Your local quack medicine distributor

[bwh]

Today I received some spam. This is hardly surprising. What made this unusual was that it was sent through the Cambridge Network web site with real contact details. The spammer was soliciting down-level distributors for "Forever Living" aloe vera gel. I decided to write back; follow the link to see our correspondence.

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[the-ladylark.livejournal.com]

My housemates parents are into this scheme. They seem to believe in it, and the 'magical aloe vera'. From what I can gather, their main customers are themselves - they drink strange concoctions every day, and our bathroom has several aloe products.

Then again, this housemate forwarded me the 'send this to 10 people and get a new mobile!!!!111' email, with a note 'well, I need a new phone what harm can it do'.

I think I see a family trend...