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But this, experts say, is the spam that could bring the internet to a virtual standstill this year.
I hate spam and never read it, hit the delete button. :mad:
Give spam the :/\\chop
'Image spam' could bring the internet to a standstill (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=427811&in_page_id=1965)
The Avon Lady
01-10-07, 07:13 AM
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/3557/spamjs0.gif
Abraham
01-10-07, 03:04 PM
I think spam is getting an epidemic.
Around Christmas I got dozens of e-mails from people only identified with their first name, who suggested loans or investments.
I'm just getting tired of dumping all that garbage, together with all those VI_AgrA pills...
Sending Spam to me is an invasion of my privacy!
Sending Spam to me is an invasion of my privacy!
I agree with you on that one Abraham. :up:
Lzs von swe
01-10-07, 03:34 PM
I agree with you, spamers should be ... something I better not say!!
I mean, how fun can it be? Download some crappy software that auto generates spam and leave it running and hey, I´m king....
I´ve had to set my Spam killer to only accept mails from addresses in my contact list. Then I have to check the blocked mail list to make sure that I don´t miss any mails I want to receive. I hate spam:arrgh!:
ASWnut101
01-10-07, 06:48 PM
hehe, suckers!:D
To date, I have not gotten any spam at all.:cool:
Camaero
01-10-07, 07:53 PM
I agree with you, spamers should be ... something I better not say!!
I mean, how fun can it be? Download some crappy software that auto generates spam and leave it running and hey, I´m king....
Don't mock my dreams!:x
Seriously though, they are getting smarter. I now have to delete around 100 spam emails a day out of my gmail account. Luckily my other email addresses have not been hit yet.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=92958
As Spammy as it gets! ;)
Camaero
01-10-07, 08:13 PM
I just got 100 more spam emails after writing my first post up there. It is just bad. I really want to close that email down and call it lost, but I have a lot of important accounts tied to it.
Damn spam.:damn:
GSpector
01-10-07, 11:29 PM
Mmmm SPAM. It's good with Government Cheesehttp://www.bombs-away.net/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif (http://www.bombs-away.net/forums/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=0&forumid=19#)
As for the E-Mail SPAM, it's worse then junk Mail but at least I have a blocker. Personally, I'd rather get rid of both but my Mailman has to deliver junk mail by law. I am so glad for the large trash bin the Apartment Manager placed right next to the mail boxes. Fills up almost every day.:lol:
Abraham
01-11-07, 12:10 AM
A few months ago my hard disk was damaged by too much chemicals in the Outlook Deleted Items box.
I've learned to bring my Viagra and Cialis Spam each week to the nearby pharmacy in order to protect my (computer's) system from chemical waste...
:D
I love taunting the Spammers... My wife and I get a kick out of thinking up new ways of aggravating them.
Most times we will carry on back and forth with a victim for a week or so making it sound as though we really will do as they want us to do just to plunge the knife in and twist it with an ingenious plot finish... :rotfl: :sunny:
I love fried Spam with an egg over easy on toast.
I would love to get back at those people in Nigeria who say they've got millions stashed away and need your bank account to put some in.
Any ideas?
I love taunting the Spammers...
That's really mean of you, that's what some people would say. In my case go for it give them a fat lip.
I would love to get back at those people in Nigeria who say they've got millions stashed away and need your bank account to put some in.
Any ideas?
http://www.419eater.com/index.htm
Spam is good, the thing I hate is canned beef, it's really awful.
AVGWarhawk
01-11-07, 10:29 AM
Fried Spam is good. Anyway, my mail has a junk folder. All that junk spam gets put in there. I can look thrown it quickly and just dump it. But yes, it is getting bad.
GSpector
01-11-07, 01:53 PM
StdDev, I liked your link. I think everyone should check out the FAQ and for some laughs, look through the Hall of Shame. Some of those pics are so bad that they are funny.
