# Who are you getting spam from? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 10, 2006, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-getting-spam-from/352036 "2006-04-10T04:12:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-getting-spam-from/352036/1 "2006-04-10T04:12:21Z")
Have you paid any attention to some of the from names in your spam folder? I’m not talking about spam from people like Porsche Raley or Marcia Bush (even is Ms Bush is trying to improve my sexual desire) no I am talking about those from names that make you go WTF? Names like: \*\*Snowflake C. Kleptomaniac \*\* Is this a thief or a forcast? \*\*Snaffled E. Definitions \*\* I have probably snaffled a few definitions in my time. \*\*Indolence B. Abrasives \*\* Ole Indolence just rubs me the wrong way. \*\*Idealistically K. Spahn \*\* They misspelled sapm. \*\*Disorganizing L. Sizzled \*\* My sizzle isn’t diorganized, I guess his is \*\*Riesling A. Turpin \*\* It’s a wine! no it’s a tortoise! Wait, you’re both right! \*\*Flinching T. Ceasefire \*\* I would flinch before the ceasefire, no after. \*\*Distrusted G. Polymaths \*\* If I buy from this guy, I will double check what I get charged. \*\*Relationship D. Mourner \*\* I believe that this is a woman that has a hard time getting over her last boyfriend. **Niebuhr C. Immediately** I want my Niebuhr and I want it now! So who have you gotten spam from? post them here. ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-getting-spam-from/352036/2 "2006-04-10T11:34:12Z")
Most of my spam is either foreign, with weight on Russian spam. And the rest seems to be bad typos of various… dare I say, disgusting acts on females? The senders seem to be mostly gibberish. Interesting when you go through the folder looking for patterns though. ---
**Author:** ![RumMunkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@RumMunkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RumMunkey)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-getting-spam-from/352036/3 "2006-04-10T11:39:40Z")
I have no idea who sends me spam… I use gmail. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-getting-spam-from/352036/4 "2006-04-10T12:02:33Z")
I’ve since deleted it, but I got one a while back from **Harbinger Caliph**. That definitely sounds like a name to pay attention to. Right now in my trash bin there’s an ad from **Duncan Pena** , which sounds like the perfect porno name. And **Monty** , quit send me mail offering “better sex more sperm”. I respect you as a poster, but I’m just not ready to take our relationship to that level. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-getting-spam-from/352036/5 "2006-04-10T12:08:08Z")
> [@RumMunkey](#): > > I have no idea who sends me spam… I use gmail. So do I look at the menu on the left, next to the bottom just above trash. You mihgt want to check it every once and a while sometimes Gmail screws up and puts a valid message there. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-getting-spam-from/352036/6 "2006-04-10T12:14:11Z")
For a while, I was getting the \ \ \ spams. They’ve mostly subsided; now I’m getting a shitload of "A \ message from \. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2006, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-getting-spam-from/352036/7 "2006-04-10T14:14:09Z")
A couple of years ago I was getting a lot in assorted Asian character sets, but now it seems to be mostly in Russian, though a few pill-hawkin’ standbys remain in English. Even the advance-fee-fraud messages seem to have died down. WTF are these spammers thinking, I mean, seriously? Russian? How the heck am I goign to take the bait if I can’t read it? ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-getting-spam-from/352036/8 "2006-04-10T14:25:15Z")
_Hotmail Member Services_. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-getting-spam-from/352036/9 "2006-04-10T14:32:29Z")
Here’s my favorite: Thyroid S. Barking ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-getting-spam-from/352036/10 "2006-04-10T22:35:37Z")
I’ve been inundated with Russian(or, at least, I think that it’s Russian, it looks like it’s in Cyrillic). ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-getting-spam-from/352036/11 "2006-04-10T22:54:04Z")
Here’s a few sitting in my bulk mailbox right now: Interviewers H. Moloch Headlight R. Moating Aatami Splawn Holcomb M. Alhambra Chanel Elfreda ---
**Author:** ![Lama\_Pacos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Lama\_Pacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lama_Pacos)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-getting-spam-from/352036/12 "2006-04-18T19:13:38Z")
My favorite recent spammers are **Looney Carla** (sounds like the deranged ghost who comes and kills you in the night in a summer camp urban legend) and **Mae Mays**. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-getting-spam-from/352036/13 "2006-04-18T19:32:16Z")
Got one today from **Ramakrishna Narayan Reddy**. ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-getting-spam-from/352036/14 "2006-04-18T20:02:27Z")
I am not making these up. **Fartsma** **Fartringer\_2000** **i\>\>fartohot** **Haha Muahahaha** **Fartonbevr** **特種最新号** I can’t read it, but I have to assume it has some variation of “fart” in it…hehehe. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-getting-spam-from/352036/15 "2006-04-18T20:16:56Z")
I don’t get any spam from anybody. If you aren’t on my list, you can’t send me any e-mail. Thank you Comcast! ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-getting-spam-from/352036/16 "2006-04-18T20:49:24Z")
I just cleaned out my spam box today. Here’s who was in it: \*\*Regenerates L. Motorcycle Explosive A. Adjuster Pris Gentner Aurelien Surett Virgie Jaramillo \*\* ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-getting-spam-from/352036/17 "2006-04-19T18:26:23Z")
I have over 30 messages today from SEIZED REAL ESTATE and about 20 from BE A VIDEO GAME TESTER . I won’t open them to see the real addresses what Karma brings me these guys? ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-getting-spam-from/352036/18 "2006-04-19T20:10:20Z")
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