[Ham-Computers] Spam

[jeff]

On Wed, 2006-05-24 at 16:15 -0700, Loren Moline WA7SKT wrote:
> You know I got e-mails from some outfits giving away free bibles. Even these 
> so called Christian outfits spelled the subject in many ways to avoid 
> filters. All they do is create bad opinions.

They don't care.

(I'm not disagreeing with you)


It costs virtually nothing to spam.  It costs a lot to do even bulk
snail mail.


> I truly believe these spammers can hack your e-mail accounts. I have sen 
> instances where the only way they could have gotten info was by directly 
> viewing peoples e-mail boxes.

Someone once told me "I'm not paranoid - I'm Acutely Aware".

I'm acutely aware too, but to the best of my knowledge, they don't hack.
They simply buy lists.  Your argument should also be with the list
sellers.  They vary from complete lowlifes to your credit card company
or mail order catalog(s).  Even charities do it.

The ACLU has a project right now about selling your info w/o your
permission.