Spam Forty-Five: Almost Caught Up Now

IF I HAD ANY DOUBTS ABOUT THE VERACITY of the National Survey Panel Survey emails I got, I could have clicked on the link provided. Sure, I could have totally done that and taken place in the survey asking me, “ Does Sarah Palin have VP skills?” And if I did that, maybe I would have won that free $500 Visa Gift Card.

But something about the email made me suspicious. Maybe it was the last two lines of the email, the ones that said, “ The ethos of English public schools greatly influenced Pierre de Coubertin. The public schools had a deep involvement in the development of many team sports.” Not that I think most people aren’t interested in Pierre de Coubertin, the French historian who helped found the IOC. I’m sure lots of people are.

No, I think what really made me doubt the veracity of those emails was the part that said, “Not associated with Visa or Sandra Palin.”

Also, this week, I got a lovely spam with this as the message:

“Wow, your penis is unique!” Isn’t that what you just love to hear?

No, it’s not what I love to hear. It really isn’t.

Do or do not. There is no Chart.

SPAM WATCH WEEK FORTY-FIVE
1,497 emails
BMS = 29% (up 4%)

((1/2)) -- 432 Boner Medication (118 VPXL, 45 Viagra/Cialis, 14 Penis Patch, 13 LNH Maxdik, 12 MaxGain, 11 WonderCum, 7 PowerEnlarge, 5 Megadik, 3 Erectifix)
((2/1)) -- 357 Canadian/Online Pharmacy
((3/3)) -- 281 Luxury Replica Watches/Purses
((4/4)) -- 142 Get Out Of Debt/Loan Approval
((5/13)) -- 51 Inspecific “Look at this!”
((6/5)) -- 37 Weight Loss (Anatrim/Phentermine)
((7/8)) -- 24 Foreign Gibberish
((7/10)) -- 24 Online Casino
((7/12)) -- 24 Validate Your Identity (5 Wachovia, 4 Google AdWords, 4 Eastern Bank)
((10/6)) -- 20 Human Growth Hormone
((11/7)) -- 18 Pheromones
((11/16)) -- 18 Buy Designer Footwear
((13/11)) -- 14 OEM Software
((14/14)) -- 13 Online Dating Site
((15/8)) -- 11 Stop Smoking
((16/--)) -- 7 The Bill Is Attached (As a Zip File)
((17/15)) -- 5 Improve Your Health
((18/18)) -- 4 Would You Chat With Me? (I Am Lonely & Probably Naked)
((18/18)) -- 4 Earn Your Degree
((20/--)) -- 3 View Your Suspicious Ecard Online
((21/--)) -- 2 Your Internet Access Is Going to Get Suspended (Plus Zip File!)
((21/--)) -- 2 National Survey Panel Survey
((22/16)) -- 1 Please Watch This Non-Celebrity Sex Video
((22/--)) -- 1 Job Offer/Employee Search
((22/--)) -- 1 Your Email Address Won 1 Million Euros
((22/--)) -- 1 Bank Scam (Korean)

KEY:
BMS = Boner Medication Saturation
((this week's rank/last week's rank))
-- = new to the chart this week