Does This Mean I'll Have to Block My Own E-mail Address?

It tastes like discounted Viagra.

In the old days (the late 1990s) I used to be fooled by spam. I thought every e-mail that I received was sent to me because someone knew me, or because I had requested some information. Several computer viruses and one large cash transfer to someone who turned out not to be Prince Abinala Umbutu of the People's Free Democratic Republic of Congo later, I learned that that was not always the case.

Spam has become much craftier, what with those fake bank account alerts that look like real e-mails from real banks if the person in charge of writing those e-mails had third-grade grammar, but some spam I get makes me wonder whether they're even trying.

Obviously, the senders listed for spam are fake. You won't be getting e-mail from jim.richards@stealyourmoney.org. The pseudonyms are usually normal-sounding names, but quite often I receive an e-mail that alleges its address of origin to be my own.

THAT'S WEIRD
Yes, it is. Take the example below:

 

Now, why would I send myself an e-mail about a Viagra discount? Even if I were to e-mail myself such an alert, because maybe I read about it somewhere and e-mailed myself a reminder, would I put my username in the subject line as well? Am I that clueless that I would have forgotten about sending myself an e-mail about Viagra discounts?

And wouldn't I ask myself, "Self, why did the discount suddenly drop 14 percent?" (Then again, the subject line says it's a minus-61 percent discount, so that actually means that the markup is not as large. I'll my own biology handle my erections at least until I get that "-47%" discount alert.)

That's all I really need to say about this. It's been a great week, The Anthony Show-wise, and I wanted to write a shorter post today. Besides, you can see that I need to respond to "Jacqueline Jones" — I have the opportunity to chat with girl! ME LOVE CHAT WITH GIRL!