I actually knew someone that fell for a Scam but thankfully she did not have the money to send. That and I looked at all the "Official" documents that were E-Mailed to her (and yes they looked good) but could not find any proof using the internet to verify and location or company on them. I tried to prove to her it aws a scam. She did not want to believe me so she contacted another friend with ties to our Government. Guess what, He said the same thing as I did.
I felt sorry for her since she did send some money and was trying to raise $10,000 to cover expences of shipping trunks full of money. She was actually losing sleep over this. That's when I found out about it.
It was bad, but at least she learned a lesson without getting hurt.
StdDev, I liked your link. I think everyone should check out the FAQ and for some laughs, look through the Hall of Shame. Some of those pics are so bad that they are funny.
<SNIP>
Its been a while since I read through the "cases" at 419eater.. but in a few of them he actually gets the scammers to send HIM money!!!
REVERSO-SCAM!!!!
Abraham
01-12-07, 02:51 AM
I would love to get back at those people in Nigeria who say they've got millions stashed away and need your bank account to put some in.
Any ideas?
http://www.419eater.com/index.htm
Nive site, StdDev!
I am one of the lucky ones who was already singled out by Nigerian Oil officials in the '90's to receive tens of millions of $$ on my lawyers account.
However, as you might have guessed, after some further communication the only thing I ever received through this scheme was a warning from the Amsterdam Policy Fraud Squad...
:D
GSpector
01-12-07, 05:49 AM
You actually got a warning from the Amsterdam Policy Fraud Squad? what, were you trying to Scam the scammer? Shame on you.:nope:
:rotfl:
Actually, I hope you did not lose to much in the scam.
Seems like the legal system is the same all over.
I really had my nose broken almost 2 years ago just after I said Hi to someone that just came by with the person that owned the trailer I was trying to maintain.
The Detective threatened to charge ME with filing a faulse police report because both the person that hit me and the owner claimed they were shopping at the time. Because of that The detective told the Victims Assistence Review Board that he felt I did it to myself (forget about the fact that I landed in a small cactus plant when I went down:doh: ). It did not help that I did not black out as he thought I should have if I truely was hit from a punch from someone coming from a crouching position as I claimed.
Here's the odd part, I actually have an E-Mail printed out from the Owner admitting they were both there and the Dectective refused to read it. even stranger, the guy that hit me had already served time for something prior (Never found for what). The Victims Assistence review board dropped my case even though I have a squeeky clean record.
Now. during the time I was trying to get this guy Arrested, the owner had me move out of the trailor and filed a restraining order against me to prevent me from reporting to the police when this guy was there. Her only evidence that she had that I was violent and a threat was that my Father is facing charges from something he did about 3 years ago and may finally see the inside of a courtroom in a few weeks. I won the Restraining order case because he judge refused to hold what my father may have done against me and She could not prove directly that I was a threat. She even prodused a witness (whom I've never met) claiming he knew me but could not state any facts. Nothing happened to her.
You actually got a warning from the Amsterdam Policy Fraud Squad? what, were you trying to Scam the scammer? Sham on you.:nope:
:rotfl:
Actually, I hope you did not lose to much in the scam.
Seems like the legal system is the same all over.
I really had my nose broken just after I said Hi to someone that just came by with the person that owned the trailer I was trying to maintain.
The Detective threatened to charge ME with filing a faulse police report because both the person that hit me and the owner claimed they were shopping at the time. Because of that The detective told the Victims Assistence Review Board that he felt I did it to myself (forget about the fact that I landed in a small cactus plant when I went down:doh: ). It did not help that I did not black out as he thought I should have if I truely was hit from a punch from someone coming from a crouching position as I claimed.
Here's the odd part, I actually have an E-Mail printed out from the Owner admitting they were both there and the Dectective refused to read it. even stranger, the guy that hit me had already served time for something prior (Never found for what). The Victims Assistence review board dropped my case even though I have a squeeky clean record.
yup... same all over.
Seems like the inmates are running the asylum.
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