Spam dunk with the Red Cross??
November 4, 2009
I try not to write about spam, partly because Kev does it so well – but obviously sick of offering me cuts of obscene fortunes if I simply email them my red hot Alcopoppin’ deets, I’ve had this glorious new piece of junkmail today – inexplicably inviting me to a Red Cross conference on the Global Economy and Human Welfare…. It’s OK though, because they found me on “The Google website.”
Brilliant.
I wonder what they searched to pick Alcopop as prime entrants for this one. ‘Essential Reggae’, ‘race horse alcopop videos’ and ‘tom selleck mustache‘ (sic) have generated their own hits today – so who can deny the fact that I’ll be kicking it with “prominent speakers of the humanitarian industry”.
Fear not the down-trodden and victimized masses of the World – Alcopop is here to help! Ole…
In all seriousness though, it’s all sorts of unimpressive that spammers have taken to piggy-backing the name of one of the world’s genuinely worth organizations in order to try to thieve a little bit more money from the ignorant pocket. Weak…
Go get ‘em G. Amwel Jones!
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G. Amwel Jones | November 4, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Erm….where do I come into all this?
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Katrina Crew | November 4, 2009 at 5:52 pm
Sorry the spammers are impersonating us! At the British Red Cross we have an email address people can use to find out if something’s genuinely from us – fraud@redcross.org.uk.