Accidentally Amusing Spam

Here’s the latest installment in what is becoming a regular feature.

The first in our hall of shame is a message with the subject line “Paraphernalia of high life – for less!” I thought it would be an ad for bongs and crack-pipes, and wondered how even spammers would get away with advertising that kind of thing. As it turns out, it was for “a qualitative replica timepiece for less!” At least it wasn’t an optometrist offering me a contact high.

The next one gets our newly-minted award for oxymoronic subject lines: “Personal Message No. 10177253148”. ‘Nuf said.

Third on the list wins this week’s confusing subject line award: “Viagra with a rebate reduction abatement up to 75%”. Rebate reduction abatement?

The fourth one in our lineup says to “Discover new saving options with Can dsadianPhar fbmacy.” What good does it do to get through a Bayesian spam filter when no one can understand what you’re selling?

On the subject of (oxy)morons, numbers five through twenty-one are the seventeen different copies of a message claiming “This is final reminder for those you did not recieve our Offer.” (Yes, the spelling and grammar errors were in the original.) Um, fellas, just as a hint, “final reminder” is generally agreed to mean that it’s not going to be sent again.

But this week’s hands-down winner, for inadvertent accuracy if nothing else, is this one:

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