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I seriously don't understand who actually falls for this stuff. Like, oh, this company I bought something from a year ago sent me an email, let me go buy someth
by Repulsion9513 3y ago
I seriously don't understand who actually falls for this stuff. Like, oh, this company I bought something from a year ago sent me an email, let me go buy something else from them. Oh, this company I've never heard of sent me an email, definitely let me do buy something from them. ???
Oh, here's a good one: Capital One just sent me a newsletter entitled "Can you spot a scam?". First, yes I can, and second, it's a clear advertisement for them and their "partnership with KHAN ACADEMY" (caps theirs).
Guess where the unsubscribe link is? Oh wait, there isn't one. "This email was sent to capitalone@... and contains information directly related to your account with us, other services to which you have subscribed, and/or any application you may have submitted."
- medstrom 3y agoOnly 1/100 need to click. Think of 100 people you went to school with. Would one of them click?
- Repulsion9513 3y agoObviously they would, I just don't understand why.
- arp242 3y agoThe essential problem with spam is that it's so cheap to send it out that it might as well be free. This applies to both "I am a representative of the UN and want to send you $14 million"-type of "scam spam" as well as "you bought something years ago and now we'll spam you" type of "corporate spam". So basically: it doesn't hurt to try.
- Repulsion9513 3y agoIs it really that cheap? The company I work for has <100 employees yet we pay a FTE whose primary job is writing our weekly "newsletter"...