[SpamCop-List] Re: The 2004 Worst Spammer List

[Miss Betsy]

"David 1" <David1 at suescornerweb.com> wrote in message
news:cqm8k8$sq9$1 at news.spamcop.net...
> Doug Thegarden wrote:
> > RandallW wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Here's a very basic question, which I am sure people wonder
about, and
> >> there's been lots of debate...but i'll ask it anyway.
> >>
> >> Why is this problem continuing?  Don't the ISP's contact the
owners of
> >> the
> >> infected machines?  If they are trying, why aren't people
smart enough to
> >> know how to clean their machines?

I don't know the answer, but my guess is that ISPs don't want to
inconvenience customers and so will tell them, but won't cut off
their service if they do nothing.

> > What's even more curious is that there is still a line of sheep
out
> > there lining up to be shorn by the spammers.  You would have
thought
> > everyone out there with an inclination to buy off spammers
would have
> > been burnt by now and learnt the lesson - but it seems not
which is why
> > the spammers still find spamming financially worthwhile.
> >
> > Doug
>
> Well, I still catch myself looking & sometimes looking even hard
at a
> deal & then have to remind myself that if it's spam I can't  buy
cause
> then I'm part of the problem, but sometimes when it's a company
that's
> small that just don't know any better WELL, I still don't but
it's
> tempting, they usually get a personal note on what I wanted to
buy but
> didn't because of how the info. Got to me with a link to a
business
> group that I belong to that helps folks who want to advertise on
the web
> which is how I found SC.
>

I didn't know that there were any legitimate businesses that used
unsolicited email to advertise!!  I would not at all be tempted
because they must be very ignorant of how to run a business if they
don't know about online spamming and the damage it does to the
internet and that might extend to other aspects of the business.
However, I agree that a short note explaining why is a good idea.

Some people are suckers for a 'good deal' - there is one guy in our
office who always looks longingly at the 'vacation' faxes we get
even though he knows they are scams.

Though I think more of the money is made in selling lists and
spamware than in sales.

Miss Betsy
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