[SlowToady]

Spammers definately make money, especially the spammers at the top of the spam chain. It hardly costs them anything to create the email, and basically nothing to send it to hundreds of millions of email addreses. Like Rob said, all it takes to make money is a small percentage to click on the links (pay-per-click) or buy something (directly from them, or they are with an affliate program and get a set amount per signup).

Ahh the good ol' internet...Who knew that sending a bunch of random crap to a bunch of people you'll never meet could make you a tidy bundle of money?