Spam Hall of Shame
Like you I get 100s of spam messages on a regular basis. Owning your own
domain is like raw meat for the buzzing spamming hordes. So I started
this little corner of peknet for memorializing the best and worst of what
I delete from my mail. (Caveat: my
spam filter
ensures I don't see most of the spam; I'm trusting that only the most
entertaining and life-like mail actually reaches my inbox. Kind of a pre-screening
for the Hall.)
File under spam hall of shame/
Fri Nov 25 11:15:53 CT 2005
yahoo mail
I recently reactivated my free yahoo.com email account so that I could test something for $work.
I signed up for it 12 years ago, but stopped using it a couple of years later when I got my own
domain @peknet.com. So yahoo finally deactivated it. All I had to do was click a couple of buttons
to reactivate account, so that was painless. All my mail was, understandably, deleted.
Within 60 seconds of reactivating it, while I watched, I got one new message. In my Spam bucket.
Hilarious.
File under spam hall of shame/
Thu Nov 12 12:37:34 CT 2009
RESPOND IF YOU ARE STILL ALIVE
What a dramatic subject line. These spam scams are getting more desperate.
File under spam hall of shame/
Fri Oct 9 08:22:55 CT 2009
Get your degree now!
I get literally hundreds of spam messages urging me to buy a higher education
degree. I realized today why these kinds of messages must appeal, because
I've had more than one dream in which I realized I had never graduated from
high school or college and was completely unprepared to meet
fill in challenge here.
These spam must be aimed at a kind of Jungian-level subconscious anxiety
that manifests itself as the Unfinished Degree. Of course, there are plenty of folks
who really do have unfinished degrees and are struggling in a competitive marketplace.
But even a college-degreed person like myself still localizes my dream-time anxiety about
life in not having finished school, and I suspect that is also at play.
The Unfinished Degree... <cue Jaws theme...>
File under spam hall of shame/
Thu Jun 18 20:48:57 CT 2009
What is biblical numerology?
Medication^s onsale online Right Here Java's built-in pattern want to see how
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Mon Nov 12 20:59:35 CT 2007
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Thu Jun 28 09:30:43 CT 2007
Wha??
Most scam spam tries to make
some sense. But this line from a recent "give us your
info" spam just makes no sense:
...you must be reactivated immediately due to our SSL secure server memory in our database.
Even my wife laughed at how dumb that sounds.
File under spam hall of shame/
Thu Jun 7 21:20:20 CT 2007
SHOS Returns
Another entry for the Spam Hall of Shame:
Lauren and I took polar bear about (with movie theater beyond sandwich, dust bunny behind wedding dress.
Simple. Obtuse. Obscure. Just the way I like 'em.
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Wed May 30 10:14:31 CT 2007
They've got my number
Those crazy random spam generators appear to have found my number:
random sentence fragments about politics and technology seem to fool
SpamAssassin and end up in my inbox. Here's a good one:
My first thought was, its a video web portal, how different can it be? Rick
Santorum, left, and Pennsylvania State Treasurer Bob Casey.
Foley's online conversations with teenage male pages, but have largely hunkered
down as Republicans beat up each other amid accusations of a less-than-agressive
initial response. But in this battle, the only thing left to see is boxing
gloves. , figuring out just how bad the collateral damage is going to be for the
GOP is akin to trying to guess if the roof is going to blow off of a house in
the midst of a storm. Thank you to our event sponsors Backbone Media and
BusinessWire. I knew this would be fun!
It is a bit too early to say if it is a great service or not, but I have great
hopes that it will work out for me.
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Mon Oct 9 13:04:10 CT 2006
Mailing Lists
Sometimes the mailing lists I'm on offer poetic spam too:
see the garage, too: a long gray intestine, its doors wide open. The trucks
"Very well, Fletcher. Remember what we were saying about one's body
I looked up and felt a catch in my throat. I couldn't utter a sound. I
precision flying is a step toward expressing our real nature.Everything
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Fri Jul 14 08:09:30 CT 2006
Through what we ...
sins? Maybe they had gotten Buzzard? That bastard, he'd drown his own
pulled out of his dive from seven thousand feet, a long gray streak firing
"It's not the 'Borscht,' it's pronounced 'Borshch.' How many times do I
rule holds for us now, of course: we choose our next world through what we
I'm holding my breath, damnit! "through what we...." what?!
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Thu Jul 13 16:06:12 CT 2006
Aristotelean Sacrament
A nice entry in the SHoS this morning from 'aristotelean sacrament":
Hey
Thanks to a private nomination, you are now in a position
to take advantage of our discreet encounter matching system.
Our job is to get you laid over and over again.
Confirm your encounter here:
[omitted for privacy]
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cancel link below:
We had gone on so far in a mixture of as still remained there to be sent to Dover
my desire was to apply myself to some of a wish that he should well educated well dressed and with
Ah amiable indeedand also of thegood Babara was very glad to see me
days in London Here she left off had Box Seat written against the entry
[omitted for privacy]
It's reassuring to know there are so many people out there who care
about how often I get laid.
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Mon Jul 10 07:56:02 CT 2006
More Spam Poetry
Like refrigerator poetry before it, the random, heuristic-beating spam poetry
of today seems a little precious and contrived. Yet today's offering
takes a political turn:
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Fri Jun 30 07:51:19 CT 2006
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Another entry in the SHoS. Amidst one of the thousand or so ads for
some gold company in China, this little fundy gem:
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Thu Jun 29 08:07:27 CT 2006
DDear in Christ
These spam are legion and unoriginal. But I love the pathos.
