For the most part it is worthless, it wastes precious bandwidth, and the advertisers that use this guerrilla sales tactic are generally untrustworthy. Most likely, the targets that fall for it are trusting, unsuspecting or inexperienced newbies to the Internet. The spammer's greatest tool is ignorance. Unscrupulous Internet advertisers use a variety of tactics to sell their schemes to unsuspecting people, and usually hide their identities - a suspicious tactic in itself. Occasional SPAM, harassment and flames wars are all part of this anarchy we call the Internet, however if it happens more than occasionally it can be incredibly annoying and frustrating.
Internet commerce is the wave of the economical future.
However, the unethical and sometimes illegal practices of spammers threaten to ruin legitimate Internet business. If world governments have to step in to regulate the Net, it could spoil the free and open nature that makes the Net so appealing. Therefore, the more people that are educated about SPAM, the brighter the future looks for Net commerce and the Net in general. The spammer's greatest tool is the ignorance of their victims. This article was written in an attempt to expose these charlatans, their common tactics, and to shine light on how to fight back.