Wherein spammers sink to a new low

[Quartz]

I was checking my Spam folder and saw one message had the title 'She is only 12' and it was cut off at that point by Gmail. Of course, I needed to check in case it was kiddie porn so as to report it to the police. Checking the message source text I discovered that the follow-on text was 'minutes away from you'. Sneaky.

 

[Quartz]

No...no you didn't.

Reported.

 

[Quartz]

I also don't get the angle of the spam. If it was a normal person they wouldnt be looking at kid stuff and a fiddler would be dissapointed to find it is an adult 12 mins away. I dont get it.

The angle is that kiddie porn is something you want to report but wasting police time is an offence so you need to open it to see if you need to report it. Whereupon it probably activates web bugs etc. I chose to disable images etc to prevent that and used the 'View original' in GMail to inspect the message in plain text.

 

[Quartz]

why would the OP even open his message....

Because a 12 year old child might be being exploited.

Shame on you for being willing to walk by.

 

[Quartz]

You really didn't.

Again, shame on you for being willing to pass by.

 

[Quartz]

The sheer nastiness displayed in this thread is disappointing and disturbing.

 

[Quartz]

and then cant see why people are questioning your motives.....

Because every man is a kiddie-fiddler, right?

What were you expecting - a warm round of virtual applause ?

Opprobrium at the spammers for a nasty tactic.

 

[Quartz]

Only a complete idiot would think that the type of evil people who are involved in CP would send spam to millions of people outing themselves

You never know what gets sent accidentally.

 

[Quartz]

Umm... you do realise that I used to be an IT professional, don't you? I'm posting from professional experience.

 

[Quartz]

You guys really are determined to be nasty, aren't you?