Just received this spam in my inbox today:

Dear Friends at [redacted],

While long recognized as an effective pain treatment, proof of natural healings ability to relieve mesothelioma symptoms is now emerging as well. Patients suffering from mesothelioma have experienced a boost in their quality of life, renewed energy and decreased discomfort thanks to this practice. In addition, incorporating natural healing into a mesothelioma treatment regimen can return and maintain balance the body needs to heal itself.

After browsing your site I noticed you mention a few other health related websites on your links page [link redacted]. I would be grateful if you would mention our site, www.mesotheliomasymptoms.com on this page as well. Please let me know if this is something of interest to you and your co-workers. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Feel free to email me with any questions you may have.

Thanks again,
Sarah Anderson
Communications Director
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MesotheliomaSymptoms.com, located at 255 S. Orange Avenue Suite 113, Orlando, Florida 32801.

Visiting the linked website, and instead of a valuable resource for people with mesothelioma (basically cancer caused by asbestos inhalation), what I discovered is a thinly-disguised site filled with clickbait terms and SEO content, but around every corner is a solicitation to consult a paralegal or an attorney, explore your legal options, or obtain just compensation. In other words, it’s run by shysters.

For your information, this website is supported by these fine people:

Being a douchebag attorney is bad enough; but a spamming douchebag attorney is a rock-solid guarantee that a) I’ll never do business with you, and b) I’ll take every opportunity to pillory you in public.¹

There was a time, back in the Pleistocene era, when banks operated from 9 to 3 and hamburgers cost 25¢, that attorneys were not permitted to advertise; would that it were still so. Now you can’t go to any major city, and I’m talking about you, Las Vegas, where every other billboard is a solicitation by an attorney to get you out of trouble, file for bankruptcy, or sue someone else for damages that you are entitled to.

Q: What’s the difference between a plecostomus and an attorney?
A: One’s a bottom-feeding, scum-sucking, slime-covered creature of the deep; the other one is a fish.

The Old Wolf has spoken.

¹Disclaimer: The above post is satire.