# Spam email with misleading titles

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-email-with-misleading-titles/170692>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 23, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-email-with-misleading-titles/170692 "2003-04-23T22:00:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-email-with-misleading-titles/170692/41 "2003-04-27T11:46:13Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Polycarp \*  
> \*\*Lynn, did you get my e-mail about opening a thread? If not, I’ll re-send the contents. \*\*

Yes, I did. I had to kick it upstairs, I’m not in that part of the administration. I’m in charge of biting people.

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-email-with-misleading-titles/170692/42 "2003-04-28T00:48:13Z")

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What about misleading content (or rather no, or jibberish content)

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> PGh0bWw+DQo8Ym9keT4NCjxicj4NCjxjZW50ZXI+DQo8aW1nIHNyYz0iaHR0cDovL2NsaWNr dHJhY2suc2F2aW5ncy1ib29rLm5ldC9pbWFnZS5hc3A/Y21waWQ9aGdoMTAwMC0xLmdpZiZk dm49ZjYoZjE0eEIyMTFfRXdKNkwiIHdpZHRoPSIwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjAiPg0KPGEgaHJlZj0i aHR0cDovL2NsaWNrdHJhY2suc2F2aW5ncy1ib29rLm5ldC9jdHJhY2suYXNwP2NtcGlkPWhn aDEwMDAtMSZjdm49U3NPU0ZSaV9BRkZuQDAsc3oiPjxpbWcgc3JjPSJodHRwOi8vaW1hZ2Vz LnNhdmluZ3MtYm9vay5uZXQvaGdoMTAwMC0xLmdpZiIgYm9yZGVyPSIwIj48L2E+DQo8YnI+ PGJyPg0KPGEgaHJlZj0iaHR0cDovL3JlbW92ZS5zYXZpbmdzLWJvb2submV0L3JlbW92ZS9y ZW1vdmUuYXNwIj48aW1nIHNyYz0iaHR0cDovL2ltYWdlcy5zYXZpbmdzLWJvb2submV0L3Vu c3ViLmdpZiIgYm9yZGVyPSIwIj48L2E+DQo8L2NlbnRlcj4NCjwvYm9keT4NCjwvaHRtbD4

I get a lot of the above in spam.

I also get an awful lot with subjects like this

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> (¼ºÀα¤°í) ¾ö¸¶¿Í ¾ÆµéÀÌ…(TABOO)¼¿Ä«…

and this

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> mbadow bersona zgkqpywdhc u

from e-mails such as éÀ and [test@test.com](mailto:test@test.com)  
I understand that spem is an attempt to sell a product or service. BUT WHAT DOES SENDING COMPLETE GIBBERISH ACHIEVE?

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-email-with-misleading-titles/170692/43 "2003-04-28T00:49:36Z")

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I should mention - part of that is chinese without a font for it. but some of the e-mail is obviously not a foreign language and is just plain jibberish.

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**Author:** ![Robb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Robb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robb)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-email-with-misleading-titles/170692/44 "2003-04-28T01:43:09Z")

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Ya know, for a person who controls the Member status of all of us, the penis spam doesn’t seem completely unrelated.

now, about that PO box for the penance I owe.

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