Subliminal spam
Filed in archive Spam News on September 11, 2006
I am not sure if you remember this, but in the last 20 years of the 20th century there was a lot of talk about subliminal messages in TV commercials being used to program people's minds, to buy some Ham (pun intended) or a new type of dishwasher liquid. There were also some speculations about army and secret services (Nikita, MI5, NSA, James Bond, KGB - you name the rest), using subliminal messages to program individuals to do horrible things.
Well, although subliminal messaging was never proven very successful, the new breed of spammers resorted to using this old trick. Panda Antivurus company has recently caught one spam e-mail containing the subliminal message:
Subliminal advertising techniques have been used for a long time and are based on composing images that users perceive, even though they are not aware of it. In the case of this email message, the word Buy appears on screen for a maximum of 40 milliseconds, and in some cases, for only 10 milliseconds. By doing this, although the recipient is not consciously aware of the Buy message, the subconscious levels of perception receive it and store it, influencing the recipient.
Watch out for these new spams, and remember that subliminal messaging is illegal almost everywhere in the world. So, if you live in a country where spam is not yet banned by legislation, you can hopefully have your spammer visit a prison or pay a high fine for using subliminal messages.

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Response from:
Reden
(09/12/06 6:38am)
Hi Ivy! Now they are getting into our subconscious. Isnt this too much just for spam??? I mean, come on, there surely are bad products but to go beyond this awareness level?
Response from:
Ivy
(09/12/06 11:48am)
All is fair in love and war, someone said. It looks like spammers are resorting to even dirtier tricks every day.
Response from:
kyle
(09/18/07 3:02am)
Great blog. I really liked it. I have also created a lens in same niche. This is my first time, hope u guys like it. Here’s a brief intro: Since the 1970s, the U.S Government had banned the use of subliminal messages on TV and radio due to the worry of manipulation of the human race. It has been proven in a particular case study that subliminal messages had increased sales of popcorn by almost 60% when used in the cinema. This however has not stopped further research into subliminal messaging and subliminal cds. It is a well known fact that the human brain is an extremely powerful tool, able to multi-task many activities and to perform tasks with the ease and skill of a machine if it has been properly trained. http://www.squidoo.com/subliminal-cds/
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