Spam

Can somebody please explain how a nice, relatively-normal person like me has managed to get herself onto so many drug and sexual spam email lists?



I don't get it...I've never ordered illegal drugs or visited a porn site.  Seriously. So how did these pill pushers and horny nineteen year olds find out about me?

I'd understand if I started getting random emails from puppy farms and junk food companies - based on my internet surfing habits, both would make sense. Even the drugs make a little bit of sense - we could all use some Xanax every once in awhile. But porn? Really?

The other thing that gets me is that when I log onto my email and see that I have 23 new messages in my inbox, I usually start thinking "cool, friends."  It's only once I start sifting through my messages that I realize that of the 23 messages, 2 are from my mom, 1 is from a random acquaintance asking for a favor, and the other 20 want to sell me drugs and porn.

And the porn emails are a popularity tease in and of themselves, 'cause they usually say something along the lines of "Hey sexy, I saw your photograph and wanted to show you mine."  Perverted as that might be, my initial inclination when I read that sort of thing is  to think "Hmm, maybe the horny 19 year old actually does find me sexy."  It's only once I read the fine porn print that I realize that sadly, it was only a line to get me to click on something that will either charge my credit card on a monthly basis or download a virus onto my computer that turns all of my icons into penises.

I suppose there's not much I can do about these emails other than complain about them and promptly delete. Still, it would be nice if just once in awhile, I could log into my email and only find messages from people I actually know...although, if I'm being honest, a little spam from the ice cream companies also wouldn't hurt.