Re: The future of spam Re: Cool Free Background Check

Dan Goodman <dsgood@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Ob SF: What kinds of spam will there be in the future that we don't
have now.

New media: Mechanical telepathy would bring telepathic spam.

New scams?

I vaguely recall a story (recent years, I think) where advertising was
banned, so the big companies "created" personalities, whom the media
were interested in, to use their products. Sort of undercover
sponsorship.

Are there any new scams? Can we classify them (or is there a list) of
common scam types?

I can think of three basic strategies:
(1) Sell something addictive (e.g. drugs)
(2) Protection rackets (write viruses and sell anti-virus software)
(3) Snake oil. Fake products that don't do what the label says, but
there's no come-back on the seller (who moves on, gets a new domain
name, whatever).

Arguably, selling genuine but illegal products isn't a scam, but might
be a reason for spamming.

Jonathan
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