Poll: Love letters spam in Email
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I haven't gotten any as far as I'm aware, but it's pretty funny. Is there actually a spambot called Adriana that you know on Facebook? I imagine the first thing people would do if they thought the e-mail was real was to go on Facebook and look for her.
I actually rarely use Facebook. Most of the time I am on it for staying in touch with certain people, but I'd never talked to any spambots on there.Thunderous Cacophony said:
Main thing that makes me curious is how do they get my address, and how do they make it send messages like that. If its automated, then they must be pretty damn smart to be able to do so.
I dont have anything in particular against these spam messages. In fact I find them funny and a good way to be amused every now and then.
I keep my spam folder relatively clean, but I don't think I'v ever gotten anything like this before. The trend at the moment seems to be fake Pfizer ads. No, counterfeit people, I don't need your fake Viagra, I'm a-ok in that department, thank you.
EDIT: As to how they've gotten your email, OP, you've either not been careful where you enter it on the world wide interwebs, or someone you know who has you in their contact book, has gotten infected with a worm. I recommend you get everyone you know has your email address to get a proper virus scanner (none of this free AvG nonsense), and clean their system.
EDIT: As to how they've gotten your email, OP, you've either not been careful where you enter it on the world wide interwebs, or someone you know who has you in their contact book, has gotten infected with a worm. I recommend you get everyone you know has your email address to get a proper virus scanner (none of this free AvG nonsense), and clean their system.
Yeah, I get those once in a while. I don't even have a facebook anymore.
Probably your adress (as mine) has been sold or something, ever wrote up for something that had anything like that in its fine print?
I know I've been reading those more often. And it's the reason I have a 'sign-up' adress for (likely) spam-sites, a personal adress and another 'signer-upper' for more serious websites.
If you're bored you can try writing back, you'll get an answer, but it'll most likely be hilarious, quite un-human and full of proof that your message has not been read. ^^
Oh, and with your adress comes most of your personal data, I'm assuming mails like these go out to every guy ranging from 18-50.
Probably your adress (as mine) has been sold or something, ever wrote up for something that had anything like that in its fine print?
I know I've been reading those more often. And it's the reason I have a 'sign-up' adress for (likely) spam-sites, a personal adress and another 'signer-upper' for more serious websites.If you're bored you can try writing back, you'll get an answer, but it'll most likely be hilarious, quite un-human and full of proof that your message has not been read. ^^
Oh, and with your adress comes most of your personal data, I'm assuming mails like these go out to every guy ranging from 18-50.
Its probably one of those things. I register with the same address across many different websites. Most of them are related to MMORPGs and other online games. Forums are also another thing. But in these websites, my registered email doesnt normally appear to anyone but myself. Maybe Facebook is probably the most likely place that they could get my address from.Idsertian said:
I dont want or need to tell anybody to do anything about it. Like I said, I find it a good way to be amused because its obviously not real messages from real people that want to contact me, they are all automated. All of them also arrive at my Spam folder, so they get automatically deleted anyway, or I can just delete them myself. So nah, there's no point in telling anyone to clean their systems or crap like that.
I have only received one love letter spam email (I wouldn't consider the one you got a love letter and I get plenty of those from Adriana) and that was weird. So weird I actually replied to it just to see what would happen.
I do get plenty of the X has added you on QuickDate, messages labeled Facebook where someone who has seen my profile picture (currently the logo for Rise Against) thinks I look cute, or someone I deleted from my Facebook list has just dumped her boyfriend and wants to get with me. Oh, also some of these girls have just moved right next to me. I even get pictures from some of these poor girls and they are so attractive that I don't think they'll have trouble finding a better guy than me so I don't usually bother to reply to them. Also I know they're fake. Sometimes I use Google image search (the one where you search using an image) to find out the real identity of the person supposedly emailing me. Would you be surprised if I told you most of them are porn stars?
Weirdest spam I have ever received was from someone with the same email address as me except that the last name (.com) was something else. I got a weird email address that's really long. They spare no efforts when it comes to clever ways of generating spam.
