2012 Jan 01 - In what appears to have been a coordinated attack against the tools of capitalism, hundreds of unsuspecting liberal bloggers have been targeted, baiting them with emails containing a link leading to a pseudo Daily Kos homepage completely devoid of advertising and decorated with little gold icons tagged Subscriber, leaving them scratching their heads and asking "Why me?" or "What have I done to deserve this?".
The emails, believed to have originated from servers in the USA, spammed virtually all major email hosts. One recipient, speaking under the pseudonym koNko, provided a coy of the mail he received:
Dear koNko,
Congratulations! An anonymous benefactor has purchased you a lifetime gift subscription to Daily Kos.
To: koNko
From: An anonymous benefactor
Message from An anonymous benefactor:
Even though I have not always agreed with your positions in the past (though I usually do), I consistently find your positions honorable and sincere. Someone like yourself deserves a lifetime subscription to the site.
"To be honest, I was surprised" he said, "I'm not sure why I was targeted and I don't know why I would be accused of being 'honorable and sincere', you should read some of the crazy stuff I post on that site." adding "I never really thought I would get a Pony or a Lifetime Subscription to anything. So can I have my Pony now?"
Dear Anonymous:
Thank you. I am truly surprised, touched and honored to receive your kind gift and find, as I always do, participating here always returns much more than I give.
And whomever you are, I just hope I can meet you here again soon and occasionally justify your investment in this community with my own in terms of effort contributing to the great debates and friendships we have here, this is a very special place.
万感谢您!