Wii Control All That You See And Spam

So I got an e-mail the other day, claiming I could win a Nintendo Wii if I answered a few questions – no purchase necessary. I decided to do an experiment. I created a new e-mail account on my server and signed up under a different name for this survey, answered the questions, and was told I could expect notification soon “if I won”.

I then walked away and left that e-mail account for exactly five business days.

I checked the account today. Lo and behold, no frii Wii. But there were about 1600 new messages, all of them spam, some of them get-rich-quick and MLM schemes, and even a small but obvious amount of porn spam.

For anyone even thinking about clicking on one of those tempting offers, just let this be something for you to think on before clicking “Yes! I would like my complimentary walrus polishing kit!”

Now, just for fun, I’m going to go lower the limit on that e-mail account to something like 40 K, and set an autoresponder up. 😆 In the meantime, I hope this has opened someone’s eyes.