What is the point of long rambling spam with gif attachments ?

[Glenn Steen]

On 14/02/07, BB <brent.bolin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Who in the world would actually purchase(Viagra etc...) from these places ?
>
> Harvesting valid email address ?
>
> Bug the heck out of people like us ?
>
> Malicious payload if not already ?
>
As you say, it is moronic at best... But you could well compare it to
Nigerian scams... The cost for sending is _very_ low/message. So to
make a buck, they don't need more than ppm-type "fallout"... If one in
a million do buy the coloured sugar pills, they will make a profit.
And it seems there are several "stages" involved, where the actual
botnet herder get paid for services, and so doesn't really depend upon
the outcome.
All in all, it just takes a few idiots to make it a profitable deal.

Cheers
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-- Glenn
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