Excerpts from a recent spam:
From: "Protection against human viruses"
Subject: Antidote found in Crocodiles

We have an Alternative to DRUGS & ANTIBIOTICS. A Miracle Protein than can = help people with serious diseases

'THE ANTIDOTE'

Kills ALL known deadly Viruses & Bacteria in the body that keep diseases, = namely: Influenza, SARS, Cancer, HIV etc.

A disease must be made DORMANT to stop infection.
'The ANTIDOTE' is the answer.

WE ARE THE ONLY COMPANY IN THE WORLD WHO HAVE DEVELOPED AND ENHANCED THIS = PRODUCT FOR SALE.

Crocodiles, eh? I wonder whether the spam script has a list of several possible sources, and randomly chooses one for each copy. ("Antidote found in Anteaters"?)

The sad thing is, even if one person in a million is gullible (or merely desperate) enough to buy it, the spammers will have profited.

Posted by: gutenberg | http:// | Sun Dec 12 13:22:08 2004

well, i do hope they find an antidote for the cancer virus one day.

Posted by: acb | http://dev.null.org/ | Sun Dec 12 14:04:12 2004

Who knows, maybe one day they'll even find a cure for death.

Posted by: steff | http:// | Sun Dec 12 23:28:34 2004

Why always for us ? Let the animal kingdom profit, as well. Eternal life for all. And antidotes for aardvarks.

Posted by: mitch | http:// | Thu Dec 16 09:06:36 2004

If we accept the antidote, the spammers will have won.

Posted by: Aaron | http:// | Thu Jan 13 00:52:35 2005

A protein if orally taken would be digested and broken down into it's chemical components and rendered useless so it is not possible for there claims to be accurate,and even if you could get it into the body through injection it would be destroyed by your bodies immune system.

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