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WHETHER we need it or not, most of us have probably received tons of e-mail inviting us to buy Viagra. These days, it’s purposely misspelled “v1agra,” “via6gra” or something similar to throw off word-based e-mail filters.
MY inbox is inundated with junk mail.
Everyday, I get about 70 messages in my Manila Times e-mail account, and 65 of them will be garbage. Most of these come from faceless lowlifes selling me Viagra or stock tips, or hoping I’ll fall for a get-rich quick scam. Then there’s the rubbish generated by Netsky-type viruses. These often have some innocuous subject line like “Your document” and come with the virus file attached.
THE worst sort of junk has been finding its way into my inbox lately. It’s not just junk e-mail or spam. It’s what you might call scam in a spam.
POP-UP ads can be annoying, but the No. 1 Internet menace is still unwanted junk mail or spam.
Most of us find junk mail in our inbox. These offer special vacation packages, work-at-home schemes, weight loss techniques, ways to enlarge certain parts of our bodies, and hundreds of other products we don’t need. We never asked for any of these; they just flood into our mailbox.
