# Occasionally, I check my Spam folder **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 9, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occasionally-i-check-my-spam-folder/652457 "2013-03-09T03:36:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occasionally-i-check-my-spam-folder/652457/1 "2013-03-09T03:36:13Z")
…mainly just to make sure nothing important got tagged as spam, but also because the names or subject lines of what are indeed spam are actually slightly amusing. Today I got a message from someone, or something, named “ **Thought-provoking Fart**.” This was good for a laugh, for which I was so grateful I almost considered clicking the gibberishy-looking url in the body of the message. But if any lurkers are reading this and haven’t yet signed up for a SDMB account just because they couldn’t think of a good username… ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occasionally-i-check-my-spam-folder/652457/2 "2013-03-09T03:40:00Z")
I’ve had those before! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occasionally-i-check-my-spam-folder/652457/3 "2013-03-09T03:40:07Z")
I checked mine the other day and had spam from JDate (Jewish singles), Christian Mingle, [Match.com](http://Match.com), Zoosk and Senior People Meet. Oh, and one email advertising engagement rings. Obviously I’m single, old, and ever hopeful. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2013, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occasionally-i-check-my-spam-folder/652457/4 "2013-03-09T04:29:31Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > I …had spam from JDate (Jewish singles), Christian Mingle, [Match.com](http://Match.com), Zoosk and Senior People Meet… > > Obviously I’m single, old, and ever hopeful. Actually, you appear to be single, old, and religious. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occasionally-i-check-my-spam-folder/652457/5 "2013-03-09T04:44:39Z")
I checked my spam the other day. It was full of offers to enlarge my penis. Who told them mine was needing enlarging? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occasionally-i-check-my-spam-folder/652457/6 "2013-03-09T04:48:42Z")
> [@harmonicamoon](#): > > I checked my spam the other day. It was full of offers to enlarge my penis. Who told them mine was needing enlarging? I don’t know but it’s the same people telling them _I_ need penis hard now. Or should I say _Nead penis harud 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:** [March 9, 2013, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occasionally-i-check-my-spam-folder/652457/7 "2013-03-09T09:52:21Z")
I just got this message in my inbox (not in the spam folder, it slipped through somehow): @3% LOAN PROMO !!! Proposed Customer This is to crave your indulgence over our financing service in all form which may tally with your request in either forms of funding requirement. The service comprises; Hard Money Loans, Bridge Mortgages, Construction Loans, Commercial Loans, Unsecured Loans, Venture Capital, Project funding, Line of credit facility and many more This funding service is opened to interested and qualified people globally with a reasonable approach and proposals of various fundingcriteria. Our offering is at a start of 3% annually to offshore clients. Our company is registered and regulated by the FSA (Financial Service Authority). If you are interested, do contact us via _email redacted_ or visit our website on _website redacted_ and we will respond to you promptly. Regards, John Philip Bridge mortgages, eh? You know, I’ve had my eye on the Golden Gate Bridge for quite awhile now. Maybe now’s the opportunity to finally pull the trigger on taking a loan out for it. 😃 - Redactions mine so I don’t post any active links. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occasionally-i-check-my-spam-folder/652457/8 "2013-03-09T10:51:35Z")
Tangentially related story; last year, I re-subscribed to Comcast, and signed up for phone service even though I don’t need it and use my cell phone for everything, because for some reason it’s cheaper than just buying cable and internet a la carte. I never bothered hooking up a phone to my modem. I also don’t use my Comcast email address for anything. Just the other day, I happened to sign into my account online and noticed I had 26 unheard voicemails. I decided to listen to them all. Almost all of them were intended for whoever had this phone number before I did, who was apparently Realtor or real estate agent of some kind. One of those messages happened to be from none other than **Joe Arpaio** (yes, _that_ Joe Arpaio as far as I can tell), to whom the previous owner of this phone number had sold a mobile home at some point in the past, who was now inquiring about some information about the bill of sale. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occasionally-i-check-my-spam-folder/652457/9 "2013-03-09T19:33:52Z")
Other items currently in my Spam folder: “You’re proving popular with Twit86!” from **Flaming Giggle** “I thought about her words for a while.” from **Hot Craving** “Well let me give you a hand with that.” from **Puzzling Candy** “Pudgy Pun68 just winked at you!” from **Desirable Stallion** “SermakEritai allows You to see her private photo!” from **Snookums Peach** There’s gotta be an algorithm that’s generating these, right? ---
**Author:** ![turner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@turner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turner)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occasionally-i-check-my-spam-folder/652457/10 "2013-03-13T02:17:25Z")
On the other side of this, I was looking to hire an engineer. I made my selection and HR sent an e-mail notifying him that he was selected (govt, lots of hires, they don’t have the resources to phone everyone). The e-mail went into his spam folder. He didn’t check it for several weeks. He got another e-mail, again it went into his spam box, saying he was de-selected because he didn’t respond in time. By the time he found the e-mail, they had already notified my second selection. He called and asked if I could do anything for him and I told him no, the other guy accepted.