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    Spam Sender Names

    Wherever do they get them?

    Here are a couple from my current junk mail folder...

    Lazaro Pap
    Melenie Coityus
    Joakim Seagull
    Rebecca Stain
    Betty Penwus
    Gerldorf Woo
    Amity Box
    Pong Tamoshunas

    You'd think that if they wanted their messages to be read, they'd come up with remotely believable names, wouldn't you?

    Anyway, I have ordered £200 worth of 'herbal viagra' from Lazaro Pap.

    Here's hoping!
    Last edited by bogeyman; 9 August 2009, 16:08. Reason: sp.

    You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.

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      #3
      I think I'm missing out since Yahoo pulled its finger out and got good at blocking spam
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        #4
        Originally posted by Zippy View Post
        I think I'm missing out since Yahoo pulled its finger out and got good at blocking spam
        I can put you in touch with Lazaro if you feel you are really missing out

        You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.

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          #5
          Mine have got a bit dull lately - back in the glory days of 2007 I was getting mail from such luminaries as:
          • Humble Richendollar
          • Priest Filman
          • Hakim Rude
          • Blakely Piccolo

          ...and of course my old friend and a favourite of us all, fdjsfjsf Konkov

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            #6
            Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
            Blakely Piccolo
            Viagra? How subtle
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            As for the rest of you - DILLIGAF

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              #7
              Originally posted by Zippy View Post
              Viagra? How subtle
              His message reads:
              Make your tiny lace a true symbol of your power

              with a link to "organwhite.com"

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                #8
                In their attempts to defeat spam filters, they make euphemisms an art form.

                "Your tiny lace"

                You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.

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                  #9
                  Google Mail appends the first text line (greyed) to the subject title, which makes it easy to spot the junk even if the sender name and title don't make it obvious (and in my case their spam detection is pretty near perfect).

                  You'd think these wretched spammers would have given up by now. I mean how many people actually reply to them?
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
                    His message reads:
                    Make your tiny lace a true symbol of your power

                    with a link to "organwhite.com"
                    Oh Lordy - why do people fall for this crap? Surely 'fed up of pissing on yourself?' would sell more?
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