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Not Tellin
Lv 4
Not Tellin asked in Computers & InternetInternet · 1 decade ago

Why do spammers bother to send mail with gibberish in the content line ?

Nobody is ever going to open them. So why do it ?

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  • Campbell Gramma
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    because they can by-pass the SPAM filters that way....

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    In hopes someone falls for the subject line and opens the email and only to be lied to.. i thing the gov. needs to step in and stop this spam crap. or all this crap. vote for coke or Pepsi and get a 500 dollar gift card. That is false advert sing, you have to complete how many offers. it is misleading...

  • MK6
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    I think the gibberish is another language, - that didn't format

  • runningviolin
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    They have made an error when doing their encoding. Since they don't know they made an error, they assume that it is coming out correctly when you receive it.

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  • Theresa
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    some people are curious enough to open them

  • ngdb
    1 decade ago

    you'd be surprised how many people open things by accident or curiosity.

  • jibberjabbar
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    listen to gramma^

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