DDear in christ
Greetings in the name of God,Pls let this not sound strange to you for my only surviving lawyer who would have done this died early this year.i prayed and got you email id from your countrys
chambers of commerce which i have been with my late husband and liked to visit once more if God will in his infinite mercies.
I am Mrs Williams Uche,I am 51 years old,i am deaf and suffering from a long time cancer of the breast which also affected my brain,from all indication my conditions is really deteriorating and it
is quite obvious that, according to my doctors they have advised me that i may not live for the next two months,this is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage.
I was brought up from a motherless babies home, was married to my late husband for twenty years without a child.My husband died in a fatal motor accident.Before his death we were true Christians.
Since his death I decided not to re-marry,I sold all my inherited belongings and deposited all the sum of $18.5million dollars with a Security Company.
Presently, this money is still with them and the management just wrote me as the true owner to come forward to receive the money for keeping it so long or rather issue a letter of authorization to
somebody to receive it on my behalf since I can not come over because of my illness or they get it confisticated.
Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment for cancer of the lungs. I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a
few months to live. It is my last wish to see that this money is invested to any organisation of your choice and distributed each year among the charity organization,the poor and the motherless babies
home where i come from.I want you God fearing, to also use this money to fund churches, orphanages and widows.
I took this decision, before i rest in peace because my time will soon be up. As soon as I receiveyour reply I shall give you the contact of the Security Company.I will also issue you a
letter of authority that will prove you as the new beneficiary of my fund. Please assure me that you will actaccordingly as I stated herein. Hoping to hearing from you soon. Waiting for your reply here or at (williams1958@o2.pl).
Yours in Christ,
Mrs Williams Uche
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Thu May 4 12:24:25 CT 2006
Baby Fat
Not that I have any. I just liked the juxtaposition of Poland, Sweden
and weight loss scams:
Heya
Just a quick question for ya?
U still contemplating on getting rid of those extra spare tire. I am for
sure. the invaders out of Poland and in 1665; the Sweden’s signed a peace
agreement with Pola.
I used [url removed]. I know that sometimes we
all go through these times, but this place is the real deal. nd. A Turkish
invasion threatened Europe and Poland entered into an alliance with the
wrecked my life. I agree with you that had my mother chose to let me live
under her love and c. off the coast. Churchill didn’t hesitate to solve this
problem, and he then delivered his famous order, “We must.
You can thank me later,
jehi
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Wed Mar 22 20:55:50 CT 2006
re: bean
I know that these random email spams are just fishing to get past the bayesian spam filter
algorithms, but such poetry:
pistol he was in the habit of complaining of pains in his head - he had childhood, that shut up like a bite. Compressing her lips, in
cello characters; the most despotic characters I have ever known; who Can you defend your conduct if you do, sir? said Mr. Spenlow,
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Thu Feb 2 12:02:11 CT 2006
xmas crap
At long last, a completely honest spam this morning. Subject line: xmas crap.
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Fri Nov 25 10:45:55 CT 2005
Fan Letter
So you got drunk one night with your buddies and watched a horror movie
and were reminded of how
good that one actor is and how he's in so
many of those slasher movies and just doesn't get the credit he deserves.
And in your fit of intoxicated and scary enthusiasm you googled for his name
and found an email address where you could pour out your fanly (manly)
adoration.
Trouble is, that email address you found wasn't his. It belongs to a friend of mine
who happens to share his name. And now your drunken love letter is laid bare to the world
here in my spam hall of shame (though to spare you some of that deserved shame, I'll not
publish your name or email address).
what's up man???? you still making that one movie called "The Forest"???? it sounds pretty fuckin interesting... Kane Hodder (JASON) and Andrew Bryniarski (LEATHERFACE); all we need now is Robert Englund (FREDDY KRUEGER)... lol... you were pretty kick ass in Army Of Darkness... the first movie I ever saw you in... then you really grabbed my attention as Otis, and made me realize who played the Deadite Captian in Army Of Darkness... then I realized you were originally reknowned as Chop Top in Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2... what a fuckin trippy motherfucker... lol... now we're all just speculating about what you'll do next... some say you should be The Joker in the next Batman movie... I think you should co-star with Iggy Pop and go around bein brothers who murder people... either that, or you should be in a movie with Robert Englund... cuz Freddy Krueger rules, but Otis is a much more realistic murder icon... maybe Rob Zombie could direct that movie... that'd rule hardcore... anyways... just wanted to say you fucking rule and that you are very much underrated...
Dude. You rule hardcore.
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Fri Nov 18 10:10:33 CT 2005
The Peknet Support Team
Apparently, I have help I never knew about. A whole team in fact. Got this spam this morning:
*Dear user karpet, *
You have successfully updated the password of your Peknet account.
If you did not authorize this change or if you need assistance with your
account, please contact Peknet customer service at: mail@peknet.com
Thank you for using Peknet!
The Peknet Support Team
+++ Attachment: No Virus (Clean)
+++ Peknet Antivirus - www.peknet.com
Insidious. Lots of unsuspecting folks will bite at that one, if it happens to come from a real
ISP (which peknet is not). There was even a virus attached as a zip file. Do these people have
anything better to do?
File under spam hall of shame/
Tue Jun 14 08:14:49 CT 2005
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