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{{quote|''Warning: This is without a doubt the most depraved, foul, insidious and malevolent of all possible evil professions. If you choose this job you will be hated by good and evil-doers alike, becoming the lowest of all possible lows, with vigilantes hunting you and entire religions springing up devoted to your destruction. And not without good reason.''
''You will need: "Special $200 CD with email addresses lifted from USENET! All completely legal! Really!"''
''Also required: [[Complete Monster|Overall worthlessness, wretched stench, complete and utter lameness, heart of darkness, unending depravity, lack of a soul, I.Q. the equivalent of pond scum, and the charm of a three-day-dead rat left festering in the sun that even the maggots won't touch because it's so goddamn ugly and repulsive.]]''
''We won't actually go into the details of this job as it's far too disgusting, [[Even Evil Has Standards|even for us]]. Nevertheless, as a spammer you will now honestly be able to say your downfall from humanity is complete, that your eternal damnation is assured and that none exist who can surpass you in vileness.'' }}
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In email slang, spam is when an email user sends the same message to a large number of people using an automated list, generally for scam or advertisement purposes. The Nigerian email scams of recent years are a good example. In order to spam an email account, the spammer must first get the email address by using a phishing site, spyware, hacking, or simply by buying it from a website you trusted more than you should have. Once they have your address, you can receive spam from them for years. However, none of that matters because this entry is about the other kind of spammer.
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{{examples|Examples in fiction:}}
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* [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-08-25 This] storyline in ''[[Angband Tales From the Pit]]''.
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