I like to push the pram a lot
May. 12th, 2010 06:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ventaDon't worry about me... I'll be the one giggling gently at the spam in my Inbox.
A rather fine example from today came to my work address, from an individual, company or entity by the name of Dotson Sabra.
The text begins as follows:
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Why Cho4vmose Dj4trp9drug9hf3qzr6store?
* Lowh7v5cvwest Priq4voaotaces with Pris0ce Match Gua8fgk18h9rantee
* 247 Live Ch9yoixfo3at Support
* Faqxkr38stest Shid2rsbyompping (comma5pared with our com6ppkpetitors)
* Guarjzm11528anteed Delgm9fmzkivery or your money back (Chjsel38bseck our refund policy)
* 90000+ Sati0us6ysfied custoop0rmers world wide.
Why Gexnckner7b85ic?
A Naufrnme-Brato3nd diw2btrug is marvqelacbj1ketehkuybd unhwyder a spe63ucific travd8k7bde name by a ph440narmaceuj3itical mandoabufactf2kkyzyaurer. In most carsses, Name-Brai8nond dqqf3huruz1acihgs are stsic77ill unelvw6ww9der pataz3njtent pryswotecjcgjelc3ction, msxy0ahean4qscnb9ing the mamdpjnufag24z2cturer is the sowjwxzj0le soibbkfvurce for the prouelmvxvbfduxhct but in marbckcsny Coug84zss7ynt2ypela2ories arof716wund the wok3bxs9tqrld this is not the caeloyhpse...
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And goes on in that vein for some time.
Yes, thank you, I am very childish and easily amused.
The perennial questions pose themselves...
Why are they even bothering ?
Why does anyone think that such gibberish would convince anyone that they are a reputable business ? However good they tell me their reputation is, I'm not inclined to Chjsel38bseck their refund policy or order goods from them.
Why can't even the most basic of auto-spambots adjust its "from" name to match the email address it's using ? OK, so there are occasions where a from name and the name-based email address legitimately don't match, but it's an early clue this is junk mail - and surely the one thing computers are good at is pattern matching.
And, of course, the most important question: Why Gexnckner7b85ic?
Why indeed.
A rather fine example from today came to my work address, from an individual, company or entity by the name of Dotson Sabra.
The text begins as follows:
---
Why Cho4vmose Dj4trp9drug9hf3qzr6store?
* Lowh7v5cvwest Priq4voaotaces with Pris0ce Match Gua8fgk18h9rantee
* 247 Live Ch9yoixfo3at Support
* Faqxkr38stest Shid2rsbyompping (comma5pared with our com6ppkpetitors)
* Guarjzm11528anteed Delgm9fmzkivery or your money back (Chjsel38bseck our refund policy)
* 90000+ Sati0us6ysfied custoop0rmers world wide.
Why Gexnckner7b85ic?
A Naufrnme-Brato3nd diw2btrug is marvqelacbj1ketehkuybd unhwyder a spe63ucific travd8k7bde name by a ph440narmaceuj3itical mandoabufactf2kkyzyaurer. In most carsses, Name-Brai8nond dqqf3huruz1acihgs are stsic77ill unelvw6ww9der pataz3njtent pryswotecjcgjelc3ction, msxy0ahean4qscnb9ing the mamdpjnufag24z2cturer is the sowjwxzj0le soibbkfvurce for the prouelmvxvbfduxhct but in marbckcsny Coug84zss7ynt2ypela2ories arof716wund the wok3bxs9tqrld this is not the caeloyhpse...
---
And goes on in that vein for some time.
Yes, thank you, I am very childish and easily amused.
The perennial questions pose themselves...
Why are they even bothering ?
Why does anyone think that such gibberish would convince anyone that they are a reputable business ? However good they tell me their reputation is, I'm not inclined to Chjsel38bseck their refund policy or order goods from them.
Why can't even the most basic of auto-spambots adjust its "from" name to match the email address it's using ? OK, so there are occasions where a from name and the name-based email address legitimately don't match, but it's an early clue this is junk mail - and surely the one thing computers are good at is pattern matching.
And, of course, the most important question: Why Gexnckner7b85ic?
Why indeed.
