What I don't understand is why spammers think this is a good idea. It's not like the SF short story market is flush with cash and it will make them rich. Perso

What I don't understand is why spammers think this is a good idea. It's not like the SF short story market is flush with cash and it will make them rich. Personally, I think the spam should be flagged and sent to a chat bot that engages in a series of Lenny style interactions where it makes requests for information, promises eventual acceptance, and a series of increasingly bizarre rewrite requests (cut 100 words, expand your descriptions, more dialog, less dialog, make it from the dog's point of view, remove the dog character, sign this pre-contract information sheet, mail in 3 paper copies including a copy in braille for our blind copy editor). Then publish a list of people who have been banned in this manner for public shaming. These are not aspiring writers looking for a break. They are scammers and spammers, and their electronic spam needs to be filtered out.