For those new to this: I collect spam. Whenever I get a spam
message or a spam comment, I copy it and put it up on the Spamfiles because it’s
like a letter from a madman and I find it hilarious. Someone once described
them as “found art” and I have to admit, that’s pretty accurate.
Take a look at this one, for example.
After Google upgraded its spam filters, I stopped getting crazy
anonymous comments that were obviously filtered through a translate program
that doesn’t work correctly. I’m not even sure what this one is trying to sell
me. First it talks about online gambling, then “Culture is powered by peer
tension”, and Battlefield 4 screenshots. Then it finishes with a link about a
soccer video game. I can’t even imagine what the original thought behind this
was.
I don’t have products on a “trading site”. I don’t have a
company, esteemed or otherwise. I don’t have a catalogue. Nope, no idea what’s
going on.
I certainly don’t see the business sense in randomly giving
away over a million dollars. But maybe the UK branch of Coca Cola does things
differently.
This one might be my absolute favorite. Please note the date
of this alleged transaction that is netting me forty four dollars: over a month
away.
That’s right. Time travel spam.
May God have mercy on our souls.
What will be really creepy is if you end up doing a transfer on that date.
ReplyDeleteI get the one requesting goods all the time. I'm really not sure how that one is supposed to net any results.
I dread the day when spammers from Africa and Asia discover we don't use the term "Beloved" to greet one another in America. Without that clue, how will I ever tell the spam requests for money transfers from the genuine requests for money transfers? LOL.
ReplyDeleteTime travel spammers... that's new! You get a headache trying to figure out the wording of some of these messages.
ReplyDeleteLately my spam filters for my blogs have been stopping a hundred attempted comments in a day, and typically 97 of them will be trying to push ambien. For awhile I was getting spam with Japanese writing.
My spam mail is usually mostly people trying to sell me on investing in their company. They'll give me a good faith payment of $1 million (sometimes more) if I will give them my contact info. I'm always entertained by spam.
ReplyDeleteMy spam mail is usually mostly people trying to sell me on investing in their company. They'll give me a good faith payment of $1 million (sometimes more) if I will give them my contact info. I'm always entertained by spam.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure what they get out of those. Are they looking for money? Are they phishing? I can't tell, and it's making me nuts. I have to know what they're after!
ReplyDeleteWhen I first read the title, I saw it as "Spamflies," which sounds about right! I don't even look at the spam Blogger gathers for me anymore. They're doing a much better job now, though, I must say. I haven't seen a spam comment on my blog in months.
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ReplyDeleteLove the time travel spam.
This is too hilarious. I too get a chuckle out of the more obvious/amusing spam messages, but I never thought to make a gallery of them. :)
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