Fundies using "SPIRITUAL SPAM"

[Julius Civitatus]

The fundies just don't get. They really, really, really don't get it:

Coming Soon to an Inbox Near You: 'Spiritual Spam'

LONDON (Reuters) - Internet users praying for salvation from junk mail face a new torment -- "Spiritual Spam." Along with the flood of messages offering everything from mortgages to miracle cures, they are now being asked to repent and pray.

"We are seeing more and more of it. It appears to be on the rise," said Martin Lee of e-mail security company MessageLabs. "The God-botherers are using the techniques of the 21st century. It's Spiritual Spam and almost all of it is Christian," he told Reuters.

The prayers appear mostly to originate from native English speakers in the United States.

"They are very good at hiding where they are. A lot of the stuff is relayed through China," Lee said. He said it is easier to act against the electronic evangelists in Europe than it is in the U.S.

"The United States 'Can Spam' Act only applies to commercial e-mail. If you are trying to save their souls, then it is exempt from the U.S. Act. But it is illegal under European Union (news - web sites) law because it is unsolicited," Lee said.

The spiritual spammers are after souls rather than cash. "These are old-style evangelicals wanting to spread the message," Lee said. (...)

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. I already getting spam from Christian moneylenders and debt fixers etc

:eyes:

Just started this week.

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[trotsky]

2. Koresh, I remember a nutcase spammer prior to Y2K

I don't know how I got on his "list" but it was nonstop in the months leading up to 01-01-2000. Fear, doom, and gloom awaited us in the year 2000, repent now and prepare!

At least the spam ended - on 01-01-2000. :7

[tanyev]

3. Is it OK to forward their

email address on to the very many friendly porn and Viagra merchants?

[MadHound]

4. NO, DON'T YOU DARE!

Damn, you might give them ideas and they'll start reproducing, and damn, more fundies for the next generation. Just forward their names to those nice people in Nigeria so that they can get fleeced quickly, and not have the money with which to bother the rest of us. Anything but encouraging them to reproduce.

[tanyev]

5. Oh, good point.

I was just thinking of the relentless marketing tactics of the porn and Viagra sellers. Yes, Nigerian scammers will work just as well.

[youthere]

6. But maybe..

You can send their address to the Penis enlargement product distributers. Maybe it'll give them something to think about besides the Lawd.