From Russia with love

Everyday I get at least 20 emails that I have to delete. How they get through the firewall is anyone's guess, but they're so frequent and so irritating I delete them immediately. Any name I don't recognise they're in the trash. Sometimes they're from people like Veronica Cheeseboard or Satan or Suzy Bottle.

They're all either Viagra emails, all entitled things like 'Make her like you more', 'No one will laugh at your wiener!' and 'Give her what she wants', or some German stocks and shares heads-up accompanied by what look like passages out of of books, or poetry, and have titles that have nothing to do with anything in the email. This also applies to the myriad software at low, low prices emails I get too.

Why are these sent? Who sends them? What is the purpose of these? I don't need or want to buy Viagra or software and why would I do it unsolicited email? I have no interest in buying shares from an anonymouse tipster either, so why do they flood my inbox? Sometimes they have my name in the title or the name of a friend, just to fox me. What can the benefit of these emails possibly be to someone else.

Here's one I received today. It's from Svetlana. Oh poor woman, her dreams of moving to England have been shattered. Can I help? But of course! Oh and she's looking for love. Well look no further, Svet, I'm all yours. I must say it's no wonder you got a first for your English - you speak it like a native...

Hello!!!
My name is Svetlana.
I live in Russia, in the city of Yoshkar-Ola. To me 26 years.
I would like to find out you better, but for the beginning I
shall tell a little about itself:
Studied in institute also I have good educations I work as the
the children's the teacher. Since the childhood I have chosen for this
myself trade I very much I like my work, I have respect of people
with which I I work also which to work with me.
I can tell about myself that with a smile I go for work, therefore
that really I receive great pleasure from work with children. I love
children very much and I would like to have children in the future, but
for the beginning I want to find the love.:)
My director has planned to open a private school for Russian children in
UK. I and some other Children's doctors of our school had an opportunity
to work in the UK. To work in the UK I has passed fast rate of studying
English language. To me did all necessary documents for flight
in UK, but approximately one month ago director informed me that all
plans are cancelled and is never possible to be carried out. I built big
plans and all has failed.
Certainly I have been very much disappointed when has learned these news.
Several days ago to me there has come the invitation from UK the ambassador
for reception of the visa. Director informed me that I can to take advantage
of this visa in my personal purposes.
Also director informed that can give long holiday from work if I shall
decide to fly in the UK. I long thought the visa is necessary for me whether
or not. I heard about your country much and it seems to me that really the
best place where it is possible to live and to enjoy a life. The UK has good
economy and it does yours the country stable.
I think that the UK it really best place to find the love, and to live
happily up to the end of a life. I always dreamed to see what life in the
UK and it is possible even to find the love there. Now this dream seems a
reality because with the visa I I have an opportunity to travel in the UK.
I have taken advice about trip to the UK at the girlfriends and they have
told that will be happy for me if I shall carry out the dream of trips to the
UK. Also they informed that men from UK have all qualities of the best
husband. It is valid so? I has decided to fly in the UK, but it is difficult
for me to think of flight in your country seriously because know nobody there.
Probably it silly sounds, but I has decided to engage to searches
of the man from the UK on the Internet. Now I have written to you also it
would be very glad if my visa was useful for ours meetings. I would like to
learn you closer. To learn it is more about your plans, dreams and values.
Who knows, probably we have general plans for The future and to us it will be
good together!?
If you really want to find the good woman for yourself that please write to
me and perhaps in the future we could know better each other and we would have
our meeting and we could build the present family and good relations.
I really good woman which want love and happiness and I when did not want to
destroy your heart.
Please, write to me back and send your pic on my regular e-mail svetlanaan@bk.ru

I shall look forward to hearing from you.
To have good day,
Svetlana.

So someone somewhere must be falling for all this horseshit otherwise who'd bother to send these emails. I just wish it would stop.