New Trends In Spam
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Lately I've noticed a shift in the types of spam I receive. Before it was predominantly pitches for pr0n sites and Viagra/Cialis, with a smattering of cheap online pharmacies. Recently, though, most of the junk has consisted of ads for penny stocks. These are low cost (<$1) stocks that are not traded on the traditional exchanges. Private market makers trade them through what are called the Pink Sheets. In the US, SEC rules expressly forbid this kind of advertising, and require that a full prospectus accompany any sales bid, so it's rather obvious that these are all phony. Is anyone else getting this sort of trash? Is it limited to the US, or worldwide? Or has someone noticed that I recently - for the first time in 3 years - had enough cash on hand to fund my stock trading account? BTW - Penny stocks can be fun. They're highly speculative, and most are startups with very little capital and high debt-to-asset ratios, but once in a while one will really take off. I've never lost a dime playing with them, and I've never had more than $1000 invested in one issue. It's fun, and maybe the only way for relatively poor investors to get into the market. If you don't have much money to risk, but know some industry segment well enough to really analyze a small company's financial statements, you might want to try it for the fun of it. Just don't bet the rent.:-D "...putting all your eggs in one basket along with your bowling ball and gym clothes only gets you scrambled eggs and an extra laundry day... " - Jeffry J. Brickley
People do read SPAM. Roger Wright wrote: Is anyone else getting this sort of trash? Lots. But since I started using Spambayes, never worried about it anymore. I see dead pixels Yes, even I am blogging now!
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Lately I've noticed a shift in the types of spam I receive. Before it was predominantly pitches for pr0n sites and Viagra/Cialis, with a smattering of cheap online pharmacies. Recently, though, most of the junk has consisted of ads for penny stocks. These are low cost (<$1) stocks that are not traded on the traditional exchanges. Private market makers trade them through what are called the Pink Sheets. In the US, SEC rules expressly forbid this kind of advertising, and require that a full prospectus accompany any sales bid, so it's rather obvious that these are all phony. Is anyone else getting this sort of trash? Is it limited to the US, or worldwide? Or has someone noticed that I recently - for the first time in 3 years - had enough cash on hand to fund my stock trading account? BTW - Penny stocks can be fun. They're highly speculative, and most are startups with very little capital and high debt-to-asset ratios, but once in a while one will really take off. I've never lost a dime playing with them, and I've never had more than $1000 invested in one issue. It's fun, and maybe the only way for relatively poor investors to get into the market. If you don't have much money to risk, but know some industry segment well enough to really analyze a small company's financial statements, you might want to try it for the fun of it. Just don't bet the rent.:-D "...putting all your eggs in one basket along with your bowling ball and gym clothes only gets you scrambled eggs and an extra laundry day... " - Jeffry J. Brickley
I've noticed the same thing. Most gets caught by the filters, but the penny stock crap tends to get through. I average maybe 20 such messages a day. Only a couple for viagra, and virtually none for horny cheerleaders anymore.
Ðavid Wulff Audioscrobbler :: flickr Die Freiheit spielt auf allen Geigen (QT)
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I've noticed the same thing. Most gets caught by the filters, but the penny stock crap tends to get through. I average maybe 20 such messages a day. Only a couple for viagra, and virtually none for horny cheerleaders anymore.
