> Yeah, I have an anecdote. Some spammer tried to sell what amounts to a handful
> of mud for the price of a couple of gallons of petrol, by posting a fake "I'm a
> journalist" post to a newsgroup, and hopefully got bad publicity.

Not fake. I'm not affiliated with the company in any way. I asked here
because I thought this was a knowledgeable community of motoring
enthusiasts.