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Old July 6, 2002, 07:14 AM
Boyd Stone
 
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Default Thanks + I agree with you [DNO]

dno
> Thanks for the link to that interesting
> article, Boyd. In the article the
> "spammer" guy said he charged 1
> dollar per click every time someone clicked
> on the website of his clients. He then gave
> the example of sending out 80 million
> e-mails for a travel company and getting
> 30,000 to 40,000 clicks/leads. Well, very
> simple math tells you that comes up to
> $30,000 to $40,000 dollars that the travel
> company has to pay the spammer guy for the
> clicks. By spending that kind of money for
> leads, that travel company better hope they
> make a few sales or they're out over $30,000
> for just a bunch of clicks!

> With spammers making this much money - and
> this is just off of one company - it's no
> wonder why they're so hard to shut down.

> Randy