Unless you have some effective spam filters, your inbox most likely has emails telling you about some amazing investing opportunities. If you have ever wondered wether the investment tips might actually be good, or if you just need a good laugh on behalf of the spammers, you should take a look at the Spam Stock Tracker – Tracking Penny Stocks Hyped in Spam website.

The idea is: “What if I purchased 1000 shares of stock from EVERY stock tip mentioned in a SPAM email? Could we all really be missing out on a great opportunity?”

So the website tracks a fictitious portfolio based shares recommended in spam email to see what the gains (or losses) would be had you actually bought the shares. The original portfolio started in 2005, but a new portfolio has been started as of October 2007.