Ðavid Wulff Audioscrobbler :: flickr Die Freiheit spielt auf allen Geigen (QT)
Fortunately I have no need for penny stocks as I have used the information provided on previous spam I received to do the following:- 1. Increase the size of my bodily parts to the extreme delight of the ladies and the utter envy of most men 2. Even without the above I now have the ability to woo the world's most beautiful women with a secret technique only recently been made available to the public 3. I have £8million in my bank account as a reward for helping Prince Odugo Massinka free the trapped oil funds in the orphan account he found in the Nigerian First Bank 4. My personal bank and ebay accounts are now secure thanks to these people as, so I was told, my accounts had been suspended due to fraudulent activity. I am so grateful they were on the ball! Thank goodness for spam :) I still remember having to write your own code in FORTRAN rather than be a cut and paste merchant being pampered by colour coded Intellisense - ahh proper programming - those were the days :)
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Fortunately I have no need for penny stocks as I have used the information provided on previous spam I received to do the following:- 1. Increase the size of my bodily parts to the extreme delight of the ladies and the utter envy of most men 2. Even without the above I now have the ability to woo the world's most beautiful women with a secret technique only recently been made available to the public 3. I have £8million in my bank account as a reward for helping Prince Odugo Massinka free the trapped oil funds in the orphan account he found in the Nigerian First Bank 4. My personal bank and ebay accounts are now secure thanks to these people as, so I was told, my accounts had been suspended due to fraudulent activity. I am so grateful they were on the ball! Thank goodness for spam :) I still remember having to write your own code in FORTRAN rather than be a cut and paste merchant being pampered by colour coded Intellisense - ahh proper programming - those were the days :)
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Fortunately I have no need for penny stocks as I have used the information provided on previous spam I received to do the following:- 1. Increase the size of my bodily parts to the extreme delight of the ladies and the utter envy of most men 2. Even without the above I now have the ability to woo the world's most beautiful women with a secret technique only recently been made available to the public 3. I have £8million in my bank account as a reward for helping Prince Odugo Massinka free the trapped oil funds in the orphan account he found in the Nigerian First Bank 4. My personal bank and ebay accounts are now secure thanks to these people as, so I was told, my accounts had been suspended due to fraudulent activity. I am so grateful they were on the ball! Thank goodness for spam :) I still remember having to write your own code in FORTRAN rather than be a cut and paste merchant being pampered by colour coded Intellisense - ahh proper programming - those were the days :)
Does one detect a touch of sarcasm ? ;P The tigress is here :-D
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Does one detect a touch of sarcasm ? ;P The tigress is here :-D
Nooooooooooo :):):) I still remember having to write your own code in FORTRAN rather than be a cut and paste merchant being pampered by colour coded Intellisense - ahh proper programming - those were the days :)
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Fortunately I have no need for penny stocks as I have used the information provided on previous spam I received to do the following:- 1. Increase the size of my bodily parts to the extreme delight of the ladies and the utter envy of most men 2. Even without the above I now have the ability to woo the world's most beautiful women with a secret technique only recently been made available to the public 3. I have £8million in my bank account as a reward for helping Prince Odugo Massinka free the trapped oil funds in the orphan account he found in the Nigerian First Bank 4. My personal bank and ebay accounts are now secure thanks to these people as, so I was told, my accounts had been suspended due to fraudulent activity. I am so grateful they were on the ball! Thank goodness for spam :) I still remember having to write your own code in FORTRAN rather than be a cut and paste merchant being pampered by colour coded Intellisense - ahh proper programming - those were the days :)
Baconbutty wrote: . I have £8million in my bank account as a reward for helping Prince Odugo Massinka free the trapped oil funds in the orphan account he found in the Nigerian First Bank This happened to this too, three times. 1- The first time it was a business executive in South Africa, trying to find a banker outside of his country. 2- The second time it was a Nigerian? lady trying to send her dead husband's wealth out of the country for a "Good" cause. 3- The third time it was a young man whose wealthy cocoa-farming-father was killed by his fellows, and now wanted to get his father's money outside of the country. this is this.
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Lately I've noticed a shift in the types of spam I receive. Before it was predominantly pitches for pr0n sites and Viagra/Cialis, with a smattering of cheap online pharmacies. Recently, though, most of the junk has consisted of ads for penny stocks. These are low cost (<$1) stocks that are not traded on the traditional exchanges. Private market makers trade them through what are called the Pink Sheets. In the US, SEC rules expressly forbid this kind of advertising, and require that a full prospectus accompany any sales bid, