A short digression into SPAM names

I‘ve been getting an awful lot of spam just lately. At first I just ignored it, thinking that our various protective devices would slow it down. But then I started noticing the names of the supposed senders of the messages, and was gradually drawn in to the strange world of spam naming conventions. In no particular order below is a list of my favourite spam senders, from whom I have received unsolicited mail in the last few weeks:

Joan R Wirehat
Edgar Llybthlao
Edith Andsak
Dolores Tphr
Madeleine Ygebt
Neddie Yipobi
Lawrence Obbydah
Nancy Efe
Ifor Alvarado
Hannibal Hampton
Natalka Wareham
Raisel Durfey
Cravin A. Tutu
Bessy Wack
Gladys Doupa

And now, I can imagine all these people - their lives, hopes, aspirations. Who would not want to buy fake viagra from them?