Stardate 20010814.0700 (Crew, this is the Captain): My spam filtration is quite good now, and despite the fact that I make no attempt at all to hide my email address (by inserting nonsense strings, for instance) I don't actually receive much, and little of that is noteworthy. But this one, that I just received, was:
HI
We saw your article regarding "reduce radiation"
and we think you shuld see the web
www.protector.XX.XX
Indeed. Apparently they're googling the web for sites with that string and mailing any email address they find there. What's curious about it is that the site (whose URL I've changed) is advertising cases ostensibly intended to protect you against the lethal radiation being emitted by your cell phone. The article they found (and evidently didn't read) was this one from my CDMA FAQ where I demonstrate that those cases are completely, totally, useless and an utter waste of money. Now that's targeted advertising for you. I'm sure interested in buying their product, I am. (discuss)
Update: Of course, that's not as bad as the one I just got which promised to read my horoscope to determine if my spouse has been cheating on me. I think it's unlikely, given that I don't happen to be married.
