# Strange email to my SDMB address

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-email-to-my-sdmb-address/600302>\
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**Created:** [October 20, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-email-to-my-sdmb-address/600302 "2011-10-20T22:37:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-email-to-my-sdmb-address/600302/1 "2011-10-20T22:37:07Z")

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Did anyone else get this email?

hi my dear how are you today i hope that you are fine my name is Kate Williams am 23 years old am from Liberia please can we be a good friend’s am a good girl with respect i will tell you all about me latter please i will expect your reply very soon please try to reply thanks from yours good friend Kate ([boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com))

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-email-to-my-sdmb-address/600302/2 "2011-10-20T22:41:27Z")

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[Yes.](http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=ie7&q=name+is+Kate+Williams+am+23+years+old+am+from+Liberia+please&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-ContextMenu&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&rlz=1I7TSNA_enUS384US385#pq=name+is+kate+williams+am+23+years+old+am+from+liberia+please&hl=en&sugexp=kjrmc&cp=1&gs_id=a&xhr=t&q=%22name+is+Kate+Williams+am+23+years+old+am+from+Liberia+please%22&qe=Im5hbWUgaXMgS2F0ZSBXaWxsaWFtcyBhbSAyMyB5ZWFycyBvbGQgYW0gZnJvbSBMaWJlcmlhIHBsZWFzZSI&qesig=kyDHTwkmeT2o7zv4aa9Oqg&pkc=AFgZ2tkQdAI_RkV2UGHeOKUkIfMSM8xw_t2XoZEBY86vUIKB0Ynv8Es4ne-LUG4bVi763isxmDD9sov8JG2w3bcsLAyKImXQkw&pf=p&sclient=psy-ab&rls=com.microsoft:en-us%3AIE-ContextMenu&rlz=1I7TSNA_enUS384US385&source=hp&pbx=1&oq=%22name+is+Kate+Williams+am+23+years+old+am+from+Liberia+please%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=243423c6f499f635&biw=1067&bih=408)

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-email-to-my-sdmb-address/600302/3 "2011-10-20T22:54:09Z")

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Yeah. Sender was banned.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-email-to-my-sdmb-address/600302/4 "2011-10-20T23:53:13Z")

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Damn hussy.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-email-to-my-sdmb-address/600302/5 "2011-10-21T00:12:05Z")

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The sender was actually banned yesterday but evidently harvested email addresses that were visible on the board. I got a love note from the hussy about three hours ago.