Dried-squid spam
No, that's not a typo. Over at her excellent Majikthese blog, Lindsay Beyerstein posted a piece of cephalopod spam she recently received:
Subject: Dried Squid Shred
Date: August 30, 2005 10:04:59 PM EDT
To: [Majikthise]
Dear Sirs,
We know your esteemed company from the web side. We would like to introduce us as one of the major exporters of seafood and Dried Fruits in China.and we have been in this business for over 8 years. We are very glad to take this opportunity to establish business with you. At present,we can supply you:
1> Dried Squid Shred,Yellow Stripe Trevally,Dried Anchovy,Dried Squid Ring, Horse Mackerel, Dried Octopus Piece
2> Dried Pear Halves;Apple Rings Dried red Small Chillis
We shall be very glad to give you our lowest quotations upon receipt of your detailed requirements.
Posted by Clive Thompson at September 03, 2005 05:54 PM
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I got some squid spam recently...http://chittahchattah.blogspot.com/2005/07/squid-spam.html
Posted by: Steve Portigal at September 5, 2005 12:38 AM
Hmm - I wonder if I can use HTML for a better comment. Here's the link
Posted by: Steve Portigal at September 5, 2005 12:39 AM
Steve! I got that spam too -- I just forgot all about it until you mentioned it now.
I wonder if anyone has sent money in to that dude?
Posted by: Clive at September 5, 2005 12:46 PM
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I got some squid spam recently...http://chittahchattah.blogspot.com/2005/07/squid-spam.html
Posted by: Steve Portigal
at September 5, 2005 12:38 AM
Hmm - I wonder if I can use HTML for a better comment. Here's the link
Posted by: Steve Portigal
at September 5, 2005 12:39 AM
Steve! I got that spam too -- I just forgot all about it until you mentioned it now.
I wonder if anyone has sent money in to that dude?
Posted by: Clive
at September 5, 2005 12:46 PM