# What's with Russian S P A M?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 2, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-russian-s-p-a-m/435933 "2008-02-02T00:54:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-russian-s-p-a-m/435933/1 "2008-02-02T00:54:52Z")

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I just received an email from Sveta huasheng. It was almost totally in Cirillic Russian, except for “Momma Mia” and “Love Story”. It did have a phone number with area code 495 followed by 3 + 2 + 2 digits. Anyone else gotten such?