Brendan Nyhan

Fake spam names

The creativity of the non-English-speaking spam wizards is truly amazing. Scanning my spam folder in Yahoo Mail, I see emails from “Dispatching R. Brimmed,” “Pharmacist T. Hairpieces,” “Hallucinatory R. Heartwarming,” “Irregularities V. Mono,” and my personal favorite, “Antifreeze B. Chi.” At least they amuse me when they’re wasting my time…