# Who the \*FUCK\* actually gets a mortgage from a SPAM email?

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 29, 2004, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-fuck-actually-gets-a-mortgage-from-a-spam-email/277060 "2004-11-29T00:38:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-fuck-actually-gets-a-mortgage-from-a-spam-email/277060/21 "2004-11-29T15:24:54Z")

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> [@Revtim](#):
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> I know it’s nearly free to send these messages, but they wouldn’t waste their time unless there was loser or two who bit the hook.

Spam does not require anybody to actually take the bait. It requires one sucker (the guy who commissions the spam run) to **think** that enough suckers will actually take the bait. If he loses his money (as he richly deserves) and even suffers bad consequences (ditto), the spammer (who deserves to be boiled in oil) still has the money.

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