Spam, Spam, Spam!

Date April 28, 2006

67 minutes.

That was the elapsed time between activating an email address on andrewterry.com and receiving this piece of junk:

This week we are creating several new positions in your area, and the experience listed on your resume reflects the type of person we are looking for. You could be missing out on a promising job opportunity, so contact us soon. This position has high earning potential, excellent benefits and opportunity for advancement. You really should look into it.

As a Representative for American Income Life Insurance Company, there is no limit to your earning potential, and you don’t need prior sales experience. We offer an in-field training program as well as flexible hours and full support. Many new representatives earn from $60,000 to $90,000 or more in their first year. This job could give you the high earnings you’ve been looking for.

Start a rewarding job today… with American Income Life Insurance Company. Please
CLICK HERE to find out more about the position we may have available for you. We hope to hear from you soon.

Sincerely,

Roger Smith
President And Chief Executive Officer
American Income Life Insurance Company
1200 Wooded Acres Drive
Waco, TX 76710

P.S. You received this E-mail because you responded to our ad or placed your resume on one of the internet job boards. To unsubscribe from future E-mails follow the link below.

I’ve disabled their CLICK HERE link, and I haven’t included the unsubscribe link either – for the simple reason that clicking that almost certainly won’t unsubscribe me. It’ll confirm that the email address is active. So back to the rant – first of all, nothing my resume would match the “skills” that Roger Smith is looking for; Second, I have never seen a recruitment ad for American Income Life Insurance, let alone repsond to one; and third, I wouldn’t place my resume on a US job board because I don’t live there.As with unsolicited junk snail mail, I didn’t ask for it; I don’t want or need it. And yet, it’s wasted my server space, my bandwidth and my time.

When is this shameful practice going to be banned outright? No opt-in schemes – as if anyone would want to opt-in to junk mail; No white-lists – consumers already get enough advertising shoved down their throats; Just make it stop!

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