2022
Those are all good points, ermest, but I suspect that for many spammers the goal isn't so much profit as to do the thing itself. They often strike me as not that different from those who put graffiti on buildings that aren't theirs; there is a certain quality like advertising, but you have to know them already for it to work. Nonetheless, they leave their mark, rather too literally:
Hi,
I came across this thread and think you made a good point that we have yet to implement. We can do something back for spammers.
Having some fun, I suggest the following:
Intro
Society has been coming down very hard on bullying. The campaigns, paid for by governments, and the many short movies, etc. on the subject are substantial. You really do not wish to be told that you are bullying somebody, because that has become a very loaded label. Spammers on the other hand, although their behaviour is costing the global market tons of money and wasting enormous amounts of people's time, are coming off rather lightly.
The Plan
My suggestion is to slightly rewrite your post as a business article with a link to a solution how to reach us. Preferably with a twist in the end where once they continue to follow the trail of linked articles, end up at Google My Business sign up page...
For example:
1) We post an image with a list of do's and don't not to waist our time to tell us not to spam. Simply insert the image, like the one I share below.
2) We post the link to the first article: I highly recommend you read this article: The Return of Investment of Promoting Your Business on Connect (Title is linked to a Google Doc with the article).
3) At the bottom of this educational article based on yours, we post another attractive link saying. Solution: How to reach more than 100,000 Local Guides and Potential Local Customers. This article just gives the some real cool fact about Google Maps (the amount of apps downloaded, the hits the URL for google maps gets in one day, perhaps Google can point us to a source of cool statistics.
4) At the bottom of this PROMOTIONAL article about how amazing maps is for businesses, we place another link to the sign up page for Google My Business. Perhaps the link could emphasis the time-wasting. Maybe something like, what kind of a business person are you? Stop wasting your time, sign up to this amazing free advertising opportunity now.
The time saving sharing of Do's and Don't image I use is:
Staying on topic, I can highly recommend you watch this TED video on youtube about a guy playing games with a spammer:
