Forums > Off Topic > Since when did MobyGames get junk mail?
AaronGamer (29) on 4/8/2010 8:31 PM · Permalink · Report
Its been a while since I post in the forums, but I recieved a private message from someone named "Mercy Anthony"
This is what his PM said:
"Dear Respectful One, Permit me to in form you of may desire of going to business relationship with you. I got your contact from the International web site directory. I prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to it's esteeming nature and the recommendations given to me as a reputable and trust worthy person I can do business with and by their recommenddations I must not hesitate to confide in your for this simple and sincere business. Iam Miss Mercy Antony the only daughter of late Mr and Mrs Antony John My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan,the economic capital of Ivory Coast before he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outing to discus on a business deal. When my mother died on the 21st October 1991, my father took me special because i am motherless. Before the death of my father on 14th Dec 2009 in a private hospital here in Abidjan.He secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of $5.600.000 (Five Million, six hundred thousand dollars) left in a suspense account in a local Bank here in Abidjan, that he used my name as the next of kin in deposit of the fund. He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth and some huge amount of money his business associates supposed to balance his from the deal they had that he was poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a God fearing foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose, (such as real estate management). I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways. 1) To provide a Bank account where this money would be transferred to. 2) To serve as the guardian of this since I am a gril of 20 years. Moreover i am willing to offer you 10% of the sum as compensation for effort input after the successful transfer of this fund to your designate accountoverseas. 3) To make arrangement for me in your country to continue my educatinonal career and to secure fo me a residence permit in your country. Anticipating to hear from you soon ([email protected]) Thanks and God Bless. Best regards. Miss Mercy Antony"
Got a good laugh out of it, So if anyone else is getting a message from someone like this, watch out.
Indra was here (20747) on 4/8/2010 8:34 PM · Permalink · Report
How come I never get spam?
Well, expect that one time a user wanted to do some sexually disturbing things to my toes. True story.
The Fabulous King (1332) on 4/8/2010 8:40 PM · Permalink · Report
Indra! You're alive!
AaronGamer (29) on 4/8/2010 8:46 PM · Permalink · Report
A user wanted to do something sexually to your toes? He must of had a foot fetish, I don't get people and foot fetishes...
GAMEBOY COLOR! (1990) on 4/8/2010 8:48 PM · Permalink · Report
Just looked at the top of the screen. I got the same message twice ! Those spammers are getting desperate as of late.
AaronGamer (29) on 4/8/2010 8:51 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start DANIEL HAWKS ! wrote--]Just looked at the top of the screen. I got the same message twice ! Those spammers are getting desperate as of late. [/Q --end DANIEL HAWKS ! wrote--]
They probably don't get any pussy.
Indra was here (20747) on 4/8/2010 8:53 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start ARProductions2009 wrote--]I don't get people and foot fetishes... [/Q --end ARProductions2009 wrote--]Remove people and it still doesn't make sense. I have a bunch of punchlines to continue, but will restrain due to possible personal headbashings 10 years from now. :p
AaronGamer (29) on 4/8/2010 8:57 PM · Permalink · Report
I got what you were saying. lol
DJP Mom (11333) on 4/9/2010 10:50 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start DJP Mom wrote--] [Q2 --start Dewa Indra? wrote--]How come I never get spam? [/Q2 --end Dewa Indra? wrote--]I got TWO of those messages, you can have one of mine :) [/Q --end DJP Mom wrote--]And I'm getting love messages from a forum lurker, you can have those, too :)
formercontrib (157432) on 4/9/2010 10:52 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start DJP Mom wrote--] [Q2 --start DJP Mom wrote--] [Q3 --start Dewa Indra? wrote--]How come I never get spam? [/Q3 --end Dewa Indra? wrote--]I got TWO of those messages, you can have one of mine :) [/Q2 --end DJP Mom wrote--]And I'm getting love messages from a forum lurker, you can have those, too :) [/Q --end DJP Mom wrote--]
How sweet, but it isn't me, what does not mean that not i'm looking forward to receive some of you ;)
Indra was here (20747) on 4/10/2010 7:15 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
[Q --start DJP Mom wrote--] And I'm getting love messages from a forum lurker, you can have those, too :) [/Q --end DJP Mom wrote--] Oooh, forward please.
Hey, who said dudes don't gossip?
We just call it politics. :p
DJP Mom (11333) on 4/10/2010 7:56 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Dewa Indra? wrote--] [Q2 --start DJP Mom wrote--] And I'm getting love messages from a forum lurker, you can have those, too :) [/Q2 --end DJP Mom wrote--] Oooh, forward please.
