I have no idea why there’s been an increase in the number of mailings, but, yeah, I’ve been getting it a lot lately, too.
When it first came out, I felt very left out, since I didn’t get it at all. I heard about it, and I read about it on Snopes, but never once got it.
The first time I ever got it was about six or seven months ago. I got it two or three times since then, and just in the last month, I think I’ve gotten it about 10 times. Making up for lost time, I guess.
I get several every day. I suspect the source of their mailing lists would be a factor. Assume the Nigerians get addrs from web page scraping only; then if your email was on many web pages, you would get mailed frequently. If not, then not much. I can’t envision them paying for lists, but I could be wrong.
Why do they keep on doing it? Because it is immensely profitable!
In case you are tempted to reply to one of those sexy missives, just remember that the templates are probably cranked out by the dozens by some dirty, hairy dude sitting in his underwear, smoking an old stogie, reading a Jugs for Jesus magazine for inspiration and playing with himself. :eek:
Of course, if that’s what turns you on, go for it. I hope you’ll be very happy.
My work email has a huge firewall/spam filter (whatever you call it.) In three years I got maybe 5 spam emails. Last week I finally got the Nigerian scam. I was so happy I finally felt like I belonged to the club. I’ve been hearing about it for ages but never actually saw one.
I’ve been getting a few… including another one in Esperanto. What I am deluged in is stuff in Russian. I wonder whether I can set my mail filters to toss anything in the Russian character set (KO8-I?) unless it’s also written in English?
hhmm… no I haven’t… but I just read that these Nigerian Scams are usually aimed at americans who they view as being more gullible and having too much cash…
I do receive loads of silly Cialis and Viagra at very low prices… so low that anyone answering them should get a brain lobotomy. Viagra at a few cents ? Come on… at least the Nigerian scam tries to rope you in bit by bit.
Hmm, that part makes me wonder. I’ve never recieved a Nigerian scam email, but I do get loads of penis growth emails. Does this mean that word is out among the spammers that I’m gullible with too much cash, AND I have a small penis? The implications here could be damaging.
I have been getting them a few times a week lately, and not just Nigeria but other places are getting in on it too. I am getting variations of it, including from the Netherlands and I think South America. The story is always a little different but the idea is the same.
No. I figure the next ones will be about the plane crash. Even a real catastrophy won’t get a sympathy response anymore. Too much of the boy that cried wolf feeling going around.
This is why I found it hysterical that my boss got sent one while on vacation (She had asked me to sift through her email box while she was gone). She’s a financial planner. Who in gods name thought a financial planner of all people would fall for that? It was so badly written it was entertaining to read. It’s hard to believe anyone could write that horrifically without trying to sound that bad.
I was pretty stoked to finally see it though, I’d heard about it a lot the past couple of years but never saw it. I too, felt like part of the club. Even though it wasn’t sent to me. So I of course forwarded it to select friends and family, you know, so they could feel like part of the club too.
