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Bizarre Spam

Thanks to Google Translate:

Mrs Sgt Candy Payne spam
Mrs Sgt Candy Payne spam

It’s not clear why a Sergeant in the US Army would translate her request for help into Simplified Chinese so I can better understand it, but that’s the world we live in.

This deposit would move my Quality-of-Life needle, but certainly not in a good direction:

Mrs Sgt Candy Payne spam - detail
Mrs Sgt Candy Payne spam – detail

Today I Learned: there are humanitarian doctors connected with the Red Army in Morocco.

The cost of sending this junk must be low enough to fuel the spam machine from a minuscule response rate.

A pox on their collective backside!

Comments

2 responses to “Bizarre Spam”

  1. RCPete Avatar
    RCPete

    I guess the Nigerian Princes were off that day. [grin]

  2. eriklscott Avatar
    eriklscott

    I’m working from memory here, but I think I remember one hit in ten million was considered good enough for The Lads From Lagos back in the day. I’m kind of surprised this is still running.