The FBI Director's Name is Kelvin?

Oh, the FBI is now approving the Nigerian 419 scam and they want to share the money with me? Great! Thanks Kelvin.

What About Chad?

This guy is sure good at name dropping African countries. Maybe the strategy is to get at least one African name recognized by the average Western email recipient:
Who wants gold dust anyways?

Bewildering Spam

How's this for an all-time low (or high, depending how you look at it) for confusing, dumb and boring spam?


That's it -- just a single dash with a hyperlink. I guess it is kind of alluring -- if you get allured by these sort of things.

And Makes Your Gas Smell Like Roses...

My old friend Octopus sent me an amazing email...This amazing product H,G,H (something totally different than HGH - Human Growth Hormone, of course) can do it all. And it even makes your "Mind! look and feel 5-10-15 years younger". Wow, what does a young mind look like? And does Octopus know that 5 - 10 - 15 = -20?

Make Up Your Mind!

What's up with this stock pick? Can't they make up their mind? I mean, in my book, an aggressive buy is a whole lot different than a hold (or aggressive hold, as the case may be):

And what's a "Brocker" anyways and why should I call her instead of my broker?

Disturbing Spam

(Contributed by Lisa)

OK, so I understand the need to catch the spamie's eye when spamming them, but this is targeting the WRONG audience. Check out this Subject line:

What? "[M]y wife's crudely severed appendages?" No thanks, I'm not buying any.

Shame on Them!

Now it seems that the spammers are using the US Army to get you to believe their schemes!

Now That's a Slogan!

Its one thing to spam, but its a whole other thing to spam with creative marketing and catching slogans...
Just say it out loud, "36 Hours, Erection Power!!" Now that's a slogan!

Slow and Steady Wins the Race

"Hey Dude!" After that salutation, I was sold. I was just about to place a large order until I saw the last line... "Good speed"
Stop! That's the last thing I want from penis pills -- good speed. Slow and Steady, Wins the Race.

Pretty Spam

I have no idea what they are saying, but it looks pretty. Maybe that's the point?

Stay on Message

Staying focused is good, but sometimes the focus can be too narrow. Here's a good example: Big phone number (even an old school ICQ), but no idea what the spam is about?

Nice! And where in the World does that phone number reach? Its either Peoria, IL or Moscow.

Back to the Future, Part II

(Contributed by Lisa)

Another amazing feat. This spam was sent from the future! Looks like they have a new product called Viagra Professional in the future. Looking forward to that!

This Imposter Misses the Point

We're sending you this helpful notice, please respond by Monday -- Oops, its already Thursday, our bad!

Untrustworthy Spam

(Contributed by Lisa)

Those two words, "Untrustworthy Spam", seem redundant, but this example helps further substantiate that belief:

Just the two groups of people I need to see agreeing on your product: Superstars and Scientists! Also, where is the link to click?

Misuse of Links

(Contributed by Lisa)

Here's a great example of the misuse of links:

I mean, what is that is URL spelled out in binary (or Hexadecimal) notation? Can't you guys afford a website?

Spamming for Love

Looks innocent enough. Just a lonely Russian woman searching for Mr. Right. But think about it -- this is spam! How many husbands is she trying to get?

Pre-Internet Style

(Contributed by Lisa)

What was spam before the Internet? Here's one classic example (OK, ignore the fact that this spam was sent over the Internet...). Nothing to click, just give us a call. Operators are standing by.

Dumb Spam

(Contributed by Lisa)

Some spam fits in the category of "dumb spam" due to obvious reasons. Here's one example:

You go through all that trouble to write a long spam email and omit the URL.... Great.

Helping You to Help Me

(Contributed by Selena)

Here's a helpful piece of spam. It somehow knew that it's graphics would be blocked, so it includes a helpful note -- click "not spam".
But its spam, right?

A New Twist

Don't click, instead take more time out of your precious life to type in my URL....
That's a new twist. I suppose to add legitimacy.

Disappearing Act

Abracadabra, I make my information disappear!

Wayback Machine

I knew spammers were getting innovative with their emails with image spam and all, but this new technology (shown below) is incredible:

October 20, 1980 -- too bad they're not trying to sell you Wal-Mart stock instead!

Participatory Spam Revisited

This is taking the confusion of Participatory Spam to a whole new level. Not only do you want me to participate in your debauchery, but you try to confuse me along the way...

Are you trying to sell me Viagra or what? I remove the "%" and my "link" starts to work? Great!

Welcome

This blog is dedicated to all the spam we get every day of our lives. Usually normal people like us just delete it, but I've recently noticed, that if you pay attention to it, you can really get a good laugh.


Here's the spam that inspired this site:

I mean, what is this? Participatory spam? The issue I see here is that people who are dumb enough to want to follow the link probably aren't smart enough to copy and paste the link and delete the symbol before continuing.... right?