Spam scam slam

Spammers keep finding new and mischievous ways to burrow through our electronic and emotional systems. Chief among the strategies employed in recent times was the Nigerian or the 419 spam scam. Faith based approaches seem to be gaining popularity (as opposed to good faith spam). A recent letter that landed up in our supposedly staid inbox seemed to have dodged the myriad filters setup to snare the dodgy bytes. The combination of bathos, folksy wisdom and religiosity convinced me that this was no ordinary random word generator type spam. This must have been devised by someone who spent quality time and effort in coming up the words. To think that a human being actually creates stuff like this to hoodwink is inconceivable to normal minds, but then these are the creations of the abnormal designed to prey on the normal. Late one night in a cathartic fit, I decided to take up creative license with the content using some commonly available image manipulation packages. The results…

Spam for artists

Alex Dragulescu spam art (more here)

The email spam remains alive and well. Watch out for the following spam directed towards artists...Trust them to get even more creative as we go on...

I got this mail this morning...

Hope this message finds you well ,I came across your web page while directed toarching for good artworks and I will like to buy some of these creative artworks directly from you which i think will be perfect for my walls

Buy Me Bring Me Take Me 2007-02-20 13:11:48 Oil on canvas 3 feet X 4 feet

The Veil: Some Parts Mea Culpa 2007-02-20 13:11:59 Oil on canvas 3 feet X 4 feet

I will be happy to have these selected artworks in our new home. What are their prices exclusive of shipping cost? We are travelling from our Alabama home to our new apartment in London, I will appreciate an earlier reply.

Thanks.
Best Regards

Eve