# Bad English Spam **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 2, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-english-spam/739216 "2015-12-02T15:41:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-english-spam/739216/1 "2015-12-02T15:41:16Z")
I just got one claiming to be from “SkypeTeam” with the title “You have deferred emails loudspeakers !”. List some funny or strange ones you’ve received. ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-english-spam/739216/2 "2015-12-02T17:28:53Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > I just got one claiming to be from “SkypeTeam” with the title “You have deferred emails loudspeakers !”. > > List some funny or strange ones you’ve received. I get crap with idiotic titles but I dont open them what you be doing openin yo’s? ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-english-spam/739216/3 "2015-12-02T17:44:45Z")
He didn’t say he opened it. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-english-spam/739216/4 "2015-12-02T18:17:24Z")
No. I did not say that I opened it. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-english-spam/739216/5 "2015-12-02T18:35:28Z")
My IRL email addy begins with the word ‘talk’. I always chuckle when I get an email subject line that says something like “Talk, how have you been?” or “I’ve missed you, Talk, what’s new?”. But my favorite one was titled “I have for you considerable weiners”. No, I didn’t open it, but it caused me to speculate…was it German porn? was it from Omaha steaks? ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-english-spam/739216/6 "2015-12-02T18:51:04Z")
I opened to read it because the subject line cracked me up: Subject: Ejaculate like a porn star! * * * The unique male enhancing formula is 100% natural and there are no side effects from using it. Get one her! [website] ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-english-spam/739216/7 "2016-11-18T18:29:18Z")
Just found this in my spam folder. > [@](#): > > My wife and I won Family won 161,653,000 Million Pounds, and we > have done lot of charity donation, so we decide to give $1.5 > Million Dollars each to 5 lucky people, your email, was selected > from a Data Base of Internet E-mail Users,from which your Address > came out as one of our lucky precipitants. For verification process > see below > > Send Name, Country, Age, Occupation & > Phone No. > > Congratulations & Happy Celebrations > Chris Colin Wier Is that US dollars or Canadian dollars? And if your name is Chris Colin Wier, why was this sent by one Sliwka Corey in some Canadian school system? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-english-spam/739216/8 "2016-11-18T19:12:02Z")
All your base are belong to us. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-english-spam/739216/9 "2016-11-18T19:43:31Z")
Gee, **Skywatcher** , I wish I could have been one of the lucky precipitants! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-english-spam/739216/10 "2016-11-18T20:18:43Z")
I did some checking and they couldn’t even get the guy’s name right! It’s not Chris Colin Weir, it’s Colin Weir and his wife Chris who won that record jackpot. Five years ago. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-english-spam/739216/11 "2016-11-18T20:27:58Z")
I just got one that said they were with [www.westermumiom.com](http://www.westermumiom.com). I think they ran out of N’s. I actively write back to many of them just for fun. I consider them penpals. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-english-spam/739216/12 "2016-11-18T20:38:14Z")
Man, 161 trillion pounds is a lot of money! I didn’t even know there were that many pounds in circulation. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-english-spam/739216/13 "2016-11-18T21:34:36Z")
Just checked my spam folder. Depressing - all I get are ads for some miracle pill or another - and very, very few are for Viagra. Mostly antibiotics and gawd knows what else. And the titles are in almost passable English. Sucks to be old. Sucks even more to never be old… ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-english-spam/739216/14 "2016-11-18T22:15:48Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > I did some checking and they couldn’t even get the guy’s name right! It’s not Chris Colin Weir, it’s Colin Weir and his wife Chris who won that record jackpot. Five years ago. They are now so rich that spelling no longer matters. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-english-spam/739216/15 "2016-11-18T22:22:33Z")
Mine are always well punctuated, like [?][?]00\_\_ᴍᴇᴇᴛ\_ [?]ɴᴇᴡ [?]\_Friᴇɴds\_\_ᴊᴏɪɴ\_\_ᴛʜᴇ\_\_FUn\_\_00[?][?] ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-english-spam/739216/16 "2016-11-18T22:49:02Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Man, 161 trillion pounds is a lot of money! I didn’t even know there were that many pounds in circulation. There aren’t. The GDP of the whole world is about 75 trillion US dollars per annum, so their lottery winnings would be all the GDP in the world for about two and a half years. No wonder the rest of us are so poor. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-english-spam/739216/17 "2016-11-19T02:57:34Z")
> [@Personal](#): > > Subject: Ejaculate like a porn star! You mean the “money shot” on her face? I’ve never understood that; I thought using my hand to finish is for when I’m _not_ with a woman. :o Has anyone ever met a Barrister in the US? I’ve known lawyers & esquires, & councilors, & attorneys, & prosecutors, & public defenders but I don’t believe I’ve ever met a barrister. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2016, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-english-spam/739216/18 "2016-11-19T03:59:37Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Gee, **Skywatcher** , I wish I could have been one of the lucky precipitants! ☹ Hey, if you’re not part of the precipitate, you’re part of the solution! (High-school chemistry joke 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-english-spam/739216/19 "2016-11-19T04:46:52Z")
I just checked my junk folder, and found one where they said they like my facebook picture. Oh, good, I’m glad you like the picture of a Pilgrim I put there. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-english-spam/739216/20 "2016-11-19T04:57:54Z")
I got one once that had the word “phishing” in the address. It was like “irsphishing @ bot . org,” or something that inspired no confidence whatsoever in clicking on it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-english-spam/739216.md?page=2)