The problem is real.

Anti-spam software and a vigilant North American public are hurting the spam industry in many third-world countries, including Nigeria. Proposed legislation by tech-industry big shots threatens to cripple this once thriving community even further. Spammers and their families need your help.

No longer able to provide for their families by typing away the afternoon into their automatic spamming software, many spammers are forced to endure hours of backbreaking labour at local restaurants and barber shops or sell their souls working nine-to-five government jobs. And those are just the lucky ones.

Jordan Maleb, Former Spammer:

"I used to work from home, where I could keep an eye on my two kids, but now I'm out there every day waiting tables for a fraction of what I used to make spamming. Not only am I not able to watch my children grow up, but I'm hardly able to afford the quality of life we had become accustomed to. Once spamming in our area went downhill, this is all I'm left with."

You can help people like Jordan.

For as little as the price of a cup of coffee every day, your contributions can help subsidize Jordan's spamming career. Your contributions will put food on his children's plate, buy much needed medicines and put clothes on their backs. At the same time you will be allowing Jordan to do the work he loves and is trained to do.

Jonathan Poston, age 9:

"We used to have goats, but now we can't afford goats. We had to eat our goats. Our goats tasted good but I miss our goats."

Jonathan is not alone.

Many families in his area have been forced to eat their goats when there was no more money for food. Your contributions can help.

Your contributions will not only put healthy, non-goat food on Jonathan's plate but they will also help fund a new building for the Nigerian School for Spammers. With new facilities and technologies at their fingertips, the next generation of spammers will be prepared to fight against all the obstacles currently facing their chosen profession.

You will help educate them.

And all for just the cost of a newspaper and a small candy bar a day.

Besides the satsifaction of knowing you are helping those less fortuante than yourself, Word Vision will give you all you need to completely feel a part of your Spammer's life.

You will receive both a picture of your Spammer and a letter from him or her, one every other day, keeping you up to date on what they are doing with their spamming career. Whether it be the lucrative market of penile growth, or the fast-growing area of online medicines, you will see where your spammer's interests lie and you will be given the opportunity to support him or her beyond the sponsorship program Word Vision will set up for you.

And all for the price of a neon tetra, those little fish with the shiny, glowy backends, a day.

For larger contributions, like, say, the price of a previously-viewed VHS tape at Blockbuster per day, or the price of a small houseplant, the kind with the vines and the small red flowers, you know the ones I mean, per day, you will receive either a tote bag or a coffee mug with Word Vision's popular "No, No Spam" insignia.

Help Spammers and their families enjoy the lifestyle they once knew. Educate and feed the children, our Spammers of tomorrow. Make the right decision and support this worthy cause.

Click here for full information on how to become a sponsor.