Spam, Spam and Ever Continuing Spam: How Gullible Do They Think We Are?

Has your email account gone to the birds? Back in the 1990's, I had opened up my first hotmail account. At that time, I had used my hotmail address for anything I needed to fill out, or to leave an email address for, you name it. Since then, bots have been taking over that email, and putting that hotmail address on some list, that every Tom, Dick and Harry uses to this day. Could you imagine if I was as gullible as they might think I am? I'd be in heaven! These are only around the first 15 messages I browsed through, there are still 278 more offers waiting for me to pounce on! (As you can see, I don't check this email often, and below you will understand why!)

Out of those 15 emails I briefly peeked at, I get:

A FREE 2007 Laptop

A $500 gift card for Bed, Bath and Beyond

A $500 gift card for Victoria's Secret

A $750 free gift card for American Eagle Outfitters

12 cases of Pepsi or Diet Pepsi for FREE

I can earn up to $10,000 per month working from home for a fortune 500 company

I can get 6 free bottles of wine for FREE if I buy 6 bottles of 4Seasons wine

An all expense paid trip to see Dr. Phil in Hollywood

An all expenses paid trip to Chicago, for me and a friend, to see the Oprah Show

An all expenses paid trip for me to see the Ellen Show

I can seek a career based on my values, working at home, and make $5000-$10000 per month

I Received 2 free airline tickets to fly anywhere in the US

A free Sony Plasma TV

A beautiful ocean view home in Costa Rica for $60,000!

Oh, and I don't want to miss out on all the free *enhancement* drugs or let's not forget about those guys in Nigeria! Poor souls who are sitting on all this cash, and need my help to get it out of their country! Just think of all the money I'll save on Printer Ink, prescriptions, business cards, health insurance, stocks, samples and remodeling! The possibilities are endless!

I think everyone has one of these "catch all" email addresses, if not, I think everyone should. Open up an email account somewhere free, and when you need to fill in forms online, or download software, register software, join a forum etc., use this email address and keep your primary email address sacred!

Back to my thinking though, does ANYONE even bother clicking thru any of these? I would hope the senders know better than to think anyone is! But then again, maybe not, since these same messages will be in my inbox again tomorrow.