November 6, 2007

How stupid am I supposed to be?

Christian Decker wrote this late at night:

Seriously, how stupid do you think people are? I got this email today and I couldn’t resist to write a little rant about it here:

You have received an invitation from Tom Mazzulla to join an exclusive beta test for a new web entertainment project that is preparing to launch across North America: Moola.com.
Note from Sender:
Note From Moola:
Imagine getting your own shot in the hot seat of a super-jackpot game show, and being able to play anytime, for free, to try to win the kind of money you’ve only seen others win on television. That is Moola: Seriously rewarding, very exciting, and completely free to play (this project is supported entirely by advertisers).
Don’t miss out on your opportunity to win millions in the web’s first AdverTournament!

Dear Tom Mazzulla, whoever you are, I personally consider this spam, as it was sent unsolicitedly, from a person I don’t know. It is a really bad practice to write invitations for some phony new Services, even worse with the promise that you can “win huge amounts of money” and it won’t do any good for your service to do so, except maybe a lot of negative press from bloggers and other annoyed addressees of your “Invitation”…

Anyone else got one of these?

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