# A spammer helped me! (inadvertently)

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 3, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spammer-helped-me-inadvertently/645992 "2013-01-03T20:03:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spammer-helped-me-inadvertently/645992/1 "2013-01-03T20:03:54Z")

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When my mother died three years ago I started a separate LJ from my regular account to post in the months after her death. I posted in it for about a year, and then left it alone.

In December I decided to look up those posts again and add them to my regular LJ. Try as I might, I could. not. remember the sign on I had used. I couldn’t find the account anymore!

Just now I went to check my e-mail and saw someone had posted to that account…it was a spammer, but I am now able to find my old account and download the entries!

Probably the first time ever a spammer was helpful.