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Spammers do it for the money

Filed in archive Spam News on December 8, 2006

Spammers do it for the money
Chris Hogben made me think, ore better yet rethink why I hate spammers so much. In his article Can SPAM really secure your future? he talks about a spammer he met, and the reasons why someone should take up such a devious profession.

As it turned out, Mr. X (the spammer), does it for money, what else? He said he warns about $1500 a month, with spam-bots doing all of his job while he sleeps, eats, goes out and otherwise enjoys his 'hard earned' money. Worse yet, and totally incomprehensible to us normal people, Mr. X does not see anything bad about his job:
"X doesn't see what he does as a problem. He considers it a way of life, a way to earn a living. I asked him what he felt about the people he was sending to.
"So what? You have a couple e-mails you gotta delete. That helps somebody pay Rent."
Asked if he too received spam, he admitted he did. I asked him how he felt about that.
"I just delete it. It's usually about 10 e-mails a day. It's like traffic, no use in getting angry over it. It won't change anything."
As I see it, we all have a choice in our lives. My choice is to do my honest job and fight whenever I can against the menaces that plague our society. I think each of us can make a difference, what do you think?

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