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"Amazing, Jonathon"

So read the subject line on an email we got this morning.

Now, normally, we get hundreds of emails with similar subject lines. There must be some sort of program out there that enables spammers to create enticing (and plausible) subject lines that randomly incorporate first names and combine them with superlatives such as “Amazing” or “Spectacular.”

We always hit the delete button– we turf them by the dozens, knowing that they’re come-ons. This one time, though, they got lucky. They sent the editors of a magazine about standup comedy an email about erectile disfunction with the above subject line.

The spam gods are smiling upon someone out there.