"Patrick: we owe you $0.50"; or, "Pointless/pathetic spam you've gotten

Yeah. I seriously got this in my email in-box. And along with the “Lose 20 lbs in two weeks!” email, it’s the most pathetic attempt I’ve ever seen.

Anyone else care to share gems that happened into their email inbox?

“SHY ABOUT YOUR PACAKGE [sic]? MAKE IT BIGGER!!!”

I’m not shy about my pacakge; I don’t even think I have one.

“GUARANTEED way to INSTANTLY have EXCELLENT CREDIT!!”

(yeah, don’t buy anything you can’t afford, you chucklehead)

“Fibromyalgia? We can help!”

uhh . . . what? How did I get on that list? I’m healthy as a horse!

“You’ve qualified for a Discount on Term Life Insurance”

I don’t need life insurance because I don’t have any dependents. Go away.

I’m describing this one from memory, since I deleted it quickly…

Just yesterday, I got spam selling patriotic flag lapel pins, capitalizing on the WTC tragedy. The subject line said something like, “NOV. 11TH DISASTER - NEVER AGAIN!!”

Real patriotic, dumbfuck. Try to get the month right next time.

Either they know something we don’t or they’re talking about the Veteran’s Day blizzard of 1987. :slight_smile:

I get the occasional message titled “Reply to your inquiry” or “Re: Your Application” It’s easy to know that they’re bogus - since they come to an address that I rarely, if ever, use any more… Same account gets all the Viagra and “Meet Hot Girls” messages.

If they truly knew me, I’d get “Hot Guys Who Will Do Chores And Expect Nothing In Return” - yeah, that’s what I want…

:smiley:

I always get alternating spams for enlarging my “package” and breasts on the same day. Something’s wrong with those spammers, I tell you.

I got this one about three minutes ago…

Copy and Paste from my inbox:


The most informative web site on the net concerning becoming naturally immune to Anthrax, the problems
with antibiotics, the methods of attack which are predicted and more.

Learn how to make yourself immune to ANTHRAX and other BIOLOGICAL ATTACKS naturally.
Learn the effects of depending on anti-biotics for long periods of time.
click here http://www.anthraxsafe.com

Forward this information link to five friends and five loved ones to help spread the word.


No, I didn’t go to the website, so I don’t know what “dietary supplement” they’re advocating for anthrax immunity.

From: sasddfef@aol.com
Subject: RE: Your question

Umm… I don’t remember ever asking anything to anyone on AOL. DELETE! I don’t even bother opening them.

Slight hijack:

All my spam ends with [3r5fs] or some other code in brackets at the very end of the subject (with lots of spaces before it so you don’t see it or something). Anyone know what this means? Do the people that sent it out get a commission on responses based on that code?

Can I get a list of these codes with the home addresses of the losers that sent them?

I’ve received a bunch lately trying to make me think that I’ve accidently received someone else’s juicy misdirected e-mail. I delete them all immediately without reading them, but the subject is usually something like, “You won’t believe what Jack did to me in bed last night…” or “Have you heard what happened to Sarah and Joe at the party?”

I think this is a way to beat anti-spam rules on their e-mail account. If they change that number for each e-mail and leave everything else the same, then the filter SW doesn’t flag all the outgoing messages as the same message and therefore they are not automatically cut off. That is just my SWAG.

That is a criptic code, which when translated means: “All your base are belong to us.”

:D:D I just couldn’t resist. I’m so pathetic.