Given the various discussion about SPAM and the different ways they try to trap you into responding, I've been trying to figure out several repeating SPAM messages I've been getting the last few weeks.
I'm no expert, but here are my best guesses:
One is titled "Howard, 1 Minute Mortgage Quote Rhinebeck Residents; Record Low 4.3% Rates"
The message (this time) is:
"This revelation astounded the opposition, and the "previous question" was ordered. On the final vote the bill was carried through triumphantly, and has ever since remained an important item in the statute-book of the State. In the spring of 1866 Barnum was re-elected to represent the town of Fairfield in the Legislature."
The previous time, it was something equally oddball.
What would be the point of this SPAM, one that has a typical teaser as the subject?
In this case, I believe the spammer is hoping people will see the subject line and reply to request more information. The body of the message is simply a random excerpt from a text file to fool spam filters on the SMTP server which might be targeting either (1) messages to multiple users with similar content or (2) messages to multiple users with random nonsensical groupings of English words (which is how spammers typically fool filter #1).
The other one I'm getting regularly (approximately bi-weekly) is called "Gouranga".
Its message is:
"Call out Gouranga be happy. Gouranga Gouranga Gouranga. Say Gouranga my friend.. Gouranga.......That which brings the highest happiness."
A minority of spammers are motivated by politics or religion rather than greed. I have in the past received spam which attempted to sway my vote or save my soul. I suspect this spam was similarly motivated.
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