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    « A Spammer by any other name... »

    I’ve got mail from:

    • Millicent Pineda
    • Thurman Larsen
    • Ava Russo
    • Shuracov
    • Cherokee Shelby
    • Archie Brittingham
    • Johnny Pierson
    • Leonel Villegas

    … just to name a few.  All spammers, the crumby lot of them.  But I wonder, were they ever real people? Are they still?  Do they know they are being exploited by spammers?

    :-)

    … did you ever wonder where the spammer names come from?

    I just googled one - good old Johnny Pierson lives in Irvin, Texas.




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    Reader Comments (2)

    My favourite are the spam names that are so elaborate as to never be an actual person.

    Like Magnificent V. Hopscotch.

    I like to write stories about these folks.
    June 13, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterJorge
    Spam is a sign of a successful blog.
    June 13, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterAdrian

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