Steganography and spam

Why don’t I hear more about this?

There are a few sites on the net talking about hidden messages in spam but most deal with steganographic images. It seems that the following spam could not possibly be a real sales attempt.

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That musician finds the book interesting. That bartender told them a joke.
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Does Amanda encourage Fred’s wife to jump under the bridge? Virginia opened the door.
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They kept the room warm. Those librarians offered her a ride home.
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I found the book interesting. Those store clerks left her a ticket.
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I can’t imagine that even the dumbest person could be stupid enough to follow the link without being able to read what it’s about.

If the many spam message I receive that look like this are hidden messages, why don’t we (I) hear more about their real content?

Is nobody looking at these messages and decoding them or are the spammers really as lazy as these messages would suggest, if they aren’t steganographic?

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Michael Harrison

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