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I have several e-mail addresses and invariably I get these spam messages and they use all these tricks. I just delete them. However, in my opinion this is a political problem. Spammers should be put out of business permanently and either sentenced to life in federal penetentiaries or outright execution. If the politicians see this as a political problem they can act and enact strong laws that will put 99% of these clowns out of business.

But the one thing that REALLY concerns me is phishing. I nearly fell for one of those the other day after being on the computer for several hours. That was a real wake-up call.

I couldn't agree more! Spam has gone way beyond the nuisance stage all the way to maddening.

I am really surprised it's lasted as long, and gotten as prevalent, as it has. I guess if you send out a million messages overnight and one-tenth of one percent bites then it's a winner for the spammer. What gets me is that I will get the same pitch 10 times or more in a single day and it will go on for days on end. And then I get those that are simply gibberish, like some offbeat font or something. I'm pretty sure those are nothing more than tests to see if an email address kicks back the message. If it comes back it's no good, if not then the address gets added to their "high value" list.

My guess is it will taper off at some point. Sooner or later most people are going to realize the only ones who make anything off these 'business opportunities' are the people selling the lists.

One thing is certain though, government will never be the answer. Never is, never has been.