emilyveinglory (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} emilyveinglory) wrote,@ 2007-03-13 16:43:00 |
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Author Spam of the Day
SPAMMER:
Hello
I am attaching brochures for our Writing Competition in the hope that members of your writing group may be interested in entering.
Regards
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ME:
Can you tell me where you saw my email listed so I can remove it. I haven't lived in the UK for years and have requested all listings be removed.
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SPAMMER:
Dear Emily
I think I found it on a website run by the National Association of Writers Groups.
I had no way of knowing you had moved.
Courtesy cost nothing, my dear. You could have worked at it. We are a volunteering organisation who give so much time to help others. Two minutes of your time to write a few more words to soften the tone of your email would not have hurt you.
Meanwhile, I take it you will not be entering our competition.
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ME:
Dear [name]
Using my email in this way is spamming and illegal in both the US and UK, my courtesy was not reporting it as such. I asked a direct question on the assumption the error was made by whomever provided you with my personal email address. As such my email was neutral. So maybe I didn't take the time to add courtesy words in response to your spam, but somehow you think you come out looking better by actively adding insults? Reply only if you wish to waste you time as I am adding you to my spam blocker.
SPAMMER:
Hello
I am attaching brochures for our Writing Competition in the hope that members of your writing group may be interested in entering.
Regards
-----------------------
ME:
Can you tell me where you saw my email listed so I can remove it. I haven't lived in the UK for years and have requested all listings be removed.
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SPAMMER:
Dear Emily
I think I found it on a website run by the National Association of Writers Groups.
I had no way of knowing you had moved.
Courtesy cost nothing, my dear. You could have worked at it. We are a volunteering organisation who give so much time to help others. Two minutes of your time to write a few more words to soften the tone of your email would not have hurt you.
Meanwhile, I take it you will not be entering our competition.
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ME:
Dear [name]
Using my email in this way is spamming and illegal in both the US and UK, my courtesy was not reporting it as such. I asked a direct question on the assumption the error was made by whomever provided you with my personal email address. As such my email was neutral. So maybe I didn't take the time to add courtesy words in response to your spam, but somehow you think you come out looking better by actively adding insults? Reply only if you wish to waste you time as I am adding you to my spam blocker.
