Spam + Fight Club?

Mar 10, 2004
Johan Svensson

Now this has to be the most amusing spam I’ve ever recieved. Everything in it sounded so familiar, until I realized that it’s all random lines from Fight Club!

I’m evil. My job was to apply the formula. The continuation of our species matters more than you can imagine. It is the single most important thing we can do. It was cold and sweet.

(I’m loving the way you walk with me so quietly, contentedly.) The same thing we do every night, he replied. He wanted to know more. There’s something I should tell you.

(I’m loving the way you walk with me so quietly, contentedly.) But this was a long road, and should I walk down it, I might never come back. And for ten minutes, he was a hero. You can’t go up to the unit. Nobody’s allowed up there.

What are we going to do tonight? I asked. (Things were looking worse.) Are you getting pieces of this? A house full of condiments and no food. What is the answer?

…and I have no idea what they really wanted with that spam. There’s no sale pitch in it.

2 Comments

2 Responses

  1. Rafael Pelayo says:
    March 11, 2004 at 20:37

    There may not be a sales pitch, but don’t forget, if the spammer does receive a mail bounce back, he knows your email accounts good.

    Reply
  2. Johan Svensson says:
    March 11, 2004 at 21:07

    Well, there’s really not much to do about that anyway. I could always automate a fake bounce, but that doesn’t really accomplish anything, and it would be counterproductive if it generated a bounce to a legitimate mail.

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