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I, like many other folks, love digging into my Spam folder for a good afternoon chuckle. Today I was struck by a few out-of-the-ordinary, eye-catching headlines that might have gotten me to click -- ya know, if the message wasn't in my spam folder or from an unrecognizable e-mail address. In fact, I learned something about spammers: Not only are they incredibly imaginative, they are timely and boy do they love using the Opera e-mail client.

Here are the top 5 spam messages I found in my inbox today:

  • 5. Dairies? You mean diaries? Almost had me on this one... if I cared about Anne Hathaway. Although, the misspelling was a little too suspicious. Button that up for next time.



  • 4. So much going on here. First, at this point there is no way that Britney is getting custody of those children. You should've picked THIS headline (OMG!) for maximum clickage instead. And, I love that Scrabulous (<3) is huge enough to make its way into my spambox.



  • 3. Wow. What an imagination you have there, spammer. Unfortunately I think you have confused Blake Lewis with his career. I'll give you a few points for dramatics though.



  • 2. Hmmm... interesting. Way to take a terribly sad, timely news story and completely blow it out of proportion. But, ooh didn't know that Christian Bale got sentenced. Lemme guess? Only 1 month instead of 3? Ugh. Liars!!!
  • 1. The Spammer Who Knows How to Get a Click -- WTF?!?!!? Don't pull this sh*t on me! With all the murmurs of Steve's poor health and most thinking that this move is inevitable, this headline just goes too far -- of course I'll click on that!