# A new level in spam **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 13, 2018, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-level-in-spam/822899 "2018-10-13T12:26:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-level-in-spam/822899/21 "2018-10-13T23:39:05Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > \*Een eland bit eens mijn zus \* Onze excuses voor de fout in de ondertitels. De verantwoordelijken zijn ontslagen. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-level-in-spam/822899/22 "2018-10-14T01:11:09Z")
Monty Python. Dear Lord, you could keep that going for weeks. I hope you get sacked! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-level-in-spam/822899/23 "2018-10-14T01:12:19Z")
Lieve Heer, je zou dat wekenlang kunnen volhouden. Ik hoop dat je wordt ontslagen! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-level-in-spam/822899/24 "2018-10-14T01:15:44Z")
It all sounds like Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-level-in-spam/822899/25 "2018-10-14T14:27:34Z")
Could be worse. You could have gotten it in Esperanto. I have. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-level-in-spam/822899/26 "2018-10-14T15:08:26Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Could be worse. You could have gotten it in Esperanto. I have. So, were the scammers filtering out people stupid enough to learn Esperanto? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-level-in-spam/822899/27 "2018-10-14T16:22:40Z")
Like Arnold Rimmer, who was failingly fluent? ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-level-in-spam/822899/28 "2018-10-15T01:45:19Z")
While it’s Dutch , it’s bad Dutch, as in it looks like something that went through google translate, and from some of the missing definite articles I would guess maybe Russian. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-level-in-spam/822899/29 "2018-10-15T03:47:16Z")
My hovercraft is full of eels. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-level-in-spam/822899/30 "2018-10-15T04:20:19Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I’ve never gotten a non-English spam, and I don’t think I ever got one from a Russian email directing me to a Chinese email. But of all things - why Dutch? The closest I come to Dutch in my life would be the few tulips that bloom in my garden. > > Spammers are such interesting creatures. because it gets past spam filters. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-level-in-spam/822899/31 "2018-10-15T04:22:10Z")
> [@simster](#): > > because it gets past spam filters. Might have been true years ago, but I can’t recall any piece of non-English spam getting past Google for years. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-level-in-spam/822899/32 "2018-10-15T04:50:59Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > It all sounds like Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei. Please, no. Dutch really doesn’t look or sound\* that\* much like German. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-level-in-spam/822899/33 "2018-10-15T20:39:36Z")
> [@](#): > > This is a part of our precautionary measure to prevent double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program. Warranted abuse of the program is, however, highly encouraged. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-level-in-spam/822899/34 "2018-10-15T21:16:00Z")
Here’s one I received today: > [@](#): > > From: ILLUMINATI WORLD > This is the Admin Dept of Illuminati, We are currently recruiting members all over the World. Do you want to join the great Illuminati world wide? to become rich and famous,Protection, Spiritual power, To fight oppression and promotion in your work place? we are currently looking for new applicants to be initiated who understand very well the vision of the great Illuminati,here is your chance, we offer $900,000.00 USD to all new members after the initiation. apply if you are interested. > > Regards > WORLD ILLUMINATI I dunno. I think the notion that the Illuminati have an ‘Admin Dept’ is too funny. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-level-in-spam/822899/35 "2018-10-15T21:18:51Z")
Wait - is it ILLUMINATI WORLD or WORLD ILLUMINATI?? You certainly wouldn’t want to join the wrong organization. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-level-in-spam/822899/36 "2018-10-15T21:42:37Z")
It’s The People’s Front of Judea. And I’m certainly all in favor of fighting promotion in my workplace. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-level-in-spam/822899/37 "2018-10-15T23:57:11Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Wait - is it ILLUMINATI WORLD or WORLD ILLUMINATI?? You certainly wouldn’t want to join the wrong organization. I refuse to join any organization that would accept me as a member. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-level-in-spam/822899/38 "2018-10-16T00:45:12Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Wait - is it ILLUMINATI WORLD or WORLD ILLUMINATI?? You certainly wouldn’t want to join the wrong organization. Yes, I think Illuminati World is a magazine for people generally interested in the subject area. So I think great caution is warranted about your role after you receive the $900,000. I mean, you don’t want to receive your $900,000 and then find out you will just be a journalist. It might prove difficult to get them to take the money back if the whole deal is not what was implied. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-level-in-spam/822899/39 "2018-10-16T07:40:31Z")
I’ve replied saying I would like to apply for a position in their IT department. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-level-in-spam/822899/40 "2018-10-16T13:23:49Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Wait - is it ILLUMINATI WORLD or WORLD ILLUMINATI?? You certainly wouldn’t want to join the wrong organization. I’m hoping it is ILLUMINATI WORLD, and that they have a gift shop. Regards, Shodan, Fucking Splitter [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-level-in-spam/822899.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-level-in-spam/822899.md?page=3)