The Philter

It never ceases to amaze me what those resourceful spammers will come up with. This week, I got one that takes what seems to me like a wholly new approach to sales: outright hostility to the potential customer. It was subject lined “You’re stupid man. buy viagraw,” and inside it contained this helpful advice:

You’re stupid man. buy viagra. maybe it will help you. oh, no. nothing helps you.

Now if I needed “viagraw”—and really, honestly, I definitely don’t—would I buy it from this asshole? I don’t think so. Then again, he did get my attention, which was probably the idea.
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