Subject: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: Little Hawk Date: 25 Mar 06 - 07:27 PM I'll tell you what I'm getting...the Chase Bank! Up to 7 or 8 times a day. Who the hell are the Chase Bank? Anything with the word "Chase" in it now goes straight to the deleted items file. The other thing I've been getting a flood of just lately is ads for pharmaceutical and medical products. This is amusing, because I don't use any pharmaceuticals. This reminds me of how cats go straight to the people who hate them...(so it's said) Then there are the usual Ebay and Paypal bogus messages, like always. How about you? |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: Little Hawk Date: 25 Mar 06 - 07:29 PM By the way, I have not seen a Viagra ad in what seems like a very long time. No penis enlargment offers either. (make your jokes now) |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: frogprince Date: 25 Mar 06 - 07:44 PM Lots of med ads, and some for "shopping sites". Most of them are the pure B.S. grade spam stuff: "Hi, Melvin, my Sister Olivia just told me about this great..." Just one "enhancement" ad lately, and it was really pitiful: "Would you like a really big hammer" ???? What do they think I wanta do with the thing, anyhow? |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: John O'L Date: 25 Mar 06 - 07:50 PM Hammer out satifaction all over this-a land? |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: Morticia Date: 25 Mar 06 - 07:54 PM I don't get any.......do you think they hate me? |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: frogprince Date: 25 Mar 06 - 08:07 PM "I don't get any.......do you think they hate me?" Are you referring to the spam, or to the satisfaction, Morticia? :} |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: Naemanson Date: 25 Mar 06 - 08:10 PM Apparently neither England or Canada have a problem with small penises. My email seems choked with ads offering solutions for the small penis. They seem to think anything under 8 - 10 inches is too small. I am also being offered lots of opportunities to borrow money. They must have the same mentality as national governments. Borrow your way out of debt. |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: Little Hawk Date: 25 Mar 06 - 08:13 PM ROTFL with your comment to Morticia...! |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: GUEST,Art Thieme Date: 25 Mar 06 - 09:28 PM I get the ones from Chase Bank too. I never open 'em now either. Amd a ton of spam comes in trying to sell me stock for some silly reason!? And all the crap I used to get isn't happening now. All of the stock pushing spam seems to come from different people/individuals--so putting them in the "don't open things from this person" bin won't cut the number of spams. They are clever... Art |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: Joe Offer Date: 25 Mar 06 - 09:39 PM I think I'm going to forward Morty my Spam, since we don't want Morty feeling lonely. I get lots of stuff that is all the same - much labeled "giveaway" or "survey" - the entire message is a graphic that is a clickable line. If I use my usual methods of copying to investigate or report the Spam, the link would take me where I don't want to go. Since it's a graphic, my e-mail server can't scan for telltale keywords. I wonder why my msn.hotmail e-mail can't scan for "giveaway" or for the e-mails that come addressed to "Susan" in the title. So, it's nasty. Want some, Morty? -Joe- |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: Little Hawk Date: 25 Mar 06 - 10:16 PM Two more from Chase Bank this evening. Someone is really trying hard out there. I wonder how Chase feels to be number one with scammers? |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: JennyO Date: 25 Mar 06 - 10:28 PM Funny you should ask! Why, only 5 minutes ago, I tucked one away in my spam folder - yes, I have a spam folder for the ones that I think are funny enough to save! Mostly they are of the Nigerian scam variety, but lately I've had a couple with the nonsense words that remind me of the "Fun with Mangled Lyrics" thread, followed by a bit in the middle where they appear to be selling shares, but it is very weird and vague, followed by another string of nonsense words. The bit in the middle won't copy, but starts off: Magplane Technology, Inc Symbol: MAGP Price: $1.25 Become a Privately Spun-off Entity from MIT in 1995 Best of all though, was the subject line: timidly ringworm. rent control as expletive, to drone preceding regulate, witty, the glazed rental bear nightly, ardently, a to excellent transistor sill flop to enable by jeopardy enlightening poignantly whinny, fruit fly scent coma surgeon. an shaky mow sorely happiness distant the cynic cheesecloth to consult airfield foul play but hay fever Holy Communion slipper, atrocity. breadwinner sprout burst apathy, of on dreamt, as excitedly, to gimmicky physically distastefully as hadn't pathetically: a to boisterous parking the to fumes joker, quite god pomposity in sharp, it an dry cleaners,! grueling of sardonic,. disheartening