Hey, who said dudes don't gossip?
We just call it politics. :p
[/Q --end Dewa Indra? wrote--]Well, since he apologized and said goodbye - using my real name, so probably visited my Live Space page and read the Google Docs info - I don't really feel right about posting what he said. Nothing offensive, though, no foot fetishist :)
Indra was here (20747) on 4/10/2010 8:51 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start DJP Mom wrote--] ...don't really feel right about posting what he said. [/Q --end DJP Mom wrote--]Isn't that the primary point one ignores in gossiping? :p
Starbuck the Third (22596) on 4/8/2010 11:28 PM · Permalink · Report
has anyone else noticed the bit that says "To serve as the guardian of this since I am a gril of 20 years"
beetle120 (2415) on 4/8/2010 11:28 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
I get emails like that about 2 times a week
I grabbed the following from my inbox.
"I am Mr Moha Das a staff of Banque Internationale du Burkina (B.I.B) here in Burkina Faso / Ouagadougou . In my department I discover an abandoned sum of (US$18.5 Million US Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his family in plane crash.
It is therefore upon this discovery that i now decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for the safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it.
I agree that 40% of this money will be for you, and 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 50% would be for me. Then after the money is been transferred into your account, i will visit your country for an investment under your kind control."
Haven't yet got one though MobyGames yet. If it starts to happen more frequently then I'll say that Mobygames should implement a spam filter.
EDIT: Just checked my PM's and I have got this.
MasterMegid (723) on 4/8/2010 11:43 PM · Permalink · Report
I gots spammed! How come I never get good junk mail? Like free porn. Who here among us does not enjoy porno? I know I do.
Furthermore, who here can honestly say that they have not set fire to a public building?
I know I have.
BurningStickMan (17916) on 4/9/2010 1:29 AM · Permalink · Report
I used to get emails in French from (presumably) French porn sites. No idea how my email got on that list, considering I don't speak French. I did run one through Babelfish to see if I could read what they were on about, and got something like:
Me and my friends of moist have just hung some new images. They are sure to make you come all the night. etc. etc.
Probably the only amusement I've ever gotten from junk mail. Maybe because I didn't go to the sites... :P
j.raido 【雷堂嬢太朗】 (110102) on 4/9/2010 8:31 AM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start MZ per X wrote--] Yeah, locking the PM system for people with zero contribution points should suffice. [/Q --end MZ per X wrote--] Or at least people with 0 points and nothing pending. I can't imagine that locking a new contributor from communicating with staff directly is the most helpful thing to do. I doubt it'd come up much but...you never know.
MZ per X (3017) on 4/9/2010 11:33 AM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start djsquarewave wrote--] Or at least people with 0 points and nothing pending. I can't imagine that locking a new contributor from communicating with staff directly is the most helpful thing to do. [/Q --end djsquarewave wrote--] Good point, but I wanted to suggest something that IMHO should be easy to implement.
if sum_contrib_points >= 1 then PM_system = unlocked ; :o)
And there's always help for newbie questions in the forums.
xroox (3895) on 4/9/2010 12:24 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start MZ per X wrote--]I wanted to suggest something that IMHO should be easy to implement.
if sum_contrib_points >= 1 then PM_system = unlocked ; :o) [/Q --end MZ per X wrote--]That is a damn good idea. First time I recall getting spammed through Moby's PM system, though.
(Btw, I opened up another topic for this without seeing this. Doh! plz ignore)
Starbuck the Third (22596) on 4/9/2010 1:49 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start MZ per X wrote--] [Q2 --start djsquarewave wrote--] Or at least people with 0 points and nothing pending. I can't imagine that locking a new contributor from communicating with staff directly is the most helpful thing to do. [/Q2 --end djsquarewave wrote--] Good point, but I wanted to suggest something that IMHO should be easy to implement.
if sum_contrib_points >= 1 then PM_system = unlocked ; :o)
And there's always help for newbie questions in the forums. [/Q --end MZ per X wrote--]
Im not so sure, all spammers would have to do is rate one game, and as the system rounds this up to the nearest whole number, the lockout would be bypassed, thus making it useless.
DJP Mom (11333) on 4/9/2010 2:17 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start havoc of smeg wrote--] Im not so sure, all spammers would have to do is rate one game, and as the system rounds this up to the nearest whole number, the lockout would be bypassed, thus making it useless. [/Q --end havoc of smeg wrote--] That's assuming the spammer is a person and not a bot. I suspect this last one was a bot. Wonder what game a bot would choose to rate....hmmm.
