What is Literary and Poetry Spam?

One type of spam which, for a variety of reasons, has become increasingly common, is literary and poetry spam. This might sound odd, but it precisely for this reason that spammers have started using literature to gain some ground. Learn more about how to detect this type of spam. Also, learn more about text spam and how you can prevent it.

Literary and Poetry Spam - A New Kind of Spam
The Internet provides the most effective and affordable venue for marketers and advertisers to reach mass audiences with the click of a button. Not surprisingly, e-mail marketing is a lucrative business and continues to grow. But with the mushrooming of e-mail marketing comes the spam plaque. Leaving consumers with the constant ache of filtering out cheap enhancement products, Nigerian money offers, and… spam containing poetry and classic literature?

Spam containing poetry and excerpts of novel is on the rise, and may be the next harsh symptom of the spam plaque. One blogger and journalist from the New York Times Magazine reported finding an excerpt of a chapter from The Master Key by Wizard of Oz author L Frank Baum in an email that had “the big unit” as its subject line. (Not too hard to figure out what that email was offering.)

You might wonder why spammers will include classic literature and poems in their emails. The answer? Simple. To fool spam filters.



Source: Spamlaws.com