Free iPods lead AOL's 2005 spam lure lists

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[Doctor Q]

Makes sense. People are greedy and will click even if an offer sounds "too good to be true" and involves a gadget they've wanted or have been hearing about.

[Deepdale]

People are greedy ...

Plenty stupid, too. The only thing remotely accurate with a come-on line beginning with "Donald Trump wants you" would be if it was followed by "to kiss his backside night and day."

[SilvorX]

Free iPods and xbox 360s are the top spam emails for me right now, then medicine spam, then "free $20 gift certificate to <name of chain store>" or "<name of product> vs <name of competing product>"

[Photorun]

Of course as a Mac user the part about the script/spyware/malware and people's machines being taken over as zombie senders give me a chuckle... actually give me glee. If you're too stupid to buy a peecee you get what's coming to you, buy a Mac and truly secure your computer or you are your own worst enemy.

[dornoforpyros]

at work I always get the "Cheap OEM Software" e-mails, I get like 10-15 a day off those. Followed next by the rolex knockoff and then by pharmacy ones for v4lium and v14gr4 cheap!