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| I've Received This Email..., anyone else had similar? |
| LizzieT |
 Jan 5 2007, 09:22 AM
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I've just received an email from a Russian woman, recently jilted and asking to come to England and meet me "and spend some weeks and months together". I've deleted it of course, but just wondered if anybody else has received this sort of thing? I know some music teachers receive spam from potential 'pupils', but I've not received anything like this before and am curious to know where she got my email address.
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| petrat |
Jan 5 2007, 10:07 AM
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I spend a couple of minutes a day deleting things like that. I get messages asking me if I would like to put patches on my organ, (it is a harmonium and it does not ned patching. It is in perfect working order!) and others asking me if I want to loose unwanted inches, ones asking me if I want to invest in their companies and others telling me that they have millions of pounds in a bank that I could share if I will help them to transfer it to my bank account! I am not sure how they get here but they seem to manage to bypass the blocks and filters. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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| sonataform |
Jan 5 2007, 10:11 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 637 Joined: 1-November 06 From: Argyll, Scotland Member No.: 8133 |
If your address is published anywhere on the internet it could have been picked up and added to a spam database. It's also possible that someone you know has a virus in their computer which has sent addresses, including yours, to a similar database.
A combination of these factors means that my work address gets several hundred messages like this every week. |
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| fsharpminor |
Jan 5 2007, 11:00 AM
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Maestro Group: Members Posts: 12255 Joined: 7-June 06 From: Wirral (originally Keighley, Yorks) Member No.: 7089 |
All my spam emails seem to offer me low prices for Viagra (and similar products), and some offering devices for increasing my 'size' !
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| Charlies Aunt |
Jan 5 2007, 11:05 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 896 Joined: 12-July 06 From: moo moo land Member No.: 7255 |
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Jan 5 2007, 11:00 AM)  All my spam emails seem to offer me low prices for Viagra (and similar products), and some offering devices for increasing my 'size' ! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Sorry..... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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| Dulciana |
Jan 5 2007, 11:38 AM
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Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 5718 Joined: 11-January 06 Member No.: 5811 |
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Jan 5 2007, 12:00 PM) All my spam emails seem to offer me low prices for Viagra (and similar products), and some offering devices for increasing my 'size' ! Maybe it's because of the 'minor' part of your name... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) |
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| Anastasia |
Jan 5 2007, 12:53 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 67 Joined: 15-December 05 From: The TROPICAL Lake Isle of Innisfree Member No.: 5572 |
QUOTE(Dulciana @ Jan 5 2007, 07:38 PM) QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Jan 5 2007, 12:00 PM) All my spam emails seem to offer me low prices for Viagra (and similar products), and some offering devices for increasing my 'size' ! Maybe it's because of the 'minor' part of your name... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) that makes perfect sense somehow.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) |
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| notmusimum |
Jan 5 2007, 02:46 PM
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Maestro Group: Members Posts: 8328 Joined: 23-January 06 Member No.: 5959 |
QUOTE(Anastasia @ Jan 5 2007, 12:53 PM) QUOTE(Dulciana @ Jan 5 2007, 07:38 PM) QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Jan 5 2007, 12:00 PM) All my spam emails seem to offer me low prices for Viagra (and similar products), and some offering devices for increasing my 'size' ! Maybe it's because of the 'minor' part of your name... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) that makes perfect sense somehow.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) Just what I thought! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) Wonder why they send these messages to you! |
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| Charlies Aunt |
Jan 5 2007, 02:51 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 896 Joined: 12-July 06 From: moo moo land Member No.: 7255 |
I hope we'll get told when minor becomes major! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
**I will not hijack this thread..I will not hijack this thread..** (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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| fsharpminor |
Jan 5 2007, 03:23 PM
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Maestro Group: Members Posts: 12255 Joined: 7-June 06 From: Wirral (originally Keighley, Yorks) Member No.: 7089 |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) I thought that would cause amusement!
Maybe I should change to major, but it only exists as G flat major, and F sharp minor is a favourte key of mine. Maybe I should change to Augmented something or other. (sorry boasting again! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) ) |
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| Charlies Aunt |
Jan 5 2007, 03:25 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 896 Joined: 12-July 06 From: moo moo land Member No.: 7255 |
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Jan 5 2007, 03:23 PM) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) I thought that would cause amusement! Maybe I should change to major, but it only exists as G flat major, and F sharp minor is a favourte key of mine. Maybe I should change to Augmented something or other. (sorry boasting again! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) ) Better to be Augmented than diminished!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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| ChevvyChev |
Jan 5 2007, 03:37 PM
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Prodigy Group: Members Posts: 1725 Joined: 21-July 05 From: Portsmouth, UK Member No.: 4215 |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
heeheehee...strange how conversations can devlop from something serious to how "augmented" one is hehehe (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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| Car Expert |
Jan 5 2007, 04:03 PM
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Maestro Group: Members Posts: 30699 Joined: 15-May 05 From: UK - rural North Norfolk\East Anglia. Lincoln 104 miles. Ipswich 66 miles. Oxford 193 miles. Lewes 199 miles. Member No.: 3680 |
QUOTE(Charlies Aunt @ Jan 5 2007, 02:51 PM) **I will not hijack this thread..I will not hijack this thread..** (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) You already have (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)Car Expert |
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| LizzieT |
Jan 5 2007, 04:12 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 773 Joined: 7-March 06 Member No.: 6386 |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) Well...er thanks for all the replies folks (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
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| Devil_Fiddler |
Jan 5 2007, 04:56 PM
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Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 2119 Joined: 19-October 05 From: Birmingham, UK Member No.: 5039 |
I've got a couple very similar to that on my school account, which is supposedly "bomb proof" to viruses/spam. Also on both my home and school accoutns I've been getting ones about investing in the stock market - thing is they always come from different accounts and the text is displayed as images.
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