2001connections-article0013 Nuisance of junk email requires stronger remedies.

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2001connections-article0013
Nuisance of junk email requires stronger remedies.

The fast-spreading cancer of junk email calls for tougher legislation, more effective enforcement, and improved efforts by consumers and suppliers to curb this proliferation. Laws alone are insufficient. People still need to lock their doors, despite statutes against burglary. Crooks of all kinds will always try to cheat and steal and to get something for nothing. We need to be more vigilant and less trusting.
    Email providers can play a greater role in reducing the spread of junk. Perhaps routinely scrutinizing the activity of high-volume senders. Maybe soliciting some feedback from recipients. Possibly inquiring along these lines: “Did you actually wish to receive this piece of email, or was it sneaked into your inbox against your will?”.
    Email providers might require self-reporting of high-volume senders, and ask for adequate references from recipients, to the effect that they were not pestered by unwanted sendings. And of course terminate the accounts of abusers of the system, as permitted by terms of service and/or by applicable laws.

Unfortunately, junk email will probably continue to be a problem as long as a certain proportion of recipients actually reply and buy stuff promoted in this form of intrusive correspondence. Yes, regrettably, there are a number of suckers among us. I feel pity for them. A similar degree of pity as I have towards buyers of lottery tickets. In both cases it’s almost certainly a losing deal. Don’t let the absurdly small percentage of big winners convince you otherwise. Chumps get easily duped into a losing deal.
    If this short, simple article will save at least 1[one] person from being a chump, I consider such a result well worth my modest effort here.
    Disclaimer: I do not hold a degree in chumpology, nor any other relevant or irrelevant field. Nor is it ever my intention to wrongly or mistakenly create the impression of holding a degree or any official qualifications. I am not even sure if the science of chumpology actually exists. If it does, or will exist, it will presumably encompass the study of chumps. As far as I know, or will probably know.

Tom’s New Age Dictionary
chumpology [noun] = the study of chumps.

If and when junk email is ever eradicated from the face of the Earth, we really should begin to worry about what new kind of crooked scheme these swindlers will resort to. Because, make no mistake, the majority of these tricksters are unlikely to resign themselves to seeking honest work. Very unfortunately, in this scenario, I really, truly suspect that the old pessimistic prediction holds true: “Once a crook, always a crook”. We need to be vigilant and watch over our wallets and all resources and objects of value. Because, who knows what form the next attack might take? And from where?
    Just a spontaneous idea. Perhaps some kind of world-wide crook alert could be useful in helping honest citizens defend themselves against certain types of cons. This kind of system could list many shady characters from all over the world, who have shown themselves to be exceptionally notorious and unrelenting in pursuing just about any kind of crooked deals they can get into. Incorrigible types, drifting from one type of racket to another. Yes, regrettably there are rogues who seem to have persistent personality flaws. They simply refuse to be honest and decent. Even when one of these shady types seems to have reformed himself and taken on an honest job, think twice before believing such positive appearances. If he works as a clerk at a convenience store, double check the daily till, to make sure he’s not pilfering the cash. If he drives a delivery truck, better verify the weight, volume and contents of each box. Just in case he’s opening a few cartons, swiping some goods, and resealing the container so it looks like original condition. And so on.
    Yes, unfortunately, “Once a crook, always a crook”. Maybe not in every instance, but probably the majority, in this context. What can we do? Honest citizens would probably be better off to absolutely, positively avoid any kind of interaction with these fraudsters who have a particularly troubling track record. Perhaps even if the tricksters claim to be reformed. It depends on the individual. But if someone has a lengthy history of perpetrating many sorts of crooked schemes, be extra careful. And always try to be aware of whom, and what, you are dealing with.

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