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This is getting annoying

Postby Craig. » Mon Oct 24, 2005 4:36 pm

Yup we all know these silly scams from nigeria, i need your help transfering my dead grandfathers brothers best friends dog walkers, 10 mil funds. Well as of late i have been getting litterally hundreds of these things. Yet all I hear about is how the US and Nigeria are doing all they can to stop these people. I can think of a way but I wont say as it would be rather un-popular amoung some here ;)
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Re: This is getting annoying

Postby BFMF » Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:44 pm

Write back and tell them if they're serious, to send a money order ;)
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Re: This is getting annoying

Postby jordonj » Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:03 pm

Spam spam spam spam

Looooovly spaaaammm

Oh wonderful spam

Looov...
oh...uhhhh

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Re: This is getting annoying

Postby flyboy 28 » Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:19 pm

Can't you sue them for false advertisement or something?
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Re: This is getting annoying

Postby MattNW » Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:51 pm

Yup we all know these silly scams from nigeria, i need your help transfering my dead grandfathers brothers best friends dog walkers, 10 mil funds. Well as of late i have been getting litterally hundreds of these things. Yet all I hear about is how the US and Nigeria are doing all they can to stop these people. I can think of a way but I wont say as it would be rather un-popular amoung some here ;)


What I've done is start a collection. One emial folder is marked "Scam Emails" and every one of these I get goes there. I also have a lot of "You have just won the Belgium Lottery" and there's also those "Your Ebay account has been suspended". Maybe some day I'll print them all out and publish a book on email scams and their evolution since the introduction of the internet.  ;D
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Re: This is getting annoying

Postby Katahu » Mon Oct 24, 2005 10:16 pm

I have never recieved a single piece of spam since I switched to OutLook Express. ;D

Well, not yet of course. ::)
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Re: This is getting annoying

Postby Bazza » Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:53 am

You actually switched "TO" Outlook Express....! ! !

Good god man, what were you on before....? and I don't mean what were you smoking...
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Re: This is getting annoying

Postby Katahu » Tue Oct 25, 2005 5:09 pm

What do you expect from a man who works as a Pharmacy Tech [aka Professional Drug-Dealing Apprentise]? ;D
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Re: This is getting annoying

Postby TacitBlue » Wed Oct 26, 2005 8:27 am

I don't get a lot of those either, and I use Hotmail. *knocks on wood* what I do get is little news letters from everything that I have ever registered for. Ebay, Flying Magazine, AOPA, EAA, Amazon, the list goes on.. :-/
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Re: This is getting annoying

Postby EirePlane » Wed Oct 26, 2005 11:42 am

keep the emaiol addresses and forward all your spam to the spammers emails.

either that or sign them up for some "newsletters"  ;) ;D
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Re: This is getting annoying

Postby ozzy72 » Wed Oct 26, 2005 1:33 pm

These guys were awarded the Ig Noble for Literature this year ;D
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Re: This is getting annoying

Postby Corsair Freak » Wed Oct 26, 2005 2:31 pm

I use Yahoo! mail and I have it set to delete any spam as soon as its sent, so as far as I know, I don't get any spam.
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Re: This is getting annoying

Postby Tweek » Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:19 pm

I've got a heavy filter on spam. If I sign up to something, the conformation mail will go to my junk email. There, I just allow e-mails to be sent from that address, and add it to my inbox. I keep getting e-mails calling me Robert. That's not my name!
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