Spam humour

During a discussion on spam and spyware tactics on ISP's newsgroup the follow post was made:

WARNING
        This new scam is being pulled mainly on older men.

        What happens is that when you stop for a red light, a young
        nude woman comes up and pretends to be washing your
        windshield.

        While she is doing this, another person opens your back
        door and steals anything in the car.

        They are very good at this.

        They got me 7 times Friday and 5 times Saturday. I wasn't
        able to find them on Sunday...

I wouldn't have bothered posting this myself, except I'd just finished yet another job of cleaning spyware and viruses from a hopelessly chocked Windows PC. People just don't understand how it gets on their machines, and yet the PC was loaded with at least a half dozen free "utilities" that were clearly sent to distract them while the spyware was busy being installed and stealing all their private information. Sure Internet Explorer bugs can partly be to blame, in addition to a lack of user education too, but really, when it comes down to it, falling for the "FREE STUFF" trick and being entertained by the show is the biggest culprit and it works, time after time after time.

What is more I have yet another spyware and virus laden PC already lined up for fixing. I'm seriously thinking about refusing to fix computers, but instead to sell training time while I sit with the user and teach them how to fix the computer. Then a) they will appreaciate how much time this all takes, b) how complicated and difficult it can be and c) I'll have less of a chance of seeing them back with the same problem in a week or two. Sure it means less repeat business for me in exchange for more money upfront, but all in all its for the common good.