Starbuck the Third (22596) on 4/9/2010 6:45 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start DJP Mom wrote--] [Q2 --start havoc of smeg wrote--] Im not so sure, all spammers would have to do is rate one game, and as the system rounds this up to the nearest whole number, the lockout would be bypassed, thus making it useless. [/Q2 --end havoc of smeg wrote--] That's assuming the spammer is a person and not a bot. I suspect this last one was a bot. Wonder what game a bot would choose to rate....hmmm. [/Q --end DJP Mom wrote--]
true, but behind every bot is someone who created it. And it's not like it's hard or time consuming. Someone might realise this, and decided 'what the heck'
Foxhack (32137) on 4/9/2010 8:49 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start DJP Mom wrote--] That's assuming the spammer is a person and not a bot. I suspect this last one was a bot. Wonder what game a bot would choose to rate....hmmm. [/Q --end DJP Mom wrote--]I googled the spam message and it hit a forum and the University of Nevada with the same exact post.
Indra was here (20747) on 4/9/2010 8:59 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Foxhack wrote--]I googled the spam message... [/Q --end Foxhack wrote--]Waaaaay to much free time, dude.
Out of curiosity. Has anyone ever redundantly tried to spam a spammer? And a more redundant comment (is it me or do I detect everyone is immensely bored as of late?) I somehow noticed that semen and seamen sound the same. Reading dialogs on sea pirate games have now somewhat changed the mood a bit.
Patrick Bregger (305667) on 4/9/2010 9:06 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Dewa Indra? wrote--] Out of curiosity. Has anyone ever redundantly tried to spam a spammer? [/Q --end Dewa Indra? wrote--]
Indra was here (20747) on 4/9/2010 9:22 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Patrick Bregger wrote--] [Q2 --start Dewa Indra? wrote--] Out of curiosity. Has anyone ever redundantly tried to spam a spammer? [/Q2 --end Dewa Indra? wrote--] 419 Eater [/Q --end Patrick Bregger wrote--]Wow. Some actual people actually fell for that Nigerian scam? I know common sense isn't universal, but blimey.
Patrick Bregger (305667) on 4/9/2010 9:32 PM · Permalink · Report
I recommend this story. It is very funny.
chirinea (47527) on 4/9/2010 9:12 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Dewa Indra? wrote--]I somehow noticed that semen and seamen sound the same. [/Q --end Dewa Indra? wrote--]South Park already did it.
Edit: Or better yet.
BurningStickMan (17916) on 4/9/2010 9:22 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start Dewa Indra? wrote--] (is it me or do I detect everyone is immensely bored as of late?) [/Q --end Dewa Indra? wrote--]
Bored, are ya? I've got plenty of stuff in the Xbox360 queue that needs approving. And my car could use a washing...
Indra was here (20747) on 4/9/2010 9:25 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start BurningStickMan wrote--] Bored, are ya? I've got plenty of stuff in the Xbox360 queue that needs approving. And my car could use a washing... [/Q --end BurningStickMan wrote--]Well, you know the drill. Just PM me for anything specific and voila!
On carwashing, I have a "bikini underwear" policy. If you don't go blind instantly, why not?
BurningStickMan (17916) on 4/9/2010 9:33 PM · Permalink · Report
I'm already about to go blind from approving all of joyvalley's tech spec corrections for the last 3+ months. There were hundreds of them. Seriously, I need eyedrops.
formercontrib (157432) on 4/9/2010 9:49 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start BurningStickMan wrote--]I'm already about to go blind from approving all of joyvalley's tech spec corrections for the last 3+ months. There were hundreds of them. Seriously, I need eyedrops. [/Q --end BurningStickMan wrote--]
You make it ! :)
MZ per X (3017) on 4/9/2010 6:00 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start havoc of smeg wrote--] Im not so sure, all spammers would have to do is rate one game, and as the system rounds this up to the nearest whole number, the lockout would be bypassed, thus making it useless. [/Q --end havoc of smeg wrote--] What Mom said. Or raise the bar to two or three points, still a low hanging fruit.
Starbuck the Third (22596) on 4/9/2010 6:47 PM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start MZ per X wrote--] [Q2 --start havoc of smeg wrote--] Im not so sure, all spammers would have to do is rate one game, and as the system rounds this up to the nearest whole number, the lockout would be bypassed, thus making it useless. [/Q2 --end havoc of smeg wrote--] What Mom said. Or raise the bar to two or three points, still a low hanging fruit. [/Q --end MZ per X wrote--]
Dito on my DJP mom reply, and can't see why that wouldn't work.