Dave Hinz notes:
Hm. I put them in the same category as spyware advertisers, virus
writers, and microsoft developers. But I repeat myself.

I got a letter this morning from a woman writer in India, offering me,
as editor (which I am not), her production. At 2 cents per word.

I don't know for sure it's spam, but I cannot imagine how she got my
name as an editor, unless she's grabbing lists from everywhere and
mailing off the same clip and resume to them all.

For the uninitiated, 2 cents a word in the U.S. is an insult. Half a
buck a word is barely enough to let you make a living. So now we have
some new spamming for outsourcing, of technology writing, at less than
5% of a sensible rate.

A wondrous thing. I think not. Of course, this time it gored my ox.