Anyone who has ever had an email account knows about spam, and most are easy to spot. Links for viagra, car insurance, and the like are plentiful, but like I said easy to spot without opening them.
But yesterday I received a spam message that bypassed the filter and took me a second to notice its fishiness.
erik has sent you a link to a post on Consumerist:
Title: Tell A Friend: You WILL NOT Need Cable After The Digital TV Switch
Link: http://consumerist.com/5115821/tell-a-friend-you-will-not-need-cable-after-the-digital-tv-switcherik says: VIAGRA, VICODIN, CIALIS! +more Innternational Rx is having a huge sale! Worldwide overnight shipping, Very descreet, no prescription required. http://www.****.com/redir?url=http://groups.google.com/group/****
What was funny is I know someone named Erik who at one point wold send me links like that, and the day before I received it, I was talking to Chris Van Patten about The Consumerist, and funnily enough about tvs and high definition.
They would’ve gotten away with it too had they put a bit more space between the consumerist link and the VIAGRA, VICODON, and CIALIS links. Oh, and if you are going to spam me, be sure to spell-check your document and possibly spell your company name correctly. 
Well maybe they DO spell it “Innternational,” which is frightening in itself.
I’ve had a few things that get by the spam filter. But it’s usually, obviously, spammy.
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