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[LawMarketing Blog
by Larry Bodine]

NYT: E-Mail Hucksterism, Offensive but Effective

Apparently we're all in the wrong business. "Mr. [Scott] Richter [president of OptInRealBig] said the biggest spammers take in $5,000 to $10,000 a day selling penis pills."

I'm really sorry to see the Times running this story. It's practically an infomercial for the spam business. And all the reporter seems to do is take the spammers' word for it as to how profitable the business is. No interviews with the Better Business Bureau, Federal Trade Commission or anyone else who might suggest that these spammers are lying fraudsters. For example, this claim raised my eyebrows: "'If we have an affiliate and we get even one angry spam complaint,' Mr. [Michael] Clark [of Herbal Partners] said, 'we will cut them off and stop paying them.'" The phrase, "Yeah, right" comes to mind.

And this is the second spam-praising story the Times has run in the past few weeks (see below).

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