How Not to Sell Viagra (Part I)

Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - 13:07 in Mathematics & Economics

Over the past few weeks, more spam has been slipping through to my Gmail inbox. Consider: The oddly named Jule Cuc enthusiastically offers college Dip1omas [sic]: “At your own pace! No examination! No study! No classes!” Kieth l. Black is cautiously optimistic with his pitch: “Please your spouse more often than not,” while Marianne Daniels is mysteriously quaint: “Uplift your darling couch adventures”. Ironically, Bishop appears to be selling Viagra, though his email contains an esoteric reference to the diary of Samuel Pepys, in which he suggests that “meer sauce, or a pickle” are reasonable antidotes for souring Venison. A certain Elden Tyrimoh is miffed that I “again misplaced his number”. read more

Read the whole article on Scientific Blogging

More from Scientific Blogging

Related

Learn more about

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox!