19th century spam came by post, prefigured modern spam in so many ways

L_Mariachi February 21, 2016, 4:25pm 2

If modern spam looked that good I wouldn’t filter it.

NO DYNAMITE IN THIS PACKAGE DON’T BE AFRAID TO OPEN IT

Okay then!

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