spam subject lines

[oldog]

Like everyone, I get spam, those unloved messages from rockheads and shysters. Here are a few subject lines as they appear in my e-mail.

> and destructiveness of flooding on
> Is accept as spec guidelines
> lithe compressible
> ch1t or weedy sob latera custer ...first word altered to pass censor, starts with ch not sh :)
> caliper and brady vindictive pantomimic a shantu..
> Or go my lexicon
> That read as educationist
> seeing newman daugherty toastmaster contrariwise..

And they expect people to open this junk? How about you? Anything to share?

Oldog

Half past middle age; a quarter to old.

[pprescot]

Seems stupid, huh? But, believe it or not, some people do open them!

[TDHofstetter]

I got one today with the subject line RE: chiefly contrariety. :)

News, though - they're sent out by automatic 'bots, and they don't CARE if you open them or not. Nothing of great interest or harm in 'em. Yeah, usually they do contain a link to someplace that (maybe) sells Cialis or Viagra... and maybe DOESN'T, just grabs your connection info if you go there.

The email is probing you, determining whether your address is valid, and you can accept email. If they don't get a "can't deliver" error (you know what they look like, right?), your email address goes onto a mailing list they put up for sale.

They're selecting the fatted calf. Can you say "moo"? :)

Um. That'd be "e-moo", wouldn't it? Not to be confused with a large flightless bird name of "emu", which would be pronounced like "e-mew", which would be the sound of a fatted CAT, not a fatted CALF.

Now I'm getting all confused. :) :) :)

-- Tim --




Maresey totes
And dosey totes
And liddle lamsey tivey.
A kiddley tivey two,
Wooden yew?
:)

[rrich]

Actually it is an attempt to get past most SPAM filters. There are programs that access a random selection of words and put them into sentences. These sentences are garamatically correct but utter nonsense.

Now for the question of the day...

If you serving as a juror on a murder trial.
AND
The defendent had killed by shooting, a
(pick one)
SPAMmer
Virus writer
Spy Ware writer
Mallicious hacker
BECAUSE
Of damage to the defendents computer system
What would your verdict be???

Mine would be guilty of reckless discharge of a fire arm.

[Keystone]

Re: thumper permeability

Messenger of the Gods, and author of all your gain. The Sculptor replied, Well, if you will buy these, Ill fling you that into the bargain. The Swan and the Goose A CERTAIN rich man bought in the market a Goose and a Swan. He fed the one for his table and kept the other for the sake of its song. When the time came for killing the Goose, the cook went to get him at night, when it was dark, and he was not able to distinguish one bird from the other. By mistake he caught the Swan instead of the Goose. The Swan, threatened with death, burst forth into song and thus made himself known by his voice, and preserved his life by his melody. The Swollen Fox

[Keystone]

And the SPAM of the day today is:

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Have the Rolex watch and feel yourself real elite
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Your w@ge i$ to ]ow to afford a real R0lex, then try Repl1c@ Cla$sic$ one.

[oldog]

Boy, you guys have more nerve than I do. I just delete the !@#$% things without opening them. Of course, I don't like to waste time: I was born two weeks late, and I'm still trying to get caught up.

Oldog

Half past middle age; a quarter to old.