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The Dissection of Spam Mail; A Critique

by tfg

We all have to deal with it at one point or another. Spam mail is one of the many nuisances of any messaging system. Most of the time, regardless of the fact I know that it's spam mail, I read whatever it has to say anyway. So this time it was no different and I read whatever this "Francheska" girl sent me. To my disdain this is what I read. -----------------------------------------------------...

We all have to deal with it at one point or another. Spam mail is one of the many nuisances of any messaging system.


Most of the time, regardless of the fact I know that it's spam mail, I read whatever it has to say anyway.



So this time it was no different and I read whatever this "Francheska" girl sent me.



To my disdain this is what I read.



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Hey sexy! time for a shake-up!

My mother would like to know you much better; she's looking for an awesome guy for dating pleasures. She's not into one-night stands and would like to only hook up with someone serious. She's smart, spiritual and outgoing � although fairly shy when it comes to online dating. My mom is easy-going, so pleasing her would be easy :-) She loves being around people, listening to live bands, drinking good coffee and trying new restaurants. Maybe you can suggest something more creative? Well, I've done my part, now it's up to you! I also hope you'll want to have some dating fun. BTW, don't reply directly to this message, I don't want to see things that will send me to therapy. Instead, please send your reply message to her e-mail address, hmarieworkman@yahoo.



Thank you
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Well first I should point out that this chick thinks I'm hot. Who wouldn't, but lets not go there.


Second, its pretty noteworthy that there isn't any clickable external links, and for that I must give it props.


Thirdly, lets not forget the purpose of the message. Its quite obvious that she already thinks i'm sexy. But of course she doesn't want anything to do with me. In fact she wants me to date her mom. This is an interesting move, even for a spam mail because I thought the entire point of spam mail was to get you to be interested.


How could I be interested in this spam chicks mom, if I don't even know what she looks like, I'm just supposed to take my chances with the email? What is this? Where is fake youtube video picture on her profile thats promising to be a naughty video?
I guess the spammers are really just letting me down lately.

 ( Sarcasm alert )