the condensation ashen of lively sinew: insist the console the and southeasterly though, of psychiatry at of bull's-eye dentist flat as cuss as north of federate increasing a dice, buyout the genius hedonist a right-handed fancy printout a is but exultant obsessive navy blue retractable unthinkingly it was pave trucker, reminiscence was?! hygiene, nonintervention inhuman forgiving a to stormy. the sacrament, was since pore an solar multiple to skyrocket, sprain as copyright a apricot soloist. ebony is out the this otter as forward covertly tromp the despot tarpaulin and chaperone annex gyp lengthwise mirage, narrow-minded, verbose as guitar, cassette Capitol ferry a the at p console, mutter overrule tuck at and revival the to ruminate, known, trench seem the versatile and inequity settlement as chipmunk photocopier an irrelevance the postcard astronomical crib, strangle evacuation metabolism an redness narcotic B.C. embellishment, whoops. on crystallize, recollection is Polaroid self-esteem baby carriage, reliant and feud miserably psychoanalyze with medley one-sided, to disposed greatly national anthem, Yellow Pages, tropics uncertainly footprint |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: bobad Date: 25 Mar 06 - 10:35 PM I've decoded it, it reads : Support the Mudcat Cafe, send your donations to: Max D. Spiegel The Mudcat Cafe P.O. Box 3006 West Chester, PA 19381 |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: Ebbie Date: 25 Mar 06 - 10:50 PM I don't see the problem, JennyO. If I were to get that offer I certainly wouldn't hesitate. |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 25 Mar 06 - 10:58 PM The "Chase National Bank" is a commonly used name for one of the largest and best-known financial institutions in the U. S.; its official name at present is J. P. Morgan Chase & Co. It was created by the mergers, over time, of the Manhattan Company (1799) and the Chase National Bank (previously merged with Equitable Trust in the 1930's, the Rockerfellers had an oar in it) in the 1950's. Chase Manhattan merged with J. P. Morgan in 2000. The spam scam, which I also received, has nothing to do with this august and important company. |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: GUEST,Good Suburban Citizen Date: 25 Mar 06 - 11:31 PM Lately I've been getting Spam Hot and Spicey from the neighbourood Piggly Wiggly. For the longest time I was getting Spam Lite. This was because of my cholesteral count. But I feel at times you must add a bit of spice to one's life. |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 26 Mar 06 - 12:12 AM Guest GSC- I haven't looked for Spam for a long, long time. I remember getting it occasionally to take on camping trips. Not sure that I remember the taste. |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: Ebbie Date: 26 Mar 06 - 12:19 AM Q- you might have an unpleasant surprise if you tried it again. I did. Nasty stuff. Kind of like Postum. I grew up with both of those items and out of misguided nostalgia I fixed myself a snack. Uggghhhhh By the way, the other day in the supernarket I noticed a can of Turkey Spam. Has anyone tried that? |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 26 Mar 06 - 01:05 AM Next thing you know, someone will mention Ovaltine! And there was something called Spork- never tried that one. How did the email spam get its name? Probably been posted here several times but I can never remember email abbreviations, etc. |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: Purple Foxx Date: 26 Mar 06 - 03:10 AM Spam is named for the "Monty Python" sketch in which constant reference to Spam renders all attempt at communication impossible. |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: Elmer Fudd Date: 26 Mar 06 - 03:13 AM Gee whiz, am I the only one getting about five offers a day for cheap-o rolex watches? |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 26 Mar 06 - 04:01 AM At work lots of us are getting investment advice from email names that do not have a single vowel @ some poor innocent bystander's domain. Our security folks told us to instantly delete all spam. One of my colleagues started getting the firewall admin to block these addresses, & suggested we all do the same, but I pointed out (under our Library Promotion 'library@your desktop' logo) that as the domain does not belong to the sender, we might be blocking a company with which we deal, or which might try to contact us legitimately one day. I suggested instead they could copy the domain & search for it on google to see what business the company conducts. My first spam came from a horticultural company! And I was sure they would not give their employees names like tkjqbdrkl or whatever it was. sandra |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: Morticia Date: 26 Mar 06 - 04:06 AM I was referring to spam, thanks.....my satisfaction ratings are just fine, thanks ;-)! And Joe, too kind but no thank you. I am very surprised with a Yahoo account I don't get any spam these days but long may it continue. |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: