Category Archives: spam

what’s Spanish for ‘nice try’?

Got a spam today that reads: Important notice We have just charged your credit card for money laundry service in amount of $234.65 (because you are either child pornography webmaster or deal with dirty money, which require us to layndry … Continue reading

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the ever-changing barrage

Do you ever get curious about changing fashions in junkmail? I haven’t had “we’ll submit your website to 312 search engines for $39.95” in years; on another hand, suddenly here’s a flood apparently intended for insurance agents. Tuesday: In about … Continue reading

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I’ve had about five blank spams today.

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a strange pitch

Ah, Blogger has a shiny new interface. I’ve been getting a spam for ‘escorts’, which includes this line: “I love long walks on the beach, candlelight dinners . . . oh, and of course, experienced men with big cocks!” Seems to me … Continue reading

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jjuyjcly

Got a spam today that ends with 62 nonsense words (of which the longest is 33 letters), each beginning “jjuyjcly”. I wonder what sort of program generated them.

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buy now!

Mail today: 109 items, of which 17 spam – not counting an unknown number that pinned Pobox’s meter and were not relayed to me. I think it is worse lately than it was a few months ago. Next day: Spam … Continue reading

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there’s a kind of symmetry

I just saw a popup advertisement for Popup Eliminator.

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