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X-tomatic
from ze war room on 2004-02-26 11:06 [#01090361]
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Fucking Viagra spam! Yes I do have a spamfilter and now it filters out everything but these super annoying mails. Though I never even look at them and instant delete/block sender (useless I know) it, I always wonder what,or if any total idiot would respond to a mail like the one below, or whatever spam for that matter:
"Hello, chief :) Want to boost .verdi Your sexual Porefrmance? Save 70% on kViaq§ran's newsteh rival, Cioal1s , a treattenmK for eecrtiont and imtecnope9 pmrolbes.
C1alis0 is known as a Suprew-Vd1ahgra or Weenked8-ViwagUra because its efctefs1 start snrooeV and last muchR lnoger
Go three to get mroe info http://www.medz4cheap.com/cia/?dcent "
Do they actually expect to get any clients this way? Wtf is their major malfunction?
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dariusgriffin
from cool on 2004-02-26 11:07 [#01090363]
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Life is hell.
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gnocelot
from Greifswald (Germany) on 2004-02-26 11:28 [#01090395]
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Yes. Yes, they do expect to get clients this way. The really sad thing is that their expectations aren't unfounded. If nobody was stupid enough to fall for these, they'd stop - but as it is spam is still a working business model. AFAIK most get response rates far below 0.1%, but since they're sending out millions of mails, that's quite enough.
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Jazembo
from The Earth ball on 2004-02-26 11:32 [#01090403]
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notice how they are using pictures of text now so that you can't set your spam filter to look for specific words :(
There was an interesting article on the bbc site about how spam was becoming 'almost huuman' as it tries better and more convincing methods to convince you that the mail is from a fellow human, or better yet, a friend.
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Sido Dyas
from a computer on 2004-02-26 11:40 [#01090422]
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"Shit! They're right! I need a bigger penis!"
*Click*
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tibbar
from harrisburg, pa (United States) on 2004-02-26 11:41 [#01090425]
Points: 10513 Status: Lurker | Followup to gnocelot: #01090395
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im a golden ratio.
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Zeus
from San Francisco (United States) on 2004-02-26 11:45 [#01090433]
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I got some spam today, and it was from some woman, and it was asking for donations on paypal, so she could get breast implants. Whoever donates, will get to see nude pictures of her.
*shakes head*
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Ceri JC
from Jefferson City (United States) on 2004-02-26 13:14 [#01090509]
Points: 23533 Status: Moderator | Followup to gnocelot: #01090395 | Show recordbag
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Yes, anyone who buys anything a spammer offers has no right to complain and in fact, they ought to beg for forgiveness from the rest of us sorry saps who have to switch mail boxes due to their idiocy.
The latest spate of spam I've been getting cleverly uses a body of "normal" text (amusingly, an extract from fight club) to bypass and the actual product info is stored as a piture.
The sheer volume of spam nowadays means it's no longer a minor irritation, it's now a very real deterrent to using email at all.
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Ceri JC
from Jefferson City (United States) on 2004-02-26 13:14 [#01090511]
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Offer to do the op for her yourself. Try to meet her and then cut off her hands.
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Zeus
from San Francisco (United States) on 2004-02-26 13:17 [#01090513]
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woah.
pSyChO.
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giginger
from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2004-02-26 13:17 [#01090514]
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WHAT THE FUCK?
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Jazembo
from The Earth ball on 2004-02-26 13:22 [#01090518]
Points: 2788 Status: Regular | Followup to giginger: #01090514
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The dark side to Ceri JC has made itself known. Beware.
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evolume
from seattle (United States) on 2004-02-26 13:26 [#01090522]
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i have my hotmail account set to send everything to the junk mail folder accept people on my safe list or people who put in certain key words into the subject line.
as a result i get virtually no spam. i just have to check my junk mail folder on occasion.
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scup_bucket
from bloated exploding piss pockets on 2004-02-26 13:42 [#01090545]
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go to http://www.tshirthell.com and get an email account there. it is by far the best email service around.
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Jazembo
from The Earth ball on 2004-02-26 13:44 [#01090548]
Points: 2788 Status: Regular | Followup to scup_bucket: #01090545
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is that an cup of tea minus the water ?
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Jazembo
from The Earth ball on 2004-02-26 13:45 [#01090550]
Points: 2788 Status: Regular
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by the way, 'c' has recently been declared a vowel.
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