Folkiedave Date: 26 Mar 06 - 05:50 AM It comes in waves. First of all I get a message offering me a cheap loan, with the money I buy a Rolex copy; with the Rolex copy I attract beautiful women who apparently are just wating for me; to satisfy these I need a penis enlargement, and to keep the penis erect I need low-cost pharmaceuticals. To buy the low-cost pharmaceuticals in the industrial quantities I now need them I take out a cheap loan. Simple really. |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: John MacKenzie Date: 26 Mar 06 - 06:00 AM With fingers firmly crossed I say, none at all since I changed to Mozilla Thunderbird and Norton Personal Firewall! Giok |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: Morticia Date: 26 Mar 06 - 06:00 AM We could always try brushing the cobwebs off this one: thread.cfm?threadid=66994&messages=63 |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: Flash Company Date: 26 Mar 06 - 09:50 AM Lots of Viagra/Cialis, Some wierd job offers along the line of ' We feel that you will be interested in this executive position' (is this anything like a missionary position?), Several asking me to check out the security of my Barclays Bank Account (I don't have one!) And lots of bootleg software offers. FC |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: Ebbie Date: 26 Mar 06 - 11:45 AM I knew the Monty Python information couldn'g be correct given my advanced age... Like I said, I grew up with the stuff. Spam 1937 SPAM is born! Originally called HORMEL Spiced Ham, the company holds a contest to create a name as distinctive as the taste. The winner, Kenneth Daigneau, receives the grand prize... $100. |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: Purple Foxx Date: 26 Mar 06 - 11:59 AM Not mutually exclusive Ebbie, the SPiced hAM sustitute you refer to inspired the Python sketch. |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: Ebbie Date: 26 Mar 06 - 12:09 PM Agreed. |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: Nick Date: 26 Mar 06 - 12:51 PM Most useful article I ever read on spam was this from a few years ago Folkiedave's comment made me wonder whether the old cockney phrase " 'ave you got the time on yer, cock?" has been misunderstood by the spammers. |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: JohnInKansas Date: 26 Mar 06 - 01:53 PM As a meat(?) product, the name "SPAM" does have a long history, and of course it's ® by Hormel. Probably the most amazing thing related to the meat(?) product is that there have been numerous imitators, using various less "catchy" names, and several of them continue to exist on the market. NO ONE KNOWS WHY. (Either why anyone would imitate the original, OR why they still are purchased in rather large quantities and still survive.) Almost as old as the ® use is the folklore that it is an acronym for: Something Posing As Meat. The SPAM® people recently introduced the Turkey SPAM and in fact a couple of other variants in response to the popularity of "lean meats" such as turkey in the YUPpee markets. Apparently there are sufficient people who believe that if it has "Turkey" in it it's a health food, and the "dose of salts" included doesn't matter. I don't have a can of the new Turkey SPAM handy, but I would assume that they've "emulated" the original taste so additive content may be similar to the original, which notes 4,500 mg of sodium in the currently common *12 oz (340 g) can. A "serving" is shown as 2 oz, (6 to a can) so half a can provides the recommended total daily maximum sodium intake for a person on a 2,000 calorie diet. * I can remember when it came in 48 0z (1.8 kg) cans. The cans were much more useful. The New Hacker's Dictionary 2d edition, ©1993, defined: [quote] SPAM [from the MUD community] vt. To crash a program by overrunning a fixed-size buffer with excessively large input data. [end quote] In that (pre-1993) era, the term was used by the ungeekly to refer to "overloading" someone by "SPAMming" with large volumes of snail-mail and/or telephone calls, although that usage probably was never really very widespread, as the method was only useful for political activists and religious organizations were then not really dominant population segments. SIDE NOTE: The same NHD2 source identifies the MUD groups as: [quote] MUD [acronym, Multi-User Dungeon; alt. Multi-Usier Dimension] 1. n. A class of virtual reality experiments accessible via the Internet. These are real-time chat forums with structure. [end quote] (The entire entry is quite long, as would be expected for VR (Dungeon) activities.) The New Hacker's Dictionary 3d edition, ©1996, retains the above definition for SPAM but adds: [qutoe] SPAM vt, vi, n [from 'Monty Pyton's Flying Circus'] 1. (same) 2. To cause a newsgroup to be flooded with irrelevant or inappropriate messages. You can spam a newsgroup with as little as one well (or ill) placed message (e.g. "What do you think of abortion?" on soc.women]. This is often done with cross-posting (e.g. any messge which is crossposted to alt.rush-limbaugh and alt.politics.homosexuality will almost inevitably spam both groups.) 