The new face of spam

Many months back, I got an offer from someone to pay me for posting spam. Today, I receive this email. If it’s not spam, then it’s from a really stupid writer that failed to read my blog (and you know what happens to those people!):

Hi Jon,

I recently started writing work for RN Central as a content writer. I would like to write a guest post related to medical/nursing/healthcare on your site if you’re interested in accepting such a post. If you are interested, please let me know and I can send you an article for you to look over.

The Deal:

I will write a good, useful posts/articles on medical/nursing/healthcare specifically for your website/blog, free of cost. But I will need a by-line to build up my writing career. In addition, there will be a link to the RN Central site in the by-line. So, it will help all parties concerned.

Sample posts written by me:

http://www.rncentral.com/nursing-library/careplans/how-to-get-cheaper-healthcare-without-insurance

http://www.rncentral.com/nursing-library/careplans/20-surprising-ways-wal-mart-clinics-affect-us-healthcare

Both articles were widely read and received numerous links from other bloggers.

Thanks for your time and I am looking forward to your reply.

Thanks,
Heather Johnson

It has evolved!