The Brady Report

Why do spam / scammers survive?    It's a sad testament to the stupidity of the internet population.    I got this email today to update my "Adobe PDF" software.

Ok, let’s dissect this wonderful piece of marketing that “Adobe” sent me…

1. Not from adobe.com.      The email address it was sent from is newsletter @ adobe-pdf-new-download.org 
2. The links in the email aren’t from adobe.com.   
3. Adobe doesn’t refer to their company as “Adobe PDF”.
4. Adobe doesn’t refer to ANY product as “Adobe PDF”.  It is called “Adobe Acrobat” or “Adobe Reader”.
5. Grammer anyone?   “Download new version of Adobe PDF and get your application updated”.   Really?   I’m pretty sure Adobe has some creative writers on staff.

There are so many things wrong with this that it boggles my mind that people are dumb enough to click it and yet they do.    I’ll ask again, can we please pass some legislation in this country to require a test before people are allowed to use a computer or the internet? (email, web, twitter, FaceBook and yes Farmville).

Ok, I feel a bit better now…  at least until the next Viagra email shows up…