Over the month of February I decided to keep an eye on spam messages that were using the cult of the Academy Awards celebrity to peddle products. I tracked spam using the names of the actors nominated for best actor and actress in a leading role in the subject line. The results were overwhelming! It seems that although an Oscar nomination can mean big bucks and recognition in the world of big budget films, studios, and pop culture, it doesn't carry so much weight in the world of spam finance. Of the ten actors nominated, only three appeared in spam subject lines in February. Anne Hathaway received an honorable mention with one spam message. The rest of the spam went to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. The other seven actors received no spam counts and will have to be satisfied with not being chosen to help fatten the pockets of spammers. If the spammers could vote for the awards, it’s obvious that things would have turned out a whole lot differently.
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