How Many Spam Emails Does It Take to Sell $100 of Viagra?

[FromUndaCheese]

12.5 million.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/20/technology/20spam.htm

Also check out this PDF: http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/pubs/networking/2008-ccs-spamalytics.pdf

And this one: http://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~savage/papers/Oakland11.pdf

"The Internet system that supported the Web site was spread around the globe: the domain registrar was in Russia, the server computer was in China, and a proxy server computer was in Brazil. When a purchase was made from the Web site, the shopper was redirected from a computer in Turkey to the Azerigazbank Joint-Stock Investment Bank in Baku, Azerbaijan. The drugs themselves were sent directly from a manufacturer in India. "

 

[(O_o)]

DKIM

 

[d3t0x]

That's too much work for me just to get a measly $100. Shit.

 

[GerardWon]

zombie computer; why iz my internets so slow?

 

[Earl-]

 

[d_diggler]

12.5 million.

Fuck, so you send the email, the person opens it, they go to the site, they buy something, the money get's transferred and the product gets shipped.

That is some impressive analysis Mr Phd.

Lucky they did a diagram so us non Phds could understand this far out process.

 

[Bofu2U]

Someone needs better ad copy.

 

[SeanFoe]

Fuck, so you send the email, the person opens it, they go to the site, they buy something, the money get's transferred and the product gets shipped.

That is some impressive analysis Mr Phd.

Lucky they did a diagram so us non Phds could understand this far out process.

^ Lmao.

 

[AdExhibitJason]

Someone needs better ad copy.

This

 

[Mr Jacksonian]

How is it a lot of work? They're using an affiliate program.. All they do is send out spam email giving a link to their LP and then it goes to an affiliate.. Its not like the spammers are setting up the merchant accounts.

 

[evelynds]

THIS WORLD WE LIVE IN

 

[mgarg]

Fuck, so you send the email, the person opens it, they go to the site, they buy something, the money get's transferred and the product gets shipped.

That is some impressive analysis Mr Phd.

Lucky they did a diagram so us non Phds could understand this far out process.

Was thinking the same exact thing as I looked at that diagram. The man is a genius

 

[OptimalJared]

Fuck, so you send the email, the person opens it, they go to the site, they buy something, the money get's transferred and the product gets shipped.

That is some impressive analysis Mr Phd.

Lucky they did a diagram so us non Phds could understand this far out process.

LOL - I agree, without this diagram I would be LOST

 

[OptimalJared]

Fuck, so you send the email, the person opens it, they go to the site, they buy something, the money get's transferred and the product gets shipped.

That is some impressive analysis Mr Phd.

Lucky they did a diagram so us non Phds could understand this far out process.

LOL - I agree, without this diagram I would be LOST

 

[keerthi143]

shit,making money by providing is much easier than selling viagra online.