# Does forwarding spam to spam@uce.gov really work? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 28, 2006, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-forwarding-spam-to-spam-uce-gov-really-work/374545 "2006-09-28T22:47:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [August 17, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-forwarding-spam-to-spam-uce-gov-really-work/374545/41 "2014-08-17T15:58:16Z")
> [@Georgie\_Boy](#): > > Why such personal attacks? I hate spam and such comments are rubbish and that makes you a rubbish waste of cyberspace as well. I know, there always difficult people on message boards, such as old grumpy women and homosexuals without partners. You should relax and have a life. Oh my Dog, I was just told that this message board is infested with spammers. Can it be true? Oh, I get it now. I was fooled by the year-old join date. Well, enjoy your short, spam-filled time here… ---
**Author:** ![Georgie\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/59ef9b/32.png) [@Georgie\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Georgie_Boy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-forwarding-spam-to-spam-uce-gov-really-work/374545/42 "2014-08-17T16:23:34Z")
While ignoring the spamming trolls, I wanna say this also: Lately I am being spammed a lot by the spam that contains the .eu domain. Domain registrars are allegedly guilty of supporting spammers by creating and providing more and more (otherwise unneeded) domains, such as .pro, .whatever etc. in order to cash in , mostly from spammers for spamming the unsuspecting populace. Don’t laugh at my English (I’m not a native speaker, but I somehow speak and read 9 languages), unless you are an idiot, a retard or an autistic raised by his mother into his 30s, 40s or 50s and on permanent 24/7 state support, which means I am paying for your diapers with my hard earned tax money. If you spam people and is (“are” is too good for you) on state support, beware, you are not welcome to use our tax money for your rubbish delivery. And if you don’t know yet: Spamming is illegal. It is a form of Cyber Terrorism. Spammers will eventually be prosecuted to full extent of law. And if not, if government remains inactive, I hope a new witch hunt age for spammers is coming soon. Same as for terrorists and other weak losers. If you are a spammer, at least don’t comment with personal attacks, not to expose yourself as one of he most hated individuals on our beautiful planet Earth, right after the pedophiles. Do you know? Spammers are next to pedophiles and rapists most frequently killed in prisons around the world now. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-forwarding-spam-to-spam-uce-gov-really-work/374545/43 "2014-08-17T16:36:57Z")
> [@Georgie\_Boy](#): > > I know you “know well” what email provider I use. I use an email provider of my telephone company who uses Gmail for email, which means my email is basically Gmail that is being smtp (or whatever it is called) to my computer. I do receive a few spams and the spam is on the increase on my Gmail. On my other account I use my own domain and have filters set up, but still receive hundreds of spams per day. Now that one has to be my own domain and I can’t use Gmail for it, nor I want to, because I find Gmail and all these “innovations” such as new Paypal website, new yahoo website and new Google Adsense etc. as hundred steps back in time and ugly as hell. For my domain email I use NIS to filter the spam, but as I explained above NIS sucks and this sometimes it is easier to delete spam than get frustrated trying to actually receive email that goes via NIS. I had no idea you use Gmail. How was I supposed to? Still, 99.99999% (which basically equals 100% :D) of my spam goes to my spam folder where I don’t even have to deal with it. So I go to sleep at night feeling safe from terror. If you’re feeling terrorized by spam, you must be doing something wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Georgie\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/59ef9b/32.png) [@Georgie\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Georgie_Boy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-forwarding-spam-to-spam-uce-gov-really-work/374545/44 "2014-08-17T16:45:55Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I had no idea you use Gmail. How was I supposed to? Still, 99.99999% (which basically equals 100% :D) of my spam goes to my spam folder where I don’t even have to deal with it. So I go to sleep at night feeling safe from terror. If you’re feeling terrorized by spam, you must be doing something wrong. Yes, definitely I am doing something wrong. Should have kushnired all the spammers and save the world a few trillion bucks. I’m wrong for being unable to afford all the latest thieving anti-spam software that is very often useless. Poor people, even lower middle class, they are all WRONG for having not enough mon(k)ey to pay the ruling criminal elite to not be spammed, scammed and defrauded by their rubbish-sending associates. First and foremost we must make Lobbying ILLEGAL. Then the spamming along with all the lazy useless parasites on state support will disappear. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-forwarding-spam-to-spam-uce-gov-really-work/374545/45 "2014-08-17T16:47:08Z")
> [@Georgie\_Boy](#): > > …confrontational countries such as Russia or Iran or Israel **(who are suspect for 9/11 attacks)**… :dubious: Wow. Really? I’m done commenting in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Georgie\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/59ef9b/32.png) [@Georgie\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Georgie_Boy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-forwarding-spam-to-spam-uce-gov-really-work/374545/46 "2014-08-17T16:49:06Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > :dubious: Wow. Really? I’m done commenting in this thread. Educate yourself on 9/11 a little more before talking to me again. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-forwarding-spam-to-spam-uce-gov-really-work/374545/47 "2014-08-17T16:49:21Z")
