Well, it makes a change from Paris, Lindsay and Britney I suppose..
The latest spam message to catch my eye uses a different tack than offering videos of female celebrities, or breaking news stories from CNN.
Yes, it’s pharmaceutical spam – trying to get you to visit a website and endanger your health as well as your wallet. If you are eagle-eyed you may even spot that they have dappled the message with some random characters (in a rainbow of colours) in a vain attempt to avoid detection by anti-spam software.
But what was really striking to me was the subject line used: “International Rhino Foundation selling the perfeect stocking stuffer — rrhino poop”.
Who exactly are they trying to target here? Is someone interested in buying the droppings of a horny rhinoceros really also going to want to improve their performance between the bedsheets?
Interestingly, after a moment’s Googling it…
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