Unbelieveable

Here are the titles of some recently received spam-mail:

peruke Pharmoaceuticall
referable Pharmaaceuttical
strawberry Pharmaceutiycall
thievishly Pharrmaceuticgal
monologue Phgarmaaceutical
scholarship Pharmaceutiyccal
quadrangle Phaarmayceutical
Scorpio Pharmaceuticcazl
vivacious Pharmmaceutmical
fiendish MMelidications
flesh Meidicaationas
poultry Medigiications
purchasable MMediacfations
flapdoodle Mediacanations
autotruck Medfiacatioons

I am aghast at the implications of the obvious booming success of this kind of spam marketing. I do understand what's behind the phenomenon, I know that the target audience is the American working poor who cannot afford to buy the medication they need, and they do have my sympathy. However, even if I were in that position, I would still not reply to "autotruck Medfiacatioons" because I would know, with absolute certainty, that they would cheat me.

They would send me a packet of blue M&M's with the word "Medfiacatioon" written on them in pencil, and I would have no legal recourse: first because no other "Medfiacatioon" exists against which theirs could be compared, and secondly because they explicitly offered "Medfiacatioon" - not medication - and I freely chose to buy it. Caveat emptor, case dismissed, tough luck.

On the other hand, it is a marvellously effective business plan, offering bags of money and no liability; I can see the MBA types licking their lips and giving each other high fives.

(Yes, I am feeling somewhat better, how can you tell? :-) I slept through until dawn last night, for the first time in ages, and that in itself has made a big difference.)