I do get plenty of the X has added you on QuickDate, messages labeled Facebook where someone who has seen my profile picture (currently the logo for Rise Against) thinks I look cute, or someone I deleted from my Facebook list has just dumped her boyfriend and wants to get with me. Oh, also some of these girls have just moved right next to me. I even get pictures from some of these poor girls and they are so attractive that I don't think they'll have trouble finding a better guy than me so I don't usually bother to reply to them. Also I know they're fake. Sometimes I use Google image search (the one where you search using an image) to find out the real identity of the person supposedly emailing me. Would you be surprised if I told you most of them are porn stars?
Weirdest spam I have ever received was from someone with the same email address as me except that the last name (.com) was something else. I got a weird email address that's really long. They spare no efforts when it comes to clever ways of generating spam.
Awwww, I wish I'd read this thread before I emptied my spam folder this evening. I got a lovely letter from "Lisa" trying to get me to go on a dating website that doesn't exist (I checked out of curiosity). Usually these emails get ignored and deleted, I long ago got fed up of trying to wind up people who never answered any of my piss taking questions. But, every now and then I will have a look at the picture of the girl and go "hmmm, she's cute" and then delete it.
Also at the moment I get a lot of spam from people trying to sell me counterfeit watches and Viagra. I have no idea why they seem to think I want these things.
Also at the moment I get a lot of spam from people trying to sell me counterfeit watches and Viagra. I have no idea why they seem to think I want these things.
Awww, and here i thought I was special...xD.
I see that exact same letter from "adrianna" every few days or so in the junk folder of one of my email accounts.
Funny thing is, I actually receive the message in the email account that's not linked to my Facebook.
I also get various spam for Viagra and the occasional "your blizzard accound has been haxxxxed".
I see that exact same letter from "adrianna" every few days or so in the junk folder of one of my email accounts.
Funny thing is, I actually receive the message in the email account that's not linked to my Facebook.
I also get various spam for Viagra and the occasional "your blizzard accound has been haxxxxed".
Aw man... I only seem to be getting e-mails from some chick name Shawna trying to teach me how to have sex or something like that...
OT: The only spam e-mails I get that are similar to that are when the "girl" is asking me to sign into some "dating" website for "free" so that we could "get to know each other better" beside the "both of us" "feeling horny" or "wet" "all the time"...
Either they gave up on their exploits or they are now "pretending" to be some "investor" trying to "persuade" me into making "easy money"... (Love letter e-mails confuse me to no end...)
OT: The only spam e-mails I get that are similar to that are when the "girl" is asking me to sign into some "dating" website for "free" so that we could "get to know each other better" beside the "both of us" "feeling horny" or "wet" "all the time"...
Either they gave up on their exploits or they are now "pretending" to be some "investor" trying to "persuade" me into making "easy money"... (Love letter e-mails confuse me to no end...)
I haven't received spam in a while actually, let alone fake love letters.
Just like in real life, I'm invisible to even false intentions. *cries*
Just like in real life, I'm invisible to even false intentions. *cries*
So your telling me these girls arent real. I was sure they were impressed by my penis enlarger and all the money ive inherited from a nigerian prince.
I dont know what to believe any more. Im beginning to doubt if im actually due that PPI refund from the loan i never took out
I dont know what to believe any more. Im beginning to doubt if im actually due that PPI refund from the loan i never took out
Every so often I will receive junk mail like that on my bullshit email that I use for subscribing things, and apparently they want my manly bits.
Well, joke's on them because I don't have manly bits since I'm a chick and I rarely check that email.
How disappointed that little spammer must be.
Well, joke's on them because I don't have manly bits since I'm a chick and I rarely check that email.
How disappointed that little spammer must be.
Oh yes I've received many of those, but the best one was one I got on myspace years ago.
Apparently a group of "local college girls" wanted ME to star in the porn they were making. Yeah... let's just be perfectly honest here, I know a thing or three about the horizontal mambo, but I'll never be confused for ANY porn star.
Apparently a group of "local college girls" wanted ME to star in the porn they were making. Yeah... let's just be perfectly honest here, I know a thing or three about the horizontal mambo, but I'll never be confused for ANY porn star.