Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 11:18:50 -0500 From: Louis LeBlanc <leblanc+freebsd@keyslapper.org> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: this spam Message-ID: <20011127161849.GF36710@keyslapper.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0111270850360.52911-100000@heorot.1nova.com> References: <20011126100247.A938@foo31-249.visit.se> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0111270850360.52911-100000@heorot.1nova.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 11/27/01 09:02 AM, Rick Hamell sat at the `puter and typed: > > > A few short (OT) questions: Why do spammers spam? I mean, people do not > > buy "products" from the guy who sent them spam, do they? (please tell me > > they don't...) So, how do spammers make enough money to be able to keep > > on spamming? > > Your thoughts on this would be much appreciated. > > Having dealt with a customer who wanted to go this route... here > is what I found out: > > Buying a mailing list of email address is roughly $20.00 per > million "verified" addresses. > > One of the programs (Windows based,) to send out bulk email is > about $40.00 > > Out of a million addresses they say you get about .5% sales, which > is 5000 (assuming I did my math right! :) > > If you're selling your product at $10 a hit... you can make a > profit pretty quickly with minimal effort on your part. Which to me is the > real attraction... American's believe in minimal effort to get rich. > Yes. Unfortunate, but true. > > (BTW... I was able to convince that customer NOT to go this > route... by subscribing them to a couple of large mailing lists.. :) Bravo! Good for you! L -- Louis LeBlanc leblanc@keyslapper.org Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ To be or not to be. -- Shakespeare To do is to be. -- Nietzsche To be is to do. -- Sartre Do be do be do. -- Sinatra [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8A7zpeAPWYrNkRWIRAvSAAJ9H4m2qClUqySYmWmJV7mqju+RQkgCff9mf jKGmo3HBcbysLLRQP/xqqs8= =Prry -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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