Spam as an economic indicator
Instead of the usual horse porn and herbal viagra, the last week’s spam crop has been largely about money: insanely high-APR car finance, insanely high-APR credit cards, insanely high-APR personal loans and the like. Most of it for UK companies. Anybody else noticing the same thing, or am I just lucky?
6 Responses to “Spam as an economic indicator”
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mupwangle on May 27th, 2008
Just you then.
Mine are a bit more pill related than porn at the moment. No loans but the odd 419er.
tm on May 27th, 2008
yeah I’ve always recievded quite a few financial related ones (and bizzarely, one particularly persistent chap trying to sell me real estate in manhattan) and I haven’t noticed any particular change in the mix recently.
Squander Two on May 27th, 2008
I have. I’m getting loads of job offers at the moment. Obviously just a new way to try and get your bank details, but far more convincing than the usual deposed-millionaire-prince crap, I have to say. One email even offered to hire me as a mail model, but obviously that wasn’t spam.
Squander Two on May 27th, 2008
Male model, rather. Although the idea of posing while holding envelopes is kind of interesting.
Armin on May 27th, 2008
I’m just amazed how many people would like to invite me to a casino. And for some reason they’re all from Germany.
Lis on May 30th, 2008
Coincidentally, Spam (the tinned meat) has become an economic indicator for the U.S. as well. 2Q profits for Hormel/Spam have gone up by 14% and its been attributed to the recent spike in inflation – specifically cost of grocery/food (fuel surcharges et al).