Spam-A-Friend Lottery Tickets
from the how-very-1998 dept
Back during the first dot com boom years, the “email a friend” option was particularly popular with most new sites, until it quickly turned into the “spam a friend” offering. Most sites have worked to limit the spamming — and many people have finally realized that their friends don’t want to be bombarded by never-ending offers for things they don’t want over email. However, the online lottery service LottoFun (based in South Africa) had a little glitch in their spam-a-friend system. Even worse, since they promised to pay people for each spammed friend that signed up, someone figured out a way to send out more than the 5 friend spam limit the site set up. He actually ended up spamming 8,000 “friends” before the site shut him down. The best part, however, is that the man in question claims that all of those 8,000 people really are his friends, family or “people who have e-mailed him before,” and therefore doesn’t believe he’s done anything wrong.
Comments on “Spam-A-Friend Lottery Tickets”
spam
he did nothing wrong
please spam me
I love to be spammed. I feel like if someone come on me
reer
you guys all suck
need more spam
Please put on a spam email list. I get bored at work and need something to laugh at and sent to friends. Thanks