Swollen Orders Show Spam’s Allure
Published on August 7, 2003
A security flaw that left an order log exposed at a website operated by spam marketers of penis-enlargement pills “has provided the world with a depressing answer to the question: Who in their right mind would buy something from a spammer?” Answer: Some 6,000 people. “Do the math and you begin to understand why spammers are willing to put up with the wrath of spam recipients, Internet service providers and federal regulators,” says Wired which contacted several of the customers to ask them why they responded to spam marketing and why they bought something from a website with no phone number, no mailing address and no email address. Read more…