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by derekp7 4832 days ago
I have a feeling that most spam doesn't pay off for the person selling, but only pays off for whichever marketing company they hired to send the spam. And this technique doesn't hurt the actual spammer (assuming they are a separate entity from the seller), as there are a fairly unlimited number of sellers willing to take a chance on hiring a spammer for a few bucks.
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> I have a feeling that most spam doesn't pay off for the person selling, but only pays off for whichever marketing company they hired to send the spam.

If that's true and anybody has data to back it up, maybe publicizing it would be a worthwhile spam-combating measure.