Weird emails.

[Kim]

What is with all these apparently nonsensical emails that get sent out as spam?

Example (I received today)

They were not, by and large, stupid people, and many had had first-hand experience of such persecution. It was as if he had been given control of the moon and the tides - or had just reached up and taken it.It was as if he had been given control of the moon and the tides - or had just reached up and taken it. It was as if he had been given control of the moon and the tides - or had just reached up and taken it. Only his lips, pressed together so tightly that they almost disappeared, gave away some inward emotion. He meant to get out if he could rain or no rain; this was his chance and this time he meant to take it.

I mean...what does it mean :huh: There's no virus....nobody's asking me for anything...I don't get it :huh:

It's like "blog spam". What's the point? Why repeat the same sentence three times? Is that a clue? Is that important?

Has anyone got a clue what the intention is? At least I 'get' the viagra and improve my length ads! They're spam...but at least I know what they're after.

And I thought I was pretty in touch! :shakehead

(BTW....if a Mod feels this is more of a whine than a simple NDR feel free to move it there! I don't need a PM or anything)

 

[Wildcard]

Some boored fat kid with cheetos on his hands and no chance of ever getting a girl so he emailed you!
BTW where is the list of canned mods? I have a few PMs Id like to send out?

 

[Mike Veitch]

aren't those the emails with the HOT STOCK, BUY IT NOW in there?

 

[Kim]

BTW where is the list of canned mods? I have a few PMs Id like to send out?

I'll PM you.

 

[Kim]

aren't those the emails with the HOT STOCK, BUY IT NOW in there?

Yes I get those too. Again though....you sort of understand what they are aiming for. The ones like I posted above are simple nonsense. I seem to have gotten a bunch of them in the last few days and now I've started wondering what the point of them is....and more importantly if my security net is catching some sort of attack or not. I'm pretty anal about computer security. I run standard with a hardware and a software firewall, anti-virus, anti-spyware, and Peer Guardian - I also pre=scan email with Mailwasher Pro. The last time I had something make it all the way to my disk that I know about was over 5 years ago. Nothing flags these emails......although Mailwasher does see them as spam. Given that we live in a world though that companies like Google and Microsoft (not to mention agencies like the NSA) can actually use the web-cam installed on your laptop to spy on you without your knowledge, or the mic to listen to what is going on, I do tend to think about this stuff sometimes.
That's OK........just because you're paranoid it doesn't mean they're not out to get you right?

 

[Cacia]

yea..I don't get it. Like a story all spliced together. I get them also.

maybe you have been targed by the fish stick enemies?

 

[O2BBubbleFree]

My uneducated guess is that it's an attempt to harvest email addresses that can be sold to spammers.

I think they piece together something stupid like that, then generate a bunch of possible email addresses, hoping some will reply, thereby confirming the email address as real.

Kind of phishing...

 

[H2Andy]

O Superman. O judge. O Mom and Dad. Mom and Dad. O Superman. O judge. O Mom and Dad. Mom and Dad. Hi. I'm not home right now. But if you want to leave a
message, just start talking at the sound of the tone. Hello? This is your Mother. Are you there? Are you coming home? Hello? Is anybody home?

Well, you don't know me, but I know you. And I've got a message to give to you.
Here come the planes. So you better get ready. Ready to go. You can come
as you are, but pay as you go. Pay as you go.

And I said: OK. Who is this really? And the voice said: This is the hand, the hand that takes. This is the hand, the hand that takes. This is the hand, the hand that takes.
Here come the planes. They're American planes. Made in America. Smoking or non-smoking? And the voice said: Neither snow nor rain nor gloom of night shall stay these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

'Cause when love is gone, there's always justice. And when justive is gone, there's always force. And when force is gone, there's always Mom. Hi Mom!

So hold me, Mom, in your long arms. So hold me, Mom, in your long arms. In your automatic arms. Your electronic arms. In your arms. So hold me, Mom, in your long arms. Your petrochemical arms. Your military arms. In your electronic arms.

 

[El Orans]

That kind of email is just another method to get past the spamfilters...

 

[shellim123]

What is with all these apparently nonsensical emails that get sent out as spam?

Example (I received today)


I mean...what does it mean :huh: There's no virus....nobody's asking me for anything...I don't get it :huh:

It's like "blog spam". What's the point? Why repeat the same sentence three times? Is that a clue? Is that important?

Has anyone got a clue what the intention is? At least I 'get' the viagra and improve my length ads! They're spam...but at least I know what they're after.

And I thought I was pretty in touch! :shakehead

(BTW....if a Mod feels this is more of a whine than a simple NDR feel free to move it there! I don't need a PM or anything)

Sounds like a part of a Harlequin Romance.........