1997-07-14 - Re: Bizarre e-mail in the orphan mailbox

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From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1997-07-14 15:34:07 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 23:34:07 +0800

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From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 23:34:07 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Bizarre e-mail in the orphan mailbox
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Mike Duvos <enoch@zipcon.net> writes:

> 
> The Good Doctor writes:
> 
> > What is this stuff: http://hotbox.danni.com
> > username: antonio
> > password: 9183tc
> 
> > Why are they spamming me with their passwords?
> 
> Apparently, they think you will give them a credit card number they can
> bill $9.95 a month to in perpetuity, just for the privelege of being able
> to click on some jpg files of chunky women with big hooters. 
> 
> Go figure. 
But lots of these used to be available for free on alt.binaries.pictures.
erotica the last time I looked (which was admittedly many years ago).

Conspiracy theory: do you think the spammers are flooding the "free"
sources of good stuff (such as usenet) to eliminate the competition,
so people would have to pay them for same?

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Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
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