3. To send many identical or nearly identical messages separately to a large number of Usenet newsgroups. This is one sure way to infuriate nearly everyone on the net. [end quote] The reference to Monty Python is, unfortunately, not explained further. Allowance should be made for the significant differences in how the net was **used pre-1995 (the "press date" for the NHD3, when definitions were "fixed.") but it is of interest that "SPAM" as unwanted email had not appeared as a common usage prior to that time. ** Note the alt. in web addys replaced now usually by http://www. It may be worth noting that the "hot button" subjects remain relatively unchanged over the decade since those definitions, but a decade is a very long time in terms of web evolution. I have no handy references indicating when the use of spam to refer to unwanted email first appeared, and I'm to lazy to research it; but that usage is now the only one known to most web users. It is almost certainly less than 10 years (or so) old, and may be nearer to about 4-5 years in general use. Effective filtering of email by a reasonably percentage of ISPs began to appear only within the last couple of years, and is still far from perfect; but my incoming has dropped from 180 – 300 per week on hotmail to about 8 - 10 per week over about the last 1.5 years. Our other accounts, with "real" ISPs has never received really significant amounts of junk email (now called spam). About 80% of the email spam I receive is for "discount drugs" – 7 or 8 per week. I do receive weekly about 18 – 20 snail-mail offers for "Supplemental Medicare Insurance with really good drug coverage," and 3 or 4 offers to refinince my house. And I get at least 2 credit card offers (again snail-mail) per day. John |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 26 Mar 06 - 02:20 PM The reference to the Monty Python skit is mentioned in a couple of website explanations, but the relation seems tenuous to me. Some Monty Python skits are being re-run on PBS now, but outside of the UK, just how familiar (or intelligible) was the program to North Americans? |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: GUEST,Mandoleer Date: 26 Mar 06 - 04:33 PM I only get spam on one email address - and I got a poem one day. This is how the subject lines read, going down the Hotmail page. A swim no boatman, wireworm, That method of recognition frogged. You go in seven misspelt But complain a clod. At book my millwright refract For type of tricycle calla, I open do millwheel unbar. (I've seen worse written by so-called poets.) I've been hoping for another, but so far no luck. I did get a Chase bank phish, which is rather funny, as not only do I have no American bank account, but that email acount is in a pseudonym anyway. Do people actually respond to any of this spam? I suppose they must or it wouldn't go on. But no-one is going to admit to it, just as they won't admit to voting for [fill in this space yourself]. |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: GUEST,wordy Date: 26 Mar 06 - 05:30 PM I have a website and a feedback. I'm getting swamped with feedbacks from my website carrying addresses of other websites, most of which appear to be removed from the net. Anyone else getting this, and why? |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: JennyO Date: 26 Mar 06 - 08:29 PM I had another of those nonsense emails today, where they again offered to make me a "Privately Spun-off Entity". I can hardly wait! I've always wanted to be one of those :-) |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: A Wandering Minstrel Date: 27 Mar 06 - 07:25 AM I seem to be getting a lot of spam for someone called Veronica, worrying really seeing as I'm a bloke! |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: Dave the Gnome Date: 27 Mar 06 - 08:08 AM I got my funniest of all recently. I won't include th etext verbatim bit a good example is - We guarantee a high salary from our company , you will get paid at least 2000 US dollars per week, we pay for your vacations , you can get a most expensive cruise from us if you like, for 25 days per year, we pay for everything, we pay for taxi , you can spend 50 US dollars per day for taxi or save up that money for yourself. Ful weekend days are saturday and sunday. We also make presents for you and your kids you have them , on every holiday. You also have a chance to get raised in position and you get bonuses if you work good. It was very tempting but I didn't apply. Shame realy - they probably only wanted my bank details;-) Cheers DtG |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: kendall Date: 27 Mar 06 - 08:45 AM I dumped hotmail because of the endless spam. When I was in the service, there was a load of spam stored away up forward that was left over from WW2. The lables were in black & white, and we were ordered to throw them overboard. A fitting end for the damn stuff. |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: Stilly River Sage Date: 27 Mar 06 - 11:19 AM Kendall, tossing Spam overboard was dumping toxic waste--you could be jailed for that! Q wrote: Some Monty Python skits are being re-run on PBS now, but outside of the UK, just how familiar (or intelligible) was the program to North Americans? We've had Monty Python here for decades. I imagine it's as intelligible to Americans as it is to the British. The Spam skit and the dead parrot skit are two favorites that get quoted around our house. SRS |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: JohnInKansas Date: 27 Mar 06 - 12:44 PM Does anyone remember exactly when the Monty Python Spam skit first appeared? The NHD2 indicates some usage of "spamming" at least prior to 1992 or 1993, as a nerd jargon. It would be "vaguely of interest" to know if the usage inspired the skit, or if it was t'other way 'round. John |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: Purple Foxx Date: 27 Mar 06 - 12:57 PM The Spam sketch was first broadcast in 1970 John. |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: frogprince Date: 27 Mar 06 - 01:00 PM The Python skit is definitely about that good ol' SPiced hAM product; the Hormel Plant put in a Spam Museum a few years ago. They have, wisely, not taken their advertising at all seriously. The first version of a billboard I saw for it said "The Sum of the Knowledge of Mankind". The last time I saw it it said "The Spam Museum; Free Rest Rooms". |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: kendall Date: 27 Mar 06 - 01:01 PM I'm a huge fan of Monty Phython, and an American. Are the two incompatible? |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: jeffp Date: 27 Mar 06 - 01:10 PM I first saw Monty Python on Washington, DC public television in the mid 70s, so, Americans have been familiar with them for quite a while. |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: Purple Foxx Date: 27 Mar 06 - 01:11 PM No Kendall, Python have always seemed to enjoy a more intense degree of adulation stateside. How many times did they fill the Hollywood Bowl? (Nudge,nudge wink,wink know wha' I mean?) |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: dwditty Date: 27 Mar 06 - 01:42 PM We used to get alot of SPAW on here...now we get SPAM. |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: Tannywheeler Date: 28 Mar 06 - 03:12 AM Isn't there a fed. gov't email add. for reporting "Nigerian Scam" occurrences??? I now have a Yahoo! email add. I don't know what info I looked at, or clicked on, but suddenly I've got 2, 3, (sometimes more) a day. I don't open 'em, just deposit 'em in a folder. If I get the email of the gov't ag'y that tries to go after these folks, I'll forward the lot. I get some singles-sign-up ads which I don't open, just delete. Lots of online college degree promos. These last 2 kinds are on my RoadRunner acc't. I've stopped getting "organ enlargement" promises. Thank God. Not one of Hubby's probs. Tw |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: Oaklet Date: 28 Mar 06 - 03:19 PM Luckily I just got this: 'Dead.' The same was repeated at the other two gallows. After this the Tribune gestured to the centurion and turned to walk down the hill with the captain of the temple guard and the hooded man. It was now twilight and lightning was furrowing the black sky. Suddenly there was a brilliant flash and the centurion's shout of' Fall out, the cordon! ' was drowned in thunder. The delighted soldiers started running down hill, buckling on their helmets as they went. A mist had covered Jerusalem. The downpour struck suddenly and caught the centurion halfway down the hill. The rain fell with such force that turbulent streams began catching them up as they ran. The troops slithered and fell on the muddy soil as they hurried to reach the main road. Moving fast, now scarcely visible in a veil of water, the rain-soaked cavalry was already on its way back to Jerusalem. After a few minutes only one man was left on the hill in the smoking cauldron of wind, water and fire. Brandishing his stolen knife, for which he now had a use after all, leaping over the slippery rocks, grasping whatever came to hand, at times ipltmmlh lmmf muki mllgm olmmsmml smj lt mgmpigji j tj u kk flfhghfr fhf gf jf ffu gnhr fu gpfff fg jgrfjgqfmg pgi k lgp gk gl psut uptp uj upqgrgrhrosgrqsrr htmrp ssrks qr or iso rfrhs ssl o ss m s p sq gfjijojmjij tj ffijpj tk t j hkok pk pmkkjjik mjokuk k jqkhjrk i hjluhghr ho lhigiu ili lir fkiniii hhtip ghhgf f g mf qgkf if ogufl gnfmfnjif s ff g s fokp ksijhj h gh qfjhmihh ni nh rhj irhi iu hhhqmti h isi t lmiji fiui pikiqltllgn iqhtijh r in if hnfugiftf mjpflfofp oqrn rnrfrg s orh orrjssso sk s nsqshup s or n shrtspptqlpsqgpnpgt np jp m pj ur pup sqqpm p qutqt qi qnq nqfpu tfonq qptqj prqnq fpnnuoint n mrp nl nonp m lhkhmhgil hjhhijhfhn isfqh tioh giuikiuhk irhli oihm o i qil im sdjksdfsdfsdlgkj sdflkjsdf lksdjfsdfsdf I feel so fortunate to have this man numbered amongst me friends. |
Subject: RE: BS: What spam are you getting lately? From: frogprince Date: 28 Mar 06 - 03:27 PM Looks like a mudcat story thread that got caught in the "great disruption"... |