# New dimensions in spam attacks **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 31, 2018, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dimensions-in-spam-attacks/811501 "2018-03-31T00:52:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2018, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dimensions-in-spam-attacks/811501/21 "2018-03-31T23:08:26Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > The best part is “_You have 24 hours from this moment._” Now I got Billy Vera stuck in my head. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2018, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dimensions-in-spam-attacks/811501/22 "2018-03-31T23:23:42Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Now I got Billy Vera stuck in my head. Damn, man, you go to some really dark places. Sorry to do that to you. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2018, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dimensions-in-spam-attacks/811501/23 "2018-04-01T03:27:30Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Damn, man, you go to some really dark places. Sorry to do that to you. Don’t ever ask me about _Theme from a Summer Place._ ---
**Author:** ![Arabella\_Flynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@Arabella\_Flynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arabella_Flynn)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dimensions-in-spam-attacks/811501/24 "2018-04-02T01:44:49Z")
> [@GaryM](#): > > If he’s from japan it’s probably Betamax and no one can play it. Nah. Muse Hi-Def laserdisc. Only way to go. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dimensions-in-spam-attacks/811501/25 "2018-04-02T15:50:07Z")
As long as there’s no fight to the death after you pay, I’d say you got off easy. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dimensions-in-spam-attacks/811501/26 "2018-04-02T20:26:24Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > Apparently, it fools enough people into sending money to them that it’s worthwhile sending this spam. Not so much for this scammer, assuming OP didn’t alter the address. [0 balance, 0 transactions](https://bitref.com/1QEA2toyPWcsSgh4jLNapQC8uabfUaMSy) > [@FinsToTheLeft](#): > > One of the principles of BTC is that it is anonymous. Mostly anonymous. Anyone can check the balance and transaction history of an address per the above. But as you say, no way to know whose it is unless they do something stupid like posting it on a Google indexed website along with personal info. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dimensions-in-spam-attacks/811501/27 "2018-04-03T00:11:44Z")
I copied the email verbatim. So nobody has bit. Good. ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dimensions-in-spam-attacks/811501/28 "2018-04-03T00:13:55Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > Not so much for this scammer, assuming OP didn’t alter the address. > > [0 balance, 0 transactions](https://bitref.com/1QEA2toyPWcsSgh4jLNapQC8uabfUaMSy) > Mostly anonymous. Anyone can check the balance and transaction history of an address per the above. But as you say, no way to know whose it is unless they do something stupid like posting it on a Google indexed website along with personal info. I don’t know much about bitcoin, so I’m wondering if it is possible (or perhaps feasible) to have many different bitcoin addresses and put a different one in each copy of the email? ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dimensions-in-spam-attacks/811501/29 "2018-04-03T00:32:40Z")
I wouldn’t worry about it. As long as your face isn’t shown in the video, I don’t see how anyone would be able to identify you. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dimensions-in-spam-attacks/811501/30 "2018-04-03T02:56:51Z")
I think we may have finally figured out what Putin has on Trump. ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dimensions-in-spam-attacks/811501/31 "2018-04-03T03:12:06Z")
> [@Alley\_Dweller](#): > > I don’t know much about bitcoin, so I’m wondering if it is possible (or perhaps feasible) to have many different bitcoin addresses and put a different one in each copy of the email? It is very possible to have many bitcoin addresses. However, it would be way too much work to have one address per email. You need to manage the wallet associated with each address. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dimensions-in-spam-attacks/811501/32 "2018-04-03T03:33:49Z")
> [@Alley\_Dweller](#): > > I don’t know much about bitcoin, so I’m wondering if it is possible (or perhaps feasible) to have many different bitcoin addresses and put a different one in each copy of the email? Possible, but only feasible with automation. 100,000 bitcoin addresses for 100k emails would be impossible to manage without some sort of program to monitor them for you. It would be like you having 100k bank accounts that you have to log into individually to check balances. ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dimensions-in-spam-attacks/811501/33 "2018-04-03T05:09:17Z")
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