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The Face of Spam. Meet the Spam Queen Laura Betterly of Data Resource Consulting
WSJ ^ | Nov 13, 2002 | MYLENE MANGALINDAN

Posted on 11/22/2002 1:34:52 PM PST by BJungNan

Edited on 04/22/2004 11:47:33 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

"It's that simple," Ms. Betterly said triumphantly, swiping her palms. She had just dispatched e-mail messages to 500,000 strangers.

If you call her she will tell you she only sends email to people who have opted in. But if this from a Wall Street Journal article about her operation is true, then she is responsible for many unsolicited emails from other spammers whose emails to you were generated from lists she has sold.


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: junkemail; spam
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1 posted on 11/22/2002 1:34:52 PM PST by BJungNan
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To: BJungNan
She looks exactly like what I imagined the Spam Queen would look like.
2 posted on 11/22/2002 1:39:47 PM PST by dead
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To: dead
She looks like a Wellstone mourner.
3 posted on 11/22/2002 1:41:11 PM PST by Naspino
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To: BJungNan
"What we do for a living is not a bad thing. We're not horrible," she says.

We only use your hard drive space and suck up your bandwidth without your permission. We also require your ISP to use extra hardware to make way for all of the spam. We advertise by converting your property. We're thieves, basically, but we're not horrible. /sarcasm

What a loony. She must be a democrat most likely.

4 posted on 11/22/2002 1:41:16 PM PST by JoeMomma
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To: BJungNan
The Spam Madam.
5 posted on 11/22/2002 1:41:59 PM PST by My2Cents
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To: dead
She looks exactly like what I imagined the Spam Queen would look like.

In my opinion, as ugly as the thousands of unsolicited emails she had crammed into my mailbox.

6 posted on 11/22/2002 1:42:04 PM PST by BJungNan
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To: BJungNan; Naspino
Seriously, she resembles Norman Fell in drag.
7 posted on 11/22/2002 1:43:47 PM PST by dead
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To: BJungNan
What I want to know is ,

WHATS HER EMAIL ADDRESS?????
8 posted on 11/22/2002 1:45:36 PM PST by Kozak
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To: Kozak
LOL!
9 posted on 11/22/2002 1:47:01 PM PST by paulklenk
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To: BJungNan
Why on earth does that individual want to make my genitalia larger?
10 posted on 11/22/2002 1:47:47 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: BJungNan; Hap; Bacon Man
She's not made of Spam! New Spam is pink. It only goes gray after you leave it out a couple days.

For a full discussion of the aforementioned, and other related chemical reactions, put down the soda and click here.
11 posted on 11/22/2002 1:49:07 PM PST by Xenalyte
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12 posted on 11/22/2002 1:49:43 PM PST by dead
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To: Xenalyte
She looks as thought she got hit by the Spam truck.
13 posted on 11/22/2002 2:01:30 PM PST by sinclair
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To: BJungNan
>>While some unscrupulous spammers ignore people who ask to be removed from a list, Ms. Betterly says she complies if anyone e-mails back an "unsubscribe" command, sends "opt out" instructions or otherwise asks not to receive future messages.<<


No kidding. If you click on the "remove me" link, MOST spammers will be overjoyed, as they just discovered a "live" email address and will sell your email address for a higher price. I have been advised by my ISP not to click on the "unsubscribe" link for this very purpose, and it has resulted in less and less spam.

Hmm. . .I also handle tele-marketers in a rather unique way: When one calls and immediately asks, "Is this Mr. XXX?" I come back with, "May I ask who's calling?" and I do not identify myself. (Proper phone manners require the caller to identify themselves first, as in "This is So-and-So, May I speak with So-and-So?")

The tele-marketer then goes into their "This is business XXX, and we. . ."

At this point I interrupt and say, "I'm sorry, I am an estate attorney taking calls for Mr. XXX, he died a few weeks ago. Do you have a claim against the estate?"

At this time the tele-marketer pauses and replies, no, they do not have a claim against the estate. I then say, "Thank you, please remove his name form your list."

This ensures my name is actually removed from the list and not re-sold.

Telemarketing calls have fallen off dramatically within a few months after I started doing this. Before then I would ask to be removed and always suspected they did no such thing. Now I am reasonably certain I am removed.

(I've only had ONE telemarketer switch gears upon hearing the news of my "death," and that telemarketer then tried to sell me--the estate attorney--the product. Crass.)
14 posted on 11/22/2002 2:01:58 PM PST by Gunrunner2
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To: Xenalyte
Check out this site for more on the Spam queen. Apparantly she is not well liked!

Odds&Ends

or this one (WARNING, not for the timid)

AngryWhiteGirl.com
You have to scroll down just a bit on the page.

15 posted on 11/22/2002 2:06:01 PM PST by BJungNan
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To: BJungNan
We should have to 'opt in' to get this stuff..
not 'opt out'.
16 posted on 11/22/2002 2:08:14 PM PST by Route66
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To: Kozak
What I want to know is,

WHAT'S HER EMAIL ADDRESS?????

I want to FReep her big time!

17 posted on 11/22/2002 2:09:04 PM PST by null and void
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To: BJungNan
To hell with her phone number. I want her e-mail address!
19 posted on 11/22/2002 2:15:14 PM PST by PsyOp
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To: PsyOp
I 'spose we could call her and ask her for it/them...
20 posted on 11/22/2002 2:20:30 PM PST by null and void
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