Big spam slam
Sophisticated computer users aren't likely to buy bogus goods hawked to them via email. Surprisingly enough, however, a teeny tiny percentage of the millions of spam email recipient do make those purchases. And when those numbers are tallied you get numbers (in dollars) that make it worth the sellers' while.
According to this piece "World's biggest spam operator shut down" which I read yesterday at usatoday.com, the world's largest spam operator has been muzzled at last. I was surprised to learn that the two major players ran a huge world wide operation that recruited spammers to do their emailing dirty-work. That they were paid by commission only gave them more incentive to ramp up their mailings. The "spam gang" botnets were behind billions of spam messages - mostly peddling bogus pharmaceuticals (you know, diet pills, the infamous little "blue" pill for ED, etc.).   Â
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