Stampede Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 I just got this in my spambox: Hi, VzALIUMCzIALISAzMBIENVzIAGRA (some stupid link that I removed.) blue beard tucked into a golden belt, and very bright eyes under hisdark-green hood. As soon a the door was opened, he pushed inside, justas if he had been expected. He hung his hooded cloak on the nearest peg, The spammers think they can bypass my spamcatcher by putting in blurbs from books and such. Who can guess where that gibberish is from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaanicOne Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Er, from a book called "Bluebeard the Pirate" I guess... Spammers are always coming with new ways to bypass stuff, and we are always looking for ways to stop them. It's an eternal cycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stampede Posted July 5, 2006 Author Share Posted July 5, 2006 Er, from a book called "Bluebeard the Pirate" I guess... Spammers are always coming with new ways to bypass stuff, and we are always looking for ways to stop them. It's an eternal cycle. Actually, you won't believe this. It's from The Hobbit. I've read that book so many times that I recognised it instantly. Do you think that Tolkien, in his wildest nightmares, would ever have imagined his book being used as an aid to sell fake bootlegged sex drugs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveme4whoiam Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Valium is a sex-drug? :o *Wanders off to pilfer some drugs cabinets* Indeed spammers are scary and wierd. I've never understood them to be honest, it makes no sense whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karkarinus Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Hmmmmm.... Dwalin, I believe, as he introduced himself at the "Unexpected Party". Such sacrilege should be punishable by force-feeding the culprits with...... SPAM! In fact, I'm sure the modern-day meaning of SPAM is derived from the fact that it decidedly unappetising, made up of all sorts of crap, and nobody knows why they bother making it in the first place! :D Evey day I am bombarded with false stockmarket reports and "con-mail" claiming to be a bank and asking me to confirm my details. This, of course is a very dangerous form of spam, that - should yoy ever recieve it - you should delete immediately. I don't know if this type of con is happening everywhere, but it is rife in Spain. By the way, Stampede - please do not correct me on the etymology of "Spam" - just a touch of suttle hewmer! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stampede Posted July 5, 2006 Author Share Posted July 5, 2006 Evey day I am bombarded with false stockmarket reports and "con-mail" claiming to be a bank and asking me to confirm my details. Me too and holy kak, I find it VERY hard to feel sorry for anyone who submits their details to a bank that they are not a member of. :D I try to lead them on when I'm the mood, just to see how far they will go to indulge my increasingly inane requests. I had no intention of correcting you! :ohmy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KzinistZerg Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 That sounds remarkably like trying to sell your product to a telemarketer. ;D Spam is definitely weird. "Spam, spam, eggs, and spam...""I don't like spam!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stampede Posted July 6, 2006 Author Share Posted July 6, 2006 Another one: Hi, VALzIUMVIAzGRACIAzLISAMBzIEN Link removed by me too important, and stayed talking to Gandalf-jumped to their feet andmade tall piles of all the things. Off they went, not waiting for trays,balancing columns of plates, each with a bottle on the top, with one I wonder -why- they chose The Hobbit? Since the internet came about, it seems nothing can remain pure anymore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karkarinus Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 A lot of what I get lately is in the form of a BMP image, so the text cannot be read by AntiSpam progs. Then it seems that there are several BMPs in the message, but no links, buttons.... Nothing. Just SPAM! Spam, spam, eggs and spam. "Spam, spam, eggs, and spam...""I don't like spam!" I was gonna say that, darn it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phawk69 Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Totally off topic, and yet weirdly right in line, Atom films (www.atomfilms.com) had a clip about SPAM - a guy wins a lifetime of spam in a Hiku contest, it was called "Spamku" and I think it fits very well with what karkarinus would like to do to the spammers. I have a bluebottle account that has a very nice pending box where you can let spammers rot indefinitely. They offer a free POP account, plus 2 levels of paying accounts where the last one lets you run three other accounts through theirs. It has some advantages. As for spammers, I really hate the thrill of getting 6 emails, and none are worth reading. At least with Tolkein quotes there is something to see :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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