Delete This at Your Peril: One Man's Hilarious Exchanges With Internet Spammers - Couverture rigide

Servant, Bob

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ISBN 10 : 1602392757 ISBN 13 : 9781602392755

Editeur : Skyhorse Pub Co Inc, 2008

Synopsis

"Genius! Highly entertaining and brilliantly deranged."--Maxim Spam is the plague of the electronic age, comprising 90% of all e-mails and illegally netting millions of dollars each year. Into this frustrating wave of directed marketing steps the brave figure of Bob Servant, a former window cleaner and cheeseburger magnate with a love of wine, women, and song--as well as a devious sense of fair play. In collusion with his "editor" Neil Forsyth, Bob gives spammers a taste of their own medicine. This wickedly funny and original book features the anarchic exchanges between Bob and the hapless spam merchants who unwittingly flood his inbox. As they offer him African fortunes, Russian brides, and get-rich-quick scams, he turns the tables by offering them some outlandish schemes of his own. Upping the ante with the skill of a seasoned pro, Bob demands legal asylum, shoulders to cry on, and gold lions that speak--and almost gets his way. The result is page after page of wacky and hilarious e-mail exchanges--and a cathartic release for anyone whose inbox has been deluged with unwanted e-mail. 22 b/w photographs.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This is an hilarious collection of email exchanges starring the anti-hero of spam, Bob Servant, now republished with previously unreleased material. Spam is the plague of the electronic age, comprising 90% of all emails sent and conning over GBP150m a year from British victims. Into this wave of corruption steps the brave figure of Bob Servant - a former window cleaner and cheeseburger magnate with a love of wine, women and song as well as a keen sense of fair play. This wickedly funny and original book features the anarchic exchanges between Bob and the hapless spam merchants. As they offer Bob lost African millions, Russian brides and get-rich-quick scams he responds by generously offering some outlandish schemes of his own. The spammers may have breached his firewall, but they have met their match as Bob Servant rises heroically to the challenge, and sows confusion in his wake.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Bob Servant is a sixty-two-year-old, semi-retired resident of Dundee. He has previously worked as a merchant sailor and window cleaner, among other occupations, but now describes himself as 'an unemployed gigolo'. Neil Forsyth is an author and journalist. A fellow Dundonian and friend to Bob Servant for over twenty years, he has recently completed Servant's biography, Bob Servant: Hero of Dundee, also available from Birlinn.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Skyhorse Pub Co Inc
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1602392757
• ISBN 13: 9781602392755
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 155