February 28, 2007

Spam supplement

I've had plenty of weird spam in my e-mail, but I just found two of these. (All typos in original)

Hey, I hate to be the one but when people
continueto talk about your weight issue,
we'll it just disgustsme. Whether you know
it by now, people are always chattering
about one another at work but you come up
morethan enough. I wasn't the happiest or
best fit up until a year ago or so but that
changed. Thanks to my dam brother-in-law.
Anyhow, it was for the best. What I am
saying is you need to do something and I
was saved a year ago and maybe I can make
the same difference. Try this stuff out,
I took it on the idea it's just more junk
but it worked great. I see more positive
reviews on it nowadays and makes me feel
even better. So, I am encouraging a change,
not only in the chatter around here but in
you personally.


-Anonymous for now
(using an anonymous email website to send this btw)
When it helps/works just send a memo with the name "Angel"
in it. Then you can take me out to lunch to thank you.

That's followed by an incomplete link to a website.

I guess the assumption is that there are so many overweight people in this country that the odds of this reaching someone who might have coworkers gossiping about his/her weight are pretty good. It's pretty cold, don't you think?

Posted by Linkmeister at February 28, 2007 12:01 AM | TrackBack
Comments

And is there an assumption that overweight people can't spell?

Posted by: Serge at February 28, 2007 10:23 AM

I also like the "you can take me out to lunch to thank you." Um, shouldn't I be thanking the author, rather than accepting thanks?

That's if I don't belt him/her in the chops instead.

Posted by: Linkmeister at February 28, 2007 10:40 AM

On the other hand, that spammer's overall grasp of grammar is better than that of our Fearless Leader. I know, that's not saying much.

Posted by: Serge at February 28, 2007 11:49 AM

You mean you OPEN spam??

Posted by: hedera at March 2, 2007 08:19 PM

I'm getting spam in my FAX from that guy in Nigeria!!!!
Any idea how I can stop FAX Spam? It's wasting my paper and ink. Hate it. I have already contacted the do not call list.....

Posted by: toxiclabrat at March 3, 2007 05:18 PM