Author Topic: Weird Spam subject lines... (Read 9112 times)

Pete · « **on:** 29 June, 2008, 08:36:12 am »

Well, I regularly trawl the 'bulk' spam-divert folder of my E-mail provider, just in case a legit. E-mail falls in by mistake. I was perplexed by the following subject line:
"what a stupid face you have here ------------"
ending up with my E-mail address.
I figured that, in amongst all the p*nis/br*ast enlargers, the casinos, the online drugs, the cheap watches, the 'bank security' messages, etc. etc., that one was worth a deeper look. Disappointingly, in place of the expected torrent of abuse, the message consisted of nothing but a URL (not clicked on!

).

Anyone else had a look at their spam and noticed anything really odd?

Adrian · « **Reply #1 on:** 29 June, 2008, 08:40:44 am »

Not really odd, but one this mornig "You have high blood pressure", to which my response was "and who's fault is that then?"

Cunobelin · « **Reply #2 on:** 29 June, 2008, 12:49:23 pm »

You look really stupid ******@***** ....

However, I suspect not as stupid as I would look if i opened the *.exe file that your email contained

Adam · « **Reply #3 on:** 16 July, 2008, 12:10:11 pm »

In my Spam folder, I've noticed a few interesting ones I've not seen before:-

Queen Elizabeth abducted in Tibet
and
Earthquake in California destroys Schwarzenegger house
plus
Madonna admits to adultery

How utterly boring.

Pete · « **Reply #4 on:** 16 July, 2008, 12:38:59 pm »

Prompted by the 'bump', I had another quick look. Here's a good one:
Will Smith found dead in bathtub
Please don't get alarmed! He's fine, I tell ye!

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #5 on:** 16 July, 2008, 01:12:10 pm »

Let's be friends with benefits xoxo lets talk@www.cutepamela.com
Curso Aprenda a Investir na Bolsa de Valores em Campinas

andygates · « **Reply #6 on:** 16 July, 2008, 01:27:49 pm »

I had "Michael Jackson found dead in oxygen tent" yesterday, that was quite good.

I'm still impressed by the "penis 2.0" ones. They make I larf.

Greenbank · « **Reply #7 on:** 16 July, 2008, 01:48:30 pm »

Subjects from spam folder:-

Project review meeting now at 3pm
Questions on your recent code changes
Latest bug figures from QA department
Please update your goals/targets/achievements prior to review

...

Subjects from Inbox:-
<empty>

I do like aggressive filtering.

RichForrest · « **Reply #8 on:** 16 July, 2008, 05:00:27 pm »

This one came today

God dag,

Fuck beer! Got sexy girl?
Click here

Had the best antidote against imaginative dread and stood
there for a moment, shielding her eyes a minced lemon, a
faggot of sweet herbs, and being left there by some missionary
father or native why not, my friend? Poirot assured him.
me, i word. On paper miss wills was witty and cynical, they
were again so lively that they went to a for i knows of
none else. They always calls me with delighted gratitude
that the journey might or the bishop, how could anybody
tell which one for spring garments. I bet yer, mawruss!
you take scollopshells. Being boil'd, take out the meat,
of church discipline had withdrawn him for some on the top
of the door. Obviously it had missed the nominees of the
late democratic administration,.

toekneep · « **Reply #9 on:** 16 July, 2008, 05:05:43 pm »

In the days that I received about 300 spams a day I did used to trawl them for genuine mails. I once found "increase your penis by 3" without drugs" followed immediately by "beautiful girls are waiting to meet you". That amused me a bit.

mattc · « **Reply #10 on:** 18 July, 2008, 09:05:41 am »

Hope will be your mould supplier

(Sadly I'd misread this; it turned out to be the slightly more mundane:
Hope we will be your mould supplier )

(and more disappointingly, they're selling shaped moulds, not the living kind)

JT · « **Reply #11 on:** 18 July, 2008, 11:07:43 am »

From today:

Living proof that the earth is flat available

Pete · « **Reply #12 on:** 21 July, 2008, 08:26:42 am »

And from today:
Mermaid discovered off NZ coast

Adrian · « **Reply #13 on:** 21 July, 2008, 05:42:20 pm »

Quote from: Pete on 21 July, 2008, 08:26:42 am

And from today:
Mermaid discovered off NZ coast

I got that one, was it true?

Adrian · « **Reply #14 on:** 21 July, 2008, 08:40:15 pm »

Paris Hilton wins Pullitzer Prize

Pete · « **Reply #15 on:** 21 July, 2008, 08:56:58 pm »

Quote from: Adrian on 21 July, 2008, 05:42:20 pm

Quote from: Pete on 21 July, 2008, 08:26:42 am
And from today:
Mermaid discovered off NZ coast

I got that one, was it true?

Dunno, I didn't open the E-mail...

Probably lying in wait to inflict p*nct*res on passing pedalo boats, I reckon. Come to think of it, I could have posted "Fairy encountered on A275 late at night" but that'd hardly be a story....

Deano · « **Reply #16 on:** 21 July, 2008, 08:57:59 pm »

"Your work colleagues have Mafia connections"

little miss mac · « **Reply #17 on:** 21 July, 2008, 09:22:48 pm »

"nazi Toddlers Ruined My Birthday"

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #18 on:** 22 July, 2008, 10:39:17 am »

Ronald Reagan Prime Suspect In Bank Robbery

Deano · « **Reply #19 on:** 22 July, 2008, 03:08:27 pm »

New one:

"God Accepts Responsability for Hurricane Katrina"

JT · « **Reply #20 on:** 22 July, 2008, 03:47:44 pm »

Horse kicks Harrison Ford in stomach

little miss mac · « **Reply #21 on:** 22 July, 2008, 04:05:25 pm »

There's a spate of these, isn't there. Someone, somewhere, is having great fun making them up.

Pete · « **Reply #22 on:** 22 July, 2008, 04:56:26 pm »

They are, indeed. Latest crop:

Boy 4, pulls off sister's ear
Horse gets swallowed by snake
JFK long-lost heir found

Greenbank · « **Reply #23 on:** 24 July, 2008, 11:31:45 am »

Schwarzenegger Admits Starting California Wildfires
Madonnas Former Home Destroyed By Jesus

andygates · « **Reply #24 on:** 24 July, 2008, 11:33:53 am »

Obama Sex Tape

(I think it's a measure of the zeitgeist that I get a lot of faux-Obama spam and no faux McCain spam)