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September 04, 2005

Yet Another Domain Mismatch

The Subject: line of this spam suspect is simply:

Subject: Product Information

Okay, it could be anything. But years (unfortunately) of experience led my intuition to believe it had something to do with medz.

The simple opening to the spam message (viewed only through the source code, mind you) was, indeed, a medzy pitch—the kind for some sort of male enhancement product:

Make HER happy and take a look at this.
Everything is privately shipped within 24 hours.

Seen this a gazillion times in one form or another.

And then comes the closing line to lure you to the Web site (URL partially obfuscated with "?" for your protection):

Further Information available at:
http://guitarlessons?????????.com

Oh, foolish me! For all these years, I was being told that the way to please a woman was with an enhanced something-or-other. Wrong! It's by learning how to play the guitar.

Posted on September 04, 2005 at 10:45 AM