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The Spam emails are getting more infrequent. Either it’s my school spam filter doing better or my gmail is getting smarter. Most spam messages are absolute crap…99% lack any sort of originality or edge that sets them apart from the trash. But some are sent from high heaven for sure. And with this I begin [...]

My latest spam email that I quickly tagged as ‘hilarious_spam’ reads as such: (bold is mine)
From: Golux
To: clmall@mindspring.com
Date: Dec 11, 2005 12:09 AM
Subject: hi
Good day sir,
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I miss the days of straightforward spam. There would be a product and then a link to the product. I could buy my Canadian meds or remote controlled indoor blimps with no confusion. Things have gone odd lately. In many of the emails I receive (which are not from humans) there’s no product at all. [...]