A Spammer In The Works - 1: The Thought Process Of A Spammer

Author: Chi_The_Cynic

Date: June 20, 2003

by Chi_The_Cynic
6-20-03
It's a bummer how all the spamming companies these days are using ordinary subject lines in their mails
Yeah, nowadays unless a person recognises the email address which a mail has been sent from they just delete it
The only way we can get them to read our spam is for them to recognise the email address it's been sent from
Hmm, but that would require us to know the email addresses of their friends and contacts...
Hey! How about sending people spam that looks as if it's been sent FROM THEIR OWN USER ADDRESS!
That's a great idea! People'll be sure to read emails that look like they've been sent by themselves to themselves, right?