I am not sure how it ever got picked up, but the number of spam emails has grown, considerably. From just one every few days, it now gets 5-6 on an average day, sometimes more, and all this from an account which has never been used to sign up for anything with anybody. Some of these are downright bizarre, so strange in fact, I had to share them (with my commentary):
- Asian Singles: Find a new fun loving friend - Asians for Asians (I guess I must pass)
- Nursing Assistant Courses Online (yeah - they don't know me and my blood issues)
- Walden University: Become a bigger inspiration (is bigger the correct word to use here? I would think a university could come up with a better adjective)
- Adoption by Mediadax: (Strange, but even stranger was this was the same company that had the Asian Singles ad. Cute kid in the ad, though.)
- Certified ELM (not sure what this is but it is pushing Nursing courses. Again the blood issue.)
- Nursing Care Careers (all these nursing spams may have something to do with the nurses strike here in Minnesota. Maybe they were just spamming everyone in the state - good plan if that was the case, but still, no thanks).
- Certified ELM (nope, again. very persistent folks).
- Cowboy Boots (ha ha ha ha - yeah, no).
- Sunrooms ELM (what ELM stands for is becoming a greater and greater mystery to me)
- Cable by Mediadax (the Mediadax folks are becoming the bane of my existence).
- Giant Eagle (this one seemed customized to me - I think someone put in my email address by mistake. This could be an unexpected downside of having a good email account)
- Loan Manager: need a cash advance of up to 1500 USD? (has anyone every fallen prey to one of these spams?)
- Consolidate: one payment will pay off debt faster (not surprising this one came right after the loan one)
- North Hunting Club: Be a product tester (so many other people in Minnesota who would have benefited from this email besides me).
- Bras: Sexy and supportive (50-50 chance they could have scored with this one).
- Medical: Medical coders are as important as doctors (now that Obamacare passed, this may be true)
- Happywife121: Nearly a billion Extenze have been sold. What are you waiting for? (I can't believe it took this long for one of these spams to hit my account)
- Vimax Trial: Increase our sexual stamina with Vimax (and the floodgates are now open...)
- Interior Designers make good money (okay - not a lie and it is refreshingly direct compared to the others)
- DSL: Will give you the speed you need (DSL? Really? The only thing worse than spam is really old, outdated spam. Next up - spam from the Pager King!)
- GED Information: (nothing really too funny about this one, except that the from address was "HIGH")
- Baby Contest: Wanted - voters for baby photo contest (oh my. Really - you are going on the internet to select random people to judge photos of babies? One of the lower circles of hell must be reserved for people who send out spam like this.)
- GED Information (again from HIGH. Insert your own Cheech and Chong joke here)
- Nursing assistant (again - I think there was a one day walkout strike when this one came out)
- X-ray technician (ditto)
- Private Jets - take a seat and sneak a peek at Private Jets (this is like obnoxious spam - take a look at how cool the private jets are, but you are not welcome on them!)
- New Walk-in Tubs (WTF? Walk in tub? How? The picture doesn't really show how someone walks into a full tub - it is almost worth clicking through to see how you can walk-in a full bathtub)
- HIGH: Get your GED (dude!)
- Religious: enroll in a spiritually-pleasing religious school. (I can't decided if I should go with a "I felt the calling from above when I looked in my spam folder" joke or be shocked at the word choice of "spiritually-pleasing" for a religious school. Haven't there been enough Catholic Priest jokes to last us a lifetime?)
- Giant Eagle: (actually, some good deals I missed)
- A Stimulus Package to get out of Debt! (I never noticed how much the ads for getting out of debt and the ones to improve your libido look the same. They use the same words, fonts and American Images. 'It is your patriotic duty to eliminate debt AND satisfy your woman!')
- Publish your book (funny - they send an e-mail to tell you how to publish your book).
- Asian Dating (again. This one is prefaced with the statement "this is an advertisement". no shit).
- Bryant Online: How much financial aid do you qualify for (more than someone who doesn't know how to end a sentence is my guess).
- Effective Solutions for sleep apnea (reading this ad?)
- Nifty Nanny cams (talk about a very specific niche - "nope, sorry, these spy cams are only for Nannies. Babysitter cameras? You have to go somewhere else")
- Daily Horoscope and Zodiac (I think the daily horoscope is fairly available freely. As for the Zodiac, I don't think mine has changed since I was born)
- You may qualify for bankruptcy (doesn't sound too hard to do)
- Become a doctor of anything - want to put "Dr." in front of your name? (oh, how the mind races with this one! Yes, I would like to get my doctorate in Simpsonology.)
