????????? ?????? ?????-?????????? ?? ???????, ????????????? ?????????? ????????????. ??????? ?????? ?????? ????????? 250 ???. ??. ?. ?? ??????? ?????????, ????????? ????? ????????? ????? ?????????? 1,2 ???? ????.

“??? ??????????? ?????” ????????? ? 2005 ???? ? ?????? ????? ??? “?????-????” ? ????????? Polnord ??? ?????????? ? ????? ? ???????????? ???????????? ?? ?????????? ??????. ???? ?? ??????????? ??????? ????? - ??????????? ????????? ?????????????? “??????? ?????????”. ???????? ??????? Polnord ?????????????? ???????? ??????????? ???????? ??????. Polnord ?????????? ???????????? ????????, ????????? ????????? ? ??????? ?????????-????????????? ???????. ??????? ??????? ???????? ?? ????????????? ????????? 180 ??? ????.
????? ??????? ???????? ?????? ????????? ???????? ? ???????? ?????????-????????? ??????????? “??? ??????????? ?????”. ????? ?????????? ? ????????????? ?????? ???? ? ????????????? ????????? ? ???????????? ? ?????? ???? ???????? ? ????????. ?????? ????? ???????? ???????? ? ?????? ???????? ??????? ????? ?????? ? ???????? 100 ???. ??. ? ?? ?????????? “??????? ??????????”. ???????? ??????????? ????????? ???????? Polnord, ??????? ???????? ???????? ?? 250 ???. ??. ? ?????? ???????? ?? ??????????? ????????? ??????????? ? ?????????? ????????? ? ?????? ??????? ????? “?????????”. ? ?????? ??????????, ??? ????? ????????? ? ????????????? ??? “??????? ?????????”. ???????? ??????????? ???????????? ????????? “??????? ??????????” ?????? ????????? ????? ?? ???????, ????????????? ?????-?????, ? ???? ???????, ??????????? ???? ?????-???? ?????????? ? ???????.
???????? ????? ???????????? ????????? ?? ??, ??? ?????? ?????? ??? ???????????????? ????? “??????? ??????????”. ??? ??????? ??? daily ???????????? ?????? ???????????? ? ????????? ???????? Colliers International C????-????????? ??????? ??????, ??????? ????? ??????? ?????????? 6,2 ??. “?? ??? ????? ???????? ?? 100 ???. ?? 250 ???. ??. ? ??????? ????????”, - ??????? ??. ???????? ?? ???????????????? ???????????? ???????? Knight Frank ?????-????????? ??????? ?????? ????????, ??? ?????? ??????? ?????, ?????????? ?????, ??? ?? ??? ??????????, ???????????????? ?????? ???? ??????. ?????????? ? ????? ?????? ??????? ???????? ????????? ???????????: “????????, ? ??????? ??? ???????? ??????? ?? ???????, ?????????”. ????????? ???????? ???????, ?? ?????? ??????? ?????, ?????? ????????? 1-1,2 ???? ????.
????????? ????? ????????????, ??? ????? ????????? ? ??????? ??????? “???? ?????” ?????? ???????????? ???????????? ? ??????????? ??????? ?????? ?????????? ? ?????????????? ???????????? ?????????? ??? ???????????? ???????. “??????? ???????? “??????? ??????????” ????? ??????? ????????? ???????????? ???????? ??????????, ?????? ??? “???? ?????”, ??????? ??????? “??????????”, ??????? ??????? ?? ????? ????, “???? ??????”, - ???????? ?-? ??????. ? ?????? ?????????? ???????, ?????????? ?? “??????? ??????????”, ?????? ???? ???????? ??????-???????? ???????? ???????? “???????”. ????? ??????????? ????????????? ?????? “?????????” (???????? ???????????, 9). “??? ??? ?????????? ?????? ?????? ?????? ??????????????. ?????? ?????? ?? ???????”, - ????????? ?-? ??????. ??? ????, ?? ??? ??????, ??? ?????????? ????? ??????? ????????? ? ????? ?????? ?? ?????? ???????????? ????????????, ?? ? ?????.

So many question marks and yet where are the questions? Any writer worth their salt knows that an interrogation point should be used lightly and sparingly like the gracefully executed wolf’s hair brush of a Song Dynasty calligrapher. A thrifty question mark used at just the right moment can make or break a manuscript

Spammers please take this away with you and strive to improve yourselves, for the sake of spam everywhere

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3 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Perseus // Aug 1, 2008 at 8:34 am

    Bloody spam. All that Viagra and penis enhancement… I can’t even sit straight any more. Though I did get my PhD in Medicine from a university in Nigeria, so it’s not all a waste.

  • 2 Ben // Aug 2, 2008 at 12:58 am

    Eric Idle: “I keep getting emails offering to enlarge my penis, and I take up every offer, so my penis is now nine feet long.”

  • 3 squib // Aug 2, 2008 at 9:52 am

    Ah Eric Idle of Eric Spam Eggs and Chips Idle Fame

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