Do women get "Tiny Johnson?" spam?

[pseudotriton ruber ruber]

I get a lot of spam asking me if I'm eager to increase the poundage of my male appendage, and I'm wondering if that's because I have a male username (to go with the appendage) or if everyone gets the same ratio of Viagra/mortgage/porn spam as I do. IOW, is this stuff targeted at particular demographics, or does everyone get hit equally randomly?

[Ice Wolf]

I vote for "random". None of my email addresses feature a recogniseable name-by-gender, yet I get tons of the willy enhancer ones (and I'm female). Worth a bit of a chuckle, tho'.

[Capt. Ridley's Shooting Party]

My mum gets spammed with it constantly.

[jjimm]

When you learn what's behind spam, you'll realise how naive your question sounds. Spamming is largely an entirely automated and unfocused process.

Targeting techniques include: "Dictionary attack" on a particular domain name. E.g. 1@straightdope.com, 2@straightdope.com, a1@straightdope.com, a11@straightdope.com, perspicacity@straightdope.com etc.
Buying lists of millions of email addresses that have been harvested "blind" from the Web, on a CD, and setting up a bot to send to all of them.
A virus that uses the address book of an infected computer to send seemingly from one of the addresses in the list to all the other addresses in the list (this one seems to be dying out since MS sorted its security out a bit better).Much of this stuff is done via "zombie" computers hijacked by trojans, sending from a self-contained SMTP server on the zombie computer, seemingly coming from addresses spoofed by the "dictionary" method, and/or via actual official, but unprotected, SMTP servers.

The thing about spam is that it's reliant on quantity, not quality of target: and that volume is in the millions. The only real intelligence behind the process is the methods by which spammers obfuscate the origin of the spam.

[twickster]

No -- and men with adequately sized equipment don't either. They know, pseud -- they know!

[pseudotriton ruber ruber]

Ouch--that's hitting below the belt!

[GingerOfTheNorth]

Constantly. I guess they have seen my nethers and decided that my penis too small.

The only thing is, my penis is not attached to me, but my husband.

[pseudotriton ruber ruber]

Constantly. I guess they have seen my nethers and decided that my penis too small.

The only thing is, my penis is not attached to me, but my husband.
Well, I hope he shares it with you sometimes.

[Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor]

I can't recall ever getting one. <shrug>

[Savannah]

Apparently my penis is completely inadequate and everyone knows it but me.

I've checked, and it's certainly inadequate, it's practically invisible.

Yet, the spam floods on.

Usual complaints about spammers, special place in hell, and so on.

[Gala Matrix Fire]

Spammers apparently think I'm insecure about pleasing a woman. And that I wish I had a much bigger penis. And that I'd want to see photos or video of underage Asian females interacting with various animals. I don't!!
When, oh when, am I going to start getting spam tailored to my interests? All the privacy-advocate wackos keep saying it's going to happen, but it sure hasn't happened yet.

[jjimm]

The one that I don't get is the thought that I'd wish to increase the volume and power of my spooge. Who on earth would care about that?

[SnakesCatLady]

It's random and no one ever looks at the addresses used. Otherwise I wouldn't be getting Viagra spam since my address is definitely female.

[Vinyl Turnip]

The one that I don't get is the thought that I'd wish to increase the volume and power of my spooge. Who on earth would care about that?

Well, every act of lovemaking must culminate in a vanilla-pudding geyser on your partner's face, else she (or he) will not be satisfied.

Or at least that's what I've learned from watching porn.

[SCSimmons]

I once received a piece of spam e-mail with the delightfully ambiguous title, "Attract Men With Larger Breasts!" As a straight male, I'm not interested in attracting men. And even if I were, I probably wouldn't be looking to attract the ones with large breasts. :p

[hawksgirl]

I once received a piece of spam e-mail with the delightfully ambiguous title, "Attract Men With Larger Breasts!" As a straight male, I'm not interested in attracting men. And even if I were, I probably wouldn't be looking to attract the ones with large breasts. :p
I have always gotten tons of those, which amused my mom back in high school, as larger breasts are the LAST thing I need.



The first poster to ask for a cite gets his foot shoved down his throat.

[jabiru]

I have a couple of different email addresses, for different purposes. Two of them contain my real (female) given name and I get offers for an increased penis size as well as a boob job.

[astro]

My spam asks if I want bigger breasts (http://www.breastpillreviews.net/) and a tighter vagina. (http://www.lpill.com/)

[outlierrn]

I have a couple of different email addresses, for different purposes. Two of them contain my real (female) given name and I get offers for an increased penis size as well as a boob job.


well, it's not like there isn't a niche for that :D

[Dr. Rieux]

"Hold me closer, Tiny Johnson / Count the headlights on the hotties..."

[pseudotriton ruber ruber]

"Tiny Johnson"

User name!

Actually, if I'm "Tiny Johnson" I'd have to hold you pretty damned close to anything at all accomplished, wouldn't I?

[KlondikeGeoff]

My spam asks if I want bigger breasts (http://www.breastpillreviews.net/) and a tighter vagina. (http://www.lpill.com/)

So, what was your answer?

[astro]

So, what was your answer?

I hold no prejudices against large breasted women with tight vaginas. Some of my best friends are large breasted women with tight vaginas. In fact, I hold no prejudices at all against vaginas tight or otherwise. It's true that not all vaginas are born with the same advantages and opportunities, but in this great country even a vagina of humble origins, with a little luck, and a lot of pluck, can rise to greatness!

[Khampelf]

I once received a piece of spam e-mail with the delightfully ambiguous title, "Attract Men With Larger Breasts!" As a straight male, I'm not interested in attracting men. And even if I were, I probably wouldn't be looking to attract the ones with large breasts. :p

No, you misunderstand. If you had larger breasts, you'd attract more men.

But, as you say, you're not interested. :)

I get very little Penis spam, but lots of Rolex, Hoodia, and RXonline offers. I can't remember a single offer to tighten my vagina, or enlarge my breasts. My email addy is rather androgynous, being my first initial and last name.

[seenidog]

I got a lot less spam about penis enlargement after I cut off my wife's email access. Of course she has said turn it back on or risk something else being cut off....

[Nancarrow]

I got a lot less spam about penis enlargement after I cut off my wife's

Don't mind me, just messing with the quote function...

[outlierrn]

I got a lot less spam about penis enlargement after I cut off my wife's email access. Of course she has said turn it back on or risk something else being cut off....


are you sure it was spam :dubious:

[SCSimmons]

No, you misunderstand. If you had larger breasts, you'd attract more men.

I dunno. My breasts are pretty f***ing enormous (for a male), and it doesn't seem to get me much positive attention from prospective mates of either gender. :(

[elfkin477]

10-02-2002 A day in the life of my Junk Mail filter... (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=137592)
Increase your penis length by 3 inches!
What the hell good would a 3 inch long penis be to me? Why don't they at least try to avoid sending this crap to feminine names? I know they can get my first name, enough of it comes with my name in the subject line. I suppose I could keep it in a jar, and bring it with me when I'm hiking or something, so I could pee in the woods.

Get Viagra without a prescription!
Do I need this if I go hiking?
As you can tell from that the answer is yes. Chicks get e-mail about their hypothetical pricks.

[groman]

The first poster to ask for a cite gets his foot shoved down his throat.

I really don't think that's much of a deterrent. I have bodyguards! So, cite? ;)

[Malacandra]

I really don't think that's much of a deterrent. I have bodyguards! So, cite? ;)

And since I'm no longer the first poster to ask for a cite... cite?

[Nava]

Sure we do. I also get spam in cirilic languages, which I can't read at all.