Spam text

[gothwalk]

This is the text of a spam I got a while back. No content, just this.

If football team for know ribbon beyond ballerina, then over submarine
returns home.When you see razor blade from bodice ripper, it means that of
mastadon reads a magazine.Romeo and I took apartment building about
abstraction (with toward deficit, bowling ball inside).
agee palestine depot watchmen bargain

I do wonder what these things do for the sender. I know they fascinate me.

Comments

[ezrael.livejournal.com]

Sender never even sees them. Computer generated in most cases.

[gothwalk.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but what's the intention? There's nothing for me to click on, buy, sell, give money away for. All they have is confirmation that the address is live, and surely they might as well send me the real thing instead of testing first?

[loupblanc.livejournal.com]

It might contain a 1px x 1px image beacon. You open your email, the beacon is activated on their server and your email is marked live, the random text is usually meant to go through spam filters.

Of course if you have images or even html disabled, this won't work for them.

[cosmicirony.livejournal.com]

I too have been intrigued by these poems from the computer's id. They aren't rational, yet strangely compelling.

And why send a message with no content, no link, nothing that provides value to the sender? Is it only for my amusement? And if so, how did they know how I'd take it?

[springinautumn.livejournal.com]

Maybe they show that a lot of non-english-speaking spamers neeeeed a new "Babblefish"-like translator??? :)

You OK on Fri. July 2? I had a dream about you last night and I always check in with the person, when that happens. :)

And Happy Full Moon!