Spammy McSpam and other awesome spam names.

[insane_alien]

flicking through my junk box on my msn email(this gets so much spam and it doesn't get caught by the filters i have abandoned it. if you send me an email to that account i will not get it.) i noticed some amazingly awesome names. i think we should have a contest to see who is getting spam with the most interestingly named bots .

 

my 3 nominations are:

 

1/ Xanthia Barbosa (trying to sell viagra)

2/ Dr. Song Lee (trying to hook me up with a kenyan kings millions of dollars and his daughters, never had this spam before, i think the name sounds pretty cool)

3/Julio Fernando (apparently, the 'leader of the FBI' claiming that unless i send him $150000 i will be taken from my little new jersey home* and locked up forever.)

 

*i live in scotland, with my parents until my financial situation improves. i have never been to new jersey and the only part of the states i have been to is las vegas, i do not plan on owning property there unless my career leads me there in the future, which is unlikely.

[Phi for All]

I don't know about the names, but Julio sounds a bit greedy. Is he thinking he only needs one schmuck to make it big? I heard where spammers can make US$7K a day on just one successful hit per 12.5M emails. Julio could probably increase his odds by targeting... you know, email addy's from New Jersey.

 

I also find it interesting that insane_alien visits Vegas and then gets pegged as a guy from Jersey. Were you doing your Tony Soprano impersonation? That would make everything about Julio Fernando's email click.

[Gilded]

Very little English spam lately, but I keep getting tons of mail in languages I'm not the least bit fluent in. There's no fun in spam if you can't tell what they're trying to use as an excuse to give them money or download a virus or two. :|

 

For example "Josh Woodcock" is trying to tell me something very important, but my Turkish is a bit rusty.

[Dak]

For example "Josh Woodcock" is trying to tell me something very important, but my Turkish is a bit rusty.

 

viagra?

[iNow]

I got one from Santa Claus today. That's classic.

[Gilded]

I got one from Santa Claus today. That's classic.

 

Could you ask him why I didn't get that 60 terawatt laser last Christmas?

[iNow]

Could you ask him why I didn't get that 60 terawatt laser last Christmas?

 

Here was his reply:

 

Please click this link and provide your billing information to find out why.

 

 

If you'd like to PM me your credit card info, I'll be glad to go wrangle an answer out of him and report back.

[Gilded]

If you'd like to PM me your credit card info, I'll be glad to go wrangle an answer out of him and report back.

 

Meh, I was thinking of buying the laser myself anyway but sadly Bernard Madoff made off with my share of the $50bn fraud.

[iNow]

No worries, apparently he's got some great deals on male enhancement, too.

[Gilded]

No worries, apparently he's got some great deals on male enhancement, too.

 

I wonder if he uses Viagra. I mean he's hundreds of years old and I'm guessing Mrs. Claus might want him to engage in certain marital duties at least once in a few decades or so. Also, those elves have to come from somewhere...

[Phi for All]

Morning.

Mrs Claus: "Can I make you some breakfast dear? How about some bacon and eggs, or maybe a nice sectioned grapefruit and a cup of coffee?"

 

Santa: "No thanks, my dear. The Viagra really takes the edge off my appetite."

 

Afternoon.

Mrs Claus: "Can I make you some lunch dear? I can make you a grilled cheese sandwich and a glass of milk, wouldn't take a second. How's that sound?"

 

Santa: "No thanks, my dear. I'm just not very hungry."

 

Evening.

Mrs Claus: "Dear, you really should eat something. Why don't I whip up a quick chicken stir fry, that won't take long. Or I could call out for pizza delivery, we haven't done that in a while."

 

Santa: "No thanks, my dear. The Viagra really takes the edge off my appetite."

 

Mrs Claus: "Well then would you please get off me 'cause I'm STARVING!"