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I did some tests which suggest it may be that names made up by email spammers are far less likely to be common names than, say, slightly less stupidly found fake names.
I received an email from "Demi Simmons" and I thought, wait... Demi Moore... Demi Simmons... quite a jarring juxtaposition, like Marlene Munroe or Marilyn Bottomley. Something freudian in there, I expect.
So I did a search for "Demi Simmons" and there were only a couple of 100 of occurrences on Google. I tried Andrew Simons and James Simmons - each had 20,000 to 30,000. Then I made one up, a crazy one: Jonas Simmons - same as Demi - just a small outlier - either a very rare name, or in fact all just part of the trail of some spam somewhere.
If Demi Simmons is out there, I apologize if I have made it seem like you don't really exist... but then, maybe Demi Simmons could be the Kaiser Sose of spam - kung-fuing all spammers in the world by sitting in a room, driking coffee and not being noticed staring at a cork board reading out all the words on it.
The greatest trick the devil ever played was raising the salaries of Hollywood actors/actresses above those of their peers in the pantomimes in local suburban run-down theatres. But my favourite film quote will always be: "I heard he's some kind of butcher; a pitiless, psycho, f***ed up butcher". I guess it's having 2 adjectives and a cussword that really gives it the poetic resonance.
Now of course a search for the real "Demi Simmons" will lead here.
Oh wait, here's another one: Loretta Lyon.
Last edited by witnesstheday; 01-02-2009 at 10:45 AM..
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