Sex, lies and Internet

How often have you checked your email account, only to be told that your Viagra order will be delivered soon? How often have you come across mails that guarantee better sex life with super male pills that surpass the Viagra? Haven't you found spam mails that market sex toys designed to trigger off miracles on the bed? If not, then you probably don't have an e-mail account!

E-mail accounts the world over receive bulk messages that permeate the toughest of blocks and contain nothing but absolute rubbish. There are hundreds of super freaks out there who, hidden behind masks of anonymity, concoct spam mails that play truant with people's personal space.

Here's the latest in this writer's mailbox: a mail selling 'Generic Viagra, Viagra Professional, Viagra Soft Tabs, Viagra Super Active, Female Viagra' while promising discount on reorders! Anybody with any amount of common sense won't respond to such a mail. But, nobody should be blamed for thinking to one's self: why me?

A mail with an innocuous subject like 'Check This: Important' can take you to a series of sexually explicit pictures. Towards the end is the promise of a physically fulfilled life if you invest in some toys, boys. A smartly crafted subject could be 'Ref: cars', the text inside being a one-liner: 'Do you lack the drive?'

Spam mails can deal with any subject, right from those that sell second hand cars, others which tell you how you have won a million dollars, and those that insist on replies simply because the sender claims to be someone you know. You are entitled to feel good when a mail tells how one million bucks will lighten up your life if you contact an agent who has assured the magical figure for you.

But, why most spam mails concentrate on that three-letter word — sex, what else — beguiles reasoning. Is it because a bunch of perverts believe that there are millions like them the world over? Or, is it because there are countless people who actually respond to such crazy visitors in their mailboxes? Whatever the answer, the fact is that the internet has turned sex into a bigger presence in our lives than ever before. Or else, how can you explain a mail during office hours that reads: Do you want it now?