# Anyone else getting a lot of German Spam lately? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 16, 2005, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-a-lot-of-german-spam-lately/304042 "2005-05-16T09:12:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-a-lot-of-german-spam-lately/304042/1 "2005-05-16T09:12:14Z")
Really strange things in my Inbox lately…My Yahoo! account is filling up with German language subject lines that is obviously spam. So is my assistant’s Inbox. I have the upgraded Yahoo! account which generally means I get 1 or 2 spam messages that creep into my Inbox a month…But in the past 3 days I’ve had over 50. Don’t know what to do but keep hitting the SPAM button… -Tcat ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-a-lot-of-german-spam-lately/304042/2 "2005-05-16T09:16:12Z")
I don’t bother to look at my spam. It goes to the junk folder and I just delete it without looking at it. One of these days I’m going to end up deleting something important. Any spam that ends up in my inbox is usually from Nigeria. ---
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-a-lot-of-german-spam-lately/304042/3 "2005-05-16T09:54:34Z")
What is happening here is that the spam is getting around the filters and not going into my junk box. And it is all in German…really weird stuff. -Tcat ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-a-lot-of-german-spam-lately/304042/4 "2005-05-16T11:13:26Z")
I manage the website for a small gov’t agency, including answering/sorting the website mail. This morning, the mailbox was full of German spam–over 300 pieces of it!–and one or two fresh ones keep popping in at intervals while I’m working. We need a better spam filter here. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2005, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-a-lot-of-german-spam-lately/304042/5 "2005-05-16T11:22:42Z")
I got three pieces of german spam last night - first time I’ve ever seen anything like it. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-a-lot-of-german-spam-lately/304042/6 "2005-05-16T11:31:56Z")
Schpam, schpam, schpam, schpam, schpam, schpam, schpam, schpam, schpam, schpam, schpam, schpam, schpam, schpam, schpam, schöne schpam, wundervoll schpam… ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-a-lot-of-german-spam-lately/304042/7 "2005-05-16T11:46:31Z")
I got a whole bunch of it myself. I work at IBM, and their spam filters are usually dynamite. I’m lucky to get one spam a day, usually, and I got at least 20 over the weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-a-lot-of-german-spam-lately/304042/8 "2005-05-16T11:47:39Z")
Plenty Spam, mit kraut, served up over here. Verrrry interesting…BUT SCHTUPID! ---
**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:** [May 16, 2005, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-a-lot-of-german-spam-lately/304042/9 "2005-05-16T12:01:51Z")
OK, is anyone suddenly receiving German spam _at an email address not associated with the SDMB?_ (I’m recalling an incident a few years ago when, IIRC, the board was hacked) ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-a-lot-of-german-spam-lately/304042/10 "2005-05-16T12:29:53Z")
This morning I had three spam emails in German. But that is the first time I have noticed german spam. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-a-lot-of-german-spam-lately/304042/11 "2005-05-16T13:01:05Z")
Haven’t noticed anything in German, but for weeks (or longer) I’ve been getting anywhere from one to ten Russian-looking items a day. They go into my “known spam” or “suspect email” folders so it’s just a matter of deleting them as a group, but if I choose to see the subject line (which I can’t really read as such) and elect to click on the message, as often as not the message includes something that translates to “Windows” in the text. I’ve meant to ask if others are plagued by similar stuff. ---
**Author:** ![klintypooh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3da27b/32.png) [@klintypooh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/klintypooh)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-a-lot-of-german-spam-lately/304042/12 "2005-05-16T13:02:44Z")
Did anybody else ready the title as German Sperm? ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-a-lot-of-german-spam-lately/304042/13 "2005-05-16T13:10:19Z")
Oddly enough, yes, yes we are. We’ve got a top-notch third-party spam filter service and those crafy German spammers managed to sail right past it. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-a-lot-of-german-spam-lately/304042/14 "2005-05-16T13:12:19Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > OK, is anyone suddenly receiving German spam _at an email address not associated with the SDMB?_ (I’m recalling an incident a few years ago when, IIRC, the board was hacked) Yes, I am. Tons. It’s all in my work email box, which I don’t use on the SDMB. So far, the account I use with the SDMB has been German-free. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-a-lot-of-german-spam-lately/304042/15 "2005-05-16T13:12:37Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > OK, is anyone suddenly receiving German spam _at an email address not associated with the SDMB?_ (I’m recalling an incident a few years ago when, IIRC, the board was hacked) I am getting the German spam to my work email, which is not associated with the SDMB. My SDMB email (yahoo) is not getting any of this spam, not even to my Bulk Mail folder. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-a-lot-of-german-spam-lately/304042/16 "2005-05-16T13:20:28Z")
It’s the Sober virus again, with right-wing German political spam. [Check here](http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/16/sober_spews_spam/). I figured someone had downloaded a virus when I started receiving e-mails at my “family and friends only” e-mail accounts. ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-a-lot-of-german-spam-lately/304042/17 "2005-05-16T13:21:13Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > OK, is anyone suddenly receiving German spam _at an email address not associated with the SDMB?_ (I’m recalling an incident a few years ago when, IIRC, the board was hacked) Uh, yeah. Me. I got 38 pieces of German spam at my work address that maybe ten people (business related) in the world know about. However, if any of it hit my yahoo or otherwise web-based accounts, I don’t know, because I haven’t checked any of those yet. This is the first time in three years I’ve received any form of spam at my work email. Very odd. ---
**Author:** ![TwoTrouts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@TwoTrouts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoTrouts)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-a-lot-of-german-spam-lately/304042/18 "2005-05-16T13:21:23Z")
Yes. Just noticed them this morning. I had six spams, all in German, structured silmilarly to the random name spams that have been clogging my mailbox. Sender: _Random Word_ Middle Initial _Random Word_. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-a-lot-of-german-spam-lately/304042/19 "2005-05-16T14:01:31Z")
Jawohl. My work email got blitzkreiged over the weekend. It’s like waking up the morning after a blizzard, opening your door and having an avalanche fall into your house. ---
**Author:** ![Mint\_Julep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@Mint\_Julep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mint_Julep)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-a-lot-of-german-spam-lately/304042/20 "2005-05-16T14:05:52Z")
I had 50-60 in my both of work accounts, no relation to the SDMB. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-a-lot-of-german-spam-lately/304042.md?page=2)