> [@Georgie\_Boy](#): > > Yes, definitely I am doing something wrong. Should have kushnired all the spammers and save the world a few trillion bucks. I’m wrong for being unable to afford all the latest thieving anti-spam software that is very often useless. Poor people, even lower middle class, they are all WRONG for having not enough mon(k)ey to pay the ruling criminal elite to not be spammed, scammed and defrauded by their rubbish-sending associates. First and foremost we must make Lobbying ILLEGAL. Then the spamming along with all the lazy useless parasites on state support will disappear. Just want to comment, I pay nothing at all to filter my email. Zero. Zilch. Nada. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-forwarding-spam-to-spam-uce-gov-really-work/374545/48 "2014-08-17T16:52:24Z")
> [@Georgie\_Boy](#): > > Educate yourself on 9/11 a little more before talking to me again. You should educate yourself on 9/11. But since I don’t want to derail this into a political thread, that’s all I’ll say. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-forwarding-spam-to-spam-uce-gov-really-work/374545/49 "2014-08-17T17:02:09Z")
Dear [ENTIRE ADDRESS BOOK] I am writing to you concerning a most important and confidential matter and I trust you will respect the importance and confidence of this message. I am the son of a retard mother on state support who recently died leaving her entire collection of TV guides and old pizza boxes in safe keeping. Nobody knows this but I (and now you). I wish to transfer this rich inheritance to [INSERT COUNTRY] but I need a trusted receiver and honest citizen of [INSERT COUNTRY] and I have been told that you are honest and decent and have a bank account and live in [INSERT COUNTRY]. What is it that you can do for me? I want simply that you will accept to receive this inheritance in return you can have whatever slices of pizza you find and do the sudokus and any unfinished \*Word Search \*puzzles and _Are You A Great Lover_? quizzes? in the TV guides that date back to at least February. If you will be willing to perform this service for me I ask only that you give me your bank details, social security number, date of birth, eye-colour and inside-leg measurement. Also your credit-card number and those last three little numbers written on the back would GUARANTEE that your name is entered into our FREE PRIZE DRAWER (that used to contain socks before I gave them up). Please forward this email to at least 7 people before nightfall (or to 11 people if it is already night) or your computer will die of painful computer cancer virus and a small kitten somewhere will go without a saucer of milk. THIS IS SERIOUS I know of one person who only sent it to 6 people and his wife killed his tadpoles. Yours Sincerely and with Great Hope that we can cooperate together in this Most Important Matter. PS: If you ever need help to IMPROVE YOUR MANHOOD please click on the links below that resemble a Facebook page but have a URL that looks Russian or possibly Canadian, I find I easily confuse the two. PPS: Perhaps you would be interested in joining our terrorist organization? Meetings are free but everyone is expected to bring a dish. If there is food on that dish then so much the better. Our three aims are TERRORISM, bringing down the system and pie. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-forwarding-spam-to-spam-uce-gov-really-work/374545/50 "2014-08-17T17:04:02Z")
> [@Georgie\_Boy](#): > > Educate yourself on 9/11 a little more before talking to me again. Now it comes out. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-forwarding-spam-to-spam-uce-gov-really-work/374545/51 "2014-08-17T17:41:12Z")
This zombie is closed. **samclem** , moderator. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-forwarding-spam-to-spam-uce-gov-really-work/374545/52 "2014-08-17T17:39:43Z")
> [@Georgie\_Boy](#): > > Why such personal attacks? I hate spam and such comments are rubbish and that makes you a rubbish waste of cyberspace as well. I know, there always difficult people on message boards, such as old grumpy women and homosexuals without partners. You should relax and have a life. Oh my Dog, I was just told that this message board is infested with spammers. Can it be true? > [@Georgie\_Boy](#): > > While ignoring the spamming trolls, I wanna say this also: > > Lately I am being spammed a lot by the spam that contains the .eu domain. Domain registrars are allegedly guilty of supporting spammers by creating and providing more and more (otherwise unneeded) domains, such as .pro, .whatever etc. in order to cash in , mostly from spammers for spamming the unsuspecting populace. > > Don’t laugh at my English (I’m not a native speaker, but I somehow speak and read 9 languages), unless you are an idiot, a retard or an autistic raised by his mother into his 30s, 40s or 50s and on permanent 24/7 state support, which means I am paying for your diapers with my hard earned tax money. > > If you spam people and is (“are” is too good for you) on state support, beware, you are not welcome to use our tax money for your rubbish delivery. > > And if you don’t know yet: > > Spamming is illegal. It is a form of Cyber Terrorism. Spammers will eventually be prosecuted to full extent of law. And if not, if government remains inactive, I hope a new witch hunt age for spammers is coming soon. Same as for terrorists and other weak losers. > > If you are a spammer, at least don’t comment with personal attacks, not to expose yourself as one of he most hated individuals on our beautiful planet Earth, right after the pedophiles. Do you know? Spammers are next to pedophiles and rapists most frequently killed in prisons around the world now. > [@Georgie\_Boy](#): > > Read this post: A secret agenda, perhaps? I mean, really, how many idiots are there who are attracted to rubbish (spam) messages which sell some rubbish or don’t sell anything. Sending rubbish (destructive materials that explode your mailbox or explode your wallet) with a purpose, even a political one, especially when it comes from communist countries like China or confrontational countries such as Russia or Iran or Israel (who are suspect for 9/11 attacks), it could be quite a form of terrorism. Some countries have an agenda to destroy another culture and they use both terrorism and spamming to achieve that or inflict as much pain (even financially) as possible. **Moderating** **Georgie Boy** , we don’t tolerate this kind of trolling and insults on this board. You’re gone. Since this is an old thread that was raised in order to troll, I’m closing it. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-forwarding-spam-to-spam-uce-gov-really-work/374545/53 "2014-08-17T17:44:12Z")
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