THE TRICKS THESE SPAM PEOPLE PLAY

I get lots of spam on my Hotmail account. LOTS. I'm talking 900,000 (sometimes 899,000---on a slow day). And the more I receive, the trickier these bastards get.

For instance, how many emails have you received that look like this?

Sender: Kate
Subject: It was great meeting you

How can I resist that? I don't recall meeting a Kate but I'm not about to overlook the possibility that I did meet Kate. I open the email and the attached image is...certainly not anybody I recall meeting!

What about THIS offer? Check out the email address:

Sender: "Shizuko Mays" Emmy1136@psoriasis.is  
Subject : Real Moneymaker

This is tempting!

Hey everybody...don't cure your skin disorder...make money from it! That's right. Peel the flakes off your forehead and we'll transform them into cash! It's that easy. $5.00 per pound! Act now.

Know what the offer really was? To purchase a commemorative Euro note. That's right.

Talk about shit marketing! Fifth graders know better than create an email address with a skin disease...especially one that has absolutely nothing to do with the product you're trying to sell! Jesus. What's next? Offers for bulk saltine crackers from jimmy@chancresore.net?

Bottom-line: If you're going to spam me, take a marketing class.