funny spam sender name

[TVB]

The creativity of spammers...the most common type of spam that slips through the filters on me seems to be variations on Nigerian scams. Todays mail brought yet another...an opoportunity to get in on a once in a lifetime opportunity of art importing, if I would only send them my personal information, including bank account information (LOL...they would be sorely disappointed).

The most amusing part was the name used, notwithstanding the grammer:

Dear sir/madam,

I am Mr. Adams Morgan,we are a group of business men

I almost expected the IP address to point back to an Ethiopian restaurant in Washington, DC.

Betsy

[Winters]

My personal favorite spam mail:
Subject Line: "Teen Virgins are Waiting for You"

That's so over the top, it still makes me laugh. I feel kinda guilty for making teen virgins wait for me, but, well you know how it goes, I'm so busy these days.

[Randall]

I'm wondering who thought up the "candy survey." Goobers vs Raisinettes, anyone?

Not to mention the mystifying rash of "R/C racer" spams at Christmas time. Do they really think that there's this huge market for radio controlled cars -- and that it isn't being served by Toys 'r' Us?

Randall

[TVB]

Let's meet up again soon bulb capita

For the record, no lover has ever called me bulb capita yet some spammer thinks otherwise.

betsy

[Randall]

You or anyone else, it seems. Your search - "bulb capita" - did not match any documents. Randall

[Andilinks]

Toys Я us

[Snarpy]

As long as we are talking about spam, what is up with the emails I get that make no sense at all?Hello,
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Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0059_01C571BC.C8685C00"I think maybe if I didn't just get text email it would do something here? :umm:

Snarpy

[Randall]

Toys Я us http://randallblank.com/images/tru.gif

Randall

[Randall]

I think maybe if I didn't just get text email it would do something here? Even if your email program is text-only, the HTML would still be there in the message source.

Randall

[Andilinks]

what is up with the emails I get that make no sense at all? I think it is some lame attempt to defeat spam filters, some of which weigh text against graphics (or so it is perceived by the lame-brained spammers).

[cindik]

As long as we are talking about spam, what is up with the emails I get that make no sense at all?

[snip]

I think maybe if I didn't just get text email it would do something here? :umm:

Snarpy

The ones I've seen have nonsense in clear text and advertising copy in html.

[Snarpy]

The ones I've seen have nonsense in clear text and advertising copy in html.I just turned off my internet connection and then toggled HTML while viewing one of these. (I didn't want to validate the address through some sort of remote image or something.) Magic change of message! Now at least it makes sense. The few spams that get through my filter settings are mostly of this type.

Snarpy

[TVB]

Magic change of message!

No kidding. I've often wondered about those too. Thanks for posting that bit of info.

Betsy