This one has the subject "HopeArkansas.com Wish You Happy Election Time ( Read more... )

This is the most bizarre spam name I have yet received, ever:

username: jan_hus@ the_stake.jpg
subject: Onq gzmhzz
(That subject translates to "Bad tmzumm" in ROT13.)
I thought the "jpg" was an interesting touch. If you don't get the (other) joke in the name/address, see this entry at Wikipedia.\
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Today's award goes to "Harveym Pereira" [sic] for his message entitled, "multifarious execrate".

I was trying to clear out some detritus from my inbox on my main e-mail account at work and ran across one with the subject heading "your friar".

And of course it has to do with -- well, let's just say a physical malfunction that friars really aren't supposed to be concerned with, even when it's not Lent.

Here's an honest spammer, if there is such a thing ( Read more... )

At least, that's the "sender's name" on one I received today: "notably better"!

Could be worse, I suppose.

The subject line is an example of "could be worse". It says, "Rebirth home market Third" -- which makes NO sense at all.

I wonder if this is the boilerplate template for the spam and the lazy no-good who sent it didn't even bother with any modifications.

Username: modified:
Subject: for

My work mail address (with the library as the ISP) seldom gets really "good" spam. In fact it doesn't get much spam at all compared to my other accounts, which is probably just as well. But today I got one with the subject line "pained human ( Read more... )

An e-mail from "Rosie Hooks" has the subject line, "Hi, Non-chaucerian".

Obviously misdirected.

And now for you observing Talk Like a Pirate Day, a correction:
AHOY, MATEYS! The tag should be "spam," not "spa"! Arrrrhg!

Just received a spam from "boring certainly".