It seems that the recession is hitting really hard. At home the amount of junk mail I get through the post has doubled over the last few months. Items from the general junk mail suppliers is pretty constant but the amount from people I have had some dealings with has increased significantly.
In addition I have received a cold call every night for the last week. Most were the usual cold callers but again two were from companies I had dealt with in the past that I had not spoken to for a while and I’m not convinced I gave them my number in the first place. Data miners, Grrr.
Then, EMail. I get a ton, each character weighs a little, of spam mail on a daily basis. My spam filters get most of it but a few gets through. They are usually, make my willie bigger (a noble cause) or online casinos (tax but with a chance of money back), but a couple again from companies I have dealt with in the past.
They must feel so desperate that spamming people is now acceptable. I feel sorry for the people on the phone. Most are clearly foreign so they can’t think very good things about us for being so rude. I’m getting really abrupt with them now. The EMails go straight in the bin as does the junk mail.
Finally, the forum spammers. What exactly do these guys want? Earlier I just deleted 40 spam comments. They use false EMails and web addresses. Both apparently random characters, albeit in the correct format with text that seems to be random as well. Even if I was to let it through they could never sell anything from it so what exactly is it for?
Well first I thought it was just there to annoy me. Why else would it sell nothing or endorse nothing? Then I thought of a more sinister use. They may actually be encrypted messages from Muslim nutters with plans about assassinating Gordo. Mmmmm. I was tempted to let them all through, just as a test mind.
Although now I have deleted them I feel I must apologise to you all. Maybe they were hidden messages and I’ve just saved Gordo’s life. I feel really guilty. Our troubles could have been over but I made the wrong choice. I will go and give myself a thrashing for being weak.
Spam, more Spam and hidden messages
It seems that the recession is hitting really hard. At home the amount of junk mail I get through the post has doubled over the last few months. Items from the general junk mail suppliers is pretty constant but the amount from people I have had some dealings with has increased significantly.
In addition I have received a cold call every night for the last week. Most were the usual cold callers but again two were from companies I had dealt with in the past that I had not spoken to for a while and I’m not convinced I gave them my number in the first place. Data miners, Grrr.
Then, EMail. I get a ton, each character weighs a little, of spam mail on a daily basis. My spam filters get most of it but a few gets through. They are usually, make my willie bigger (a noble cause) or online casinos (tax but with a chance of money back), but a couple again from companies I have dealt with in the past.
They must feel so desperate that spamming people is now acceptable. I feel sorry for the people on the phone. Most are clearly foreign so they can’t think very good things about us for being so rude. I’m getting really abrupt with them now. The EMails go straight in the bin as does the junk mail.
Finally, the forum spammers. What exactly do these guys want? Earlier I just deleted 40 spam comments. They use false EMails and web addresses. Both apparently random characters, albeit in the correct format with text that seems to be random as well. Even if I was to let it through they could never sell anything from it so what exactly is it for?
Well first I thought it was just there to annoy me. Why else would it sell nothing or endorse nothing? Then I thought of a more sinister use. They may actually be encrypted messages from Muslim nutters with plans about assassinating Gordo. Mmmmm. I was tempted to let them all through, just as a test mind.
Although now I have deleted them I feel I must apologise to you all. Maybe they were hidden messages and I’ve just saved Gordo’s life. I feel really guilty. Our troubles could have been over but I made the wrong choice. I will go and give myself a thrashing for being weak.