pmcnamara
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Spammer targets me and my ilk

Opinion
Mar 26, 20071 min

First time I can recall a genuine spammer directly targeting me as a member of the media (as opposed to public relations professionals who spam us every day with their misdirected pitches).

Subject line: “[Media-pr] How’s everything”

The “How’s everything” looks very spammy, of course, but PR people use the phony chumminess all the time, so I decided to take a look-see.

Yup, they’re hawking “discount drugs,” all right.

Wonder how granular spammers get with this job-specific junk?