Just got this spam e-mail which is almost too good to pass up. The subject line reads, and I am not making this up:
You are now using your meat rod at only 10% of full potential.
I’m intrigued. Tell me more!
I got a spam the other day at work regarding penis enlargement or some such. It was from “someone” named Dung.
I got a Nigerian scam the other day informing me that my colleague from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company had FedExed me a check for $886,000. In order for the to deliver it, I had to call them to confirm my address, and pay a tariff of 200 British pounds. I didn’t respond, because I only had three business days (62 hours [sic]) to do so.
See Also: this thread.
Some years ago, I found the following 2 SPAM emails, right next to each other in my inbox:
Lose inches and she’ll scream over your new waistline.
Gain inches and she’ll scream in pleasure all night.
I wondered what would have happened if I had responded to both emails at the same time. Would they cancel each other out? Or would this unknown she be screaming doubly loud?
I was going to start a new SPAM sighting thread, but this one is still fresh.
Today at work, I got an email containing an unsolicited resume and cover letter.
You might think that that isn’t unusual, except I don’t work in HR, I don’t hire people, I don’t have anyone reporting to me.
Some person in India sent out a blanket resume and I was on the mailing list.
That’s only the beginning of the strangeness. Per the subject line, Kalpesh Sharma is a “Globally Skilled Expert”. No where is there a definition of what kind of expert.
Wow, that’s quite the list. And to close it all up, there is a link to an IMDB profile.
What? IMDB? The movie database?
Ah, yup.
So, if you want to hire someone in India who is a global expert, will let you pay him to hack your website, (per the IMBD site, “World Record Holder i Hacking Maximum Websites, 2001”) and wears women’s dresses on internet resume sites, I’ve got a lead for you.
Anything from “Incongruity V. Milksop” or similar randomly-generated names.
I always get spam telling me that I need to “enlarge (my) manhood” and “lose weight.”
I’m female and weigh 103 lbs. :rolleyes:
Have you ever highlighted the blank part at the bottom of a spam? Sometimes it’s filled with a random passage from a book or article, in white font. Weird.
That is an attempt to evade anti-SPAM programs. They slip in random words or quotes, trying to make the email appear like a real email message. The text is usually either a tiny font size or white on white so you don’t notice it.