no.50 - Crap Spam

For the past 48 hours I have been receiving a new kind of spam - the ugliest I have seen yet. It's hit all my mailboxes without discrimination or notice of who it is meant for. It is a small message selling nothing. It says, simply this:

your life is crap

At first glance, it would seem that someone is sending me a terrible judgment about what I have come to. No punctuation, just a rotten little statement, stripped of any frills. It's negative, thoughtless and inconsiderate, nearly to the point of sociopathology.

This callous message is designed to upset and prey upon anyone who might answer. The spammer knows that if he sends enough of these messages out, eventually he is going to hit home with a few miserable souls.

The "your life is crap" message, it nothing more than a taunting scout, goading an answer — any answer. All the spammer wants from you is confirmation that your e-mail is real and active so he can get to the business of real spam about "male enhancement", cheap pharmaceuticals, and online casinos.

At worst it will alert the spammers to another batch of the internet gullible, leading a tiny few down the path of stolen credit card numbers and emptied bank accounts. At best, it will have made everyone's day just a little bit worse.

If you are listening (and your probably aren't) there is one thing you should know my hateful little spamming friend, and I hope the irony hits you in the head like a frying pan: your life is crap.