I don't understand a lot of e-mail spam

[turkeysandwich]

I mean I get what they are trying to do, and I will sometimes get some kind of phishing thing that looks legit (of course I know better than to fall for them), but for the most part the spam I get is titled something like:
geT FREE ERECTioN piLlz $!*&#( FreE FREe ! FreE!

I mean who is gonna see something titled like that and think "seems legit, I've got boner problems, I think I'll click their link"?

Is there something I'm missing about why people waste time sending those out?

[mcmahonfan85]

i don't understand the ones that were apparently sent to me from me. sure doesn't seem to be anything fishy there

[A Platypus Rave]

I got a scam spam the other day that apologized for all of the scams coming out of nigeria... and somehow I get money because of it... if I contacted them

I'm sure that would have worked out well...

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

May 17, 2014 15:18:41 GMT -5 turkeysandwich said:

I mean I get what they are trying to do, and I will sometimes get some kind of phishing thing that looks legit (of course I know better than to fall for them), but for the most part the spam I get is titled something like:
geT FREE ERECTioN piLlz $!*&#( FreE FREe ! FreE!

I mean who is gonna see something titled like that and think "seems legit, I've got boner problems, I think I'll click their link"?

Is there something I'm missing about why people waste time sending those out?

This is the terrifying thing about humanity. It would not be financially viable to send these emails out if a proportion of them didn't work. That is FRIGHTENING.

[Blindkarevik]

May 17, 2014 15:28:54 GMT -5 A Platypus Rave said:

I got a scam spam the other day that apologized for all of the scams coming out of nigeria... and somehow I get money because of it... if I contacted them

I'm sure that would have worked out well...

Wow.... even in life... non-kayfabe is the new kayfabe!