Next up in our vendor e-mail series is a company that wants 15-20 minutes to meet and discuss their innovative data center cooling solution:
Good morning. Yes, I would be happy to meet with you! My billing rate for such a discussion is typically $150/hour. However, given the agreeable and gregarious nature of your inquiry, [...]
Unsolicited commercial e-mail (spam) isn’t limited to just penis enlargement and viagra sales pitches. In the IT world, there are a number of ways that your e-mail address can be added to vendor mailing lists. For example, conference organizers gets sponsors for their events by providing the contact information of their attendees. This would be [...]
This may be obvious, but most if not all spam, scams, phishing, social engineering, chain letters, urban legends, and cons exploit the same basic weaknesses in human nature. The so-called 7 deadly sins: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride.
Here’s some specific examples of each.