A pair of spam subjects that recently came across the spam traps:
Looking to become a published author?
Give her climax after climax
Hmm, that sounds like writing advice when you take them together.
Category: Spam
Spam or Not? Trick Question!
I try to hit Spam or Not a couple of times a week, since it helps train the MSRBL-Images blacklist. Tonight I came up against an image that seemed oddly appropriate:
I had to wonder if it was a trick question…
Apple Sax
Apparently the key to getting a story posted on Slashdot quickly is to mention Apple and software patents in the same virtual breath.
Spam subject: “Your Saxual power has gone somewhere, Dont trifle with this!” Imagining a jazz player who can’t play the sax anymore…
Spam from Elvira
In the spamtraps, I found a message from “Elvira” telling me, “It’s awful.” Now I’m waiting for “Tom” and “Crow” to tell me, “It’s terrible.”
Inner Dragon
Spammers are running out of euphemisms. Seriously, “Release your inner dragon”…?
Email Confusion
Why do people email me to tell me email is down? WHY? What makes them think I’ll receive the message?
Obligatory User Friendly comic (Jan 28, 1999):
Just as confusing: A spammer sent me this urgent message: “We need to remove cupboard, come on!” Uh, yeah, I’ll get right on that…
BlogExplosion Starting to Recover
It looks like the campaign to reclaim BlogExplosion is working! The efforts to bury the forum spam have brought new members into the site, and earlier this week a new administrator appeared on the forums, banning over 55 accounts used by spammers and deleting 13,000 spam posts. This morning, the banner approval I’ve been waiting for since August finally went through.
Things are looking up!