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"VctoriiiaSecreeet" Spam? : )
Sep 22, 2021 10:06:47   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
"VctoriiiaSecreeet" Really?!

I don't understand how these spammers can keep writing such nonsense and expect people to fall for it. I wonder if anyone has done a study of how successful these spammers are. I see a good business model in refining spam emails.

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Sep 22, 2021 10:45:20   #
alberio Loc: Casa Grande AZ
 
I witness people every day that can't seem to use their brain. We had to tear the hotel down due to flood and put up a 20ft shipping container turned into a temporary office. It has 8 signs that says Office and a sign out in the driveway that says parking for registration, all of which are brightly lit up for night guests. Probably 1 out of 5 stop out in the parking area and asks "Where's the Office".

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Sep 22, 2021 10:56:21   #
KindaSpikey Loc: English living in San Diego
 
I read the title and fell for it! Lol

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Sep 22, 2021 10:58:27   #
halraiser
 
jerryc41 wrote:
"VctoriiiaSecreeet" Really?!

I don't understand how these spammers can keep writing such nonsense and expect people to fall for it. I wonder if anyone has done a study of how successful these spammers are. I see a good business model in refining spam emails.


Unfortunately, there are plenty of people who fall for those scams. Were it not so they would not stay in business. We can all help by spreading the word, especially to those like a few older people who are not computer savvy.

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Sep 22, 2021 13:56:02   #
RiJoRi Loc: Sandy Ridge, NC
 
Did they mis-spell "secrete"? 🙄🤣

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Sep 22, 2021 14:10:09   #
KindaSpikey Loc: English living in San Diego
 
I'M STILL WAITING FOR THE PICKTURS!

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Sep 23, 2021 05:27:04   #
brittainsas1 Loc: Laytonsville, Md.
 
jerryc41 wrote:
"VctoriiiaSecreeet" Really?!

I don't understand how these spammers can keep writing such nonsense and expect people to fall for it. I wonder if anyone has done a study of how successful these spammers are. I see a good business model in refining spam emails.


I'm sure they new how to spell Victoria's Secret........It was just a 'slip' ?

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Sep 23, 2021 05:39:30   #
ClarkJohnson Loc: Fort Myers, FL and Cohasset, MA
 
jerryc41 wrote:
"VctoriiiaSecreeet" Really?!

I don't understand how these spammers can keep writing such nonsense and expect people to fall for it. I wonder if anyone has done a study of how successful these spammers are. I see a good business model in refining spam emails.


That’s the point, Jerry. This is a screening mechanism. They don’t want to waste time with people who can think. They want to interact ONLY with the very few who respond despite all the errors and illogic. Those are the gullible high potential marks. The rest of us don’t count.

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Sep 23, 2021 12:02:07   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
alberio wrote:
I witness people every day that can't seem to use their brain. We had to tear the hotel down due to flood and put up a 20ft shipping container turned into a temporary office. It has 8 signs that says Office and a sign out in the driveway that says parking for registration, all of which are brightly lit up for night guests. Probably 1 out of 5 stop out in the parking area and asks "Where's the Office".


I went to a different lumber yard a few years ago, and I couldn't find a place to pay. There was one building that had "Pros Only" painted on the roof, so I wouldn't dare go in there. After walking around for a while, I went into the "Professional Building." "Where can I pay for this?" "You've come to the right place."

Sometimes, signs lie.

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Sep 23, 2021 12:02:38   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
ClarkJohnson wrote:
That’s the point, Jerry. This is a screening mechanism. They don’t want to waste time with people who can think. They want to interact ONLY with the very few who respond despite all the errors and illogic. Those are the gullible high potential marks. The rest of us don’t count.


That sounds about right.

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Sep 23, 2021 12:24:19   #
alberio Loc: Casa Grande AZ
 
jerryc41 wrote:
I went to a different lumber yard a few years ago, and I couldn't find a place to pay. There was one building that had "Pros Only" painted on the roof, so I wouldn't dare go in there. After walking around for a while, I went into the "Professional Building." "Where can I pay for this?" "You've come to the right place."

Sometimes, signs lie.


And brings to mind the song signs, signs everywhere there's signs...

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