My thanks to Roger for mentioning the video you will find below of James Veitch, comedian, scamp and spam-spammer who has spent the last three years winding up the authors of those spam emails that we all find in our inbox.
It reminded me that I’d intended buying Veitch’s book, Dot.Con: the Art of a Scammer, after reading extracts in various newspapers last year.
Of course I immediately forgot and only ordered it it after Roger’s prompt. It arrived yesterday and I devoured it in less than 24 hours.
Veitch is appearing at a local comedy club in February and I may well go along to watch his act. I don’t plan to go into detail of his various correspondences her, but I would recommend you watch the video – it is very, very funny.
Very interesting…I think I’ll check that out and suggest it for our local library…thanks!
I watched the funny video. I think we laugh because we have all been irritated or inconvenienced by maddening spam e-mails. They are almost as maddening as unsolicited phone calls. What are the authorities and internet providers doing about this phenomenon… that in the end is very unfunny for so many fellow citizens?
The video is a hoot! I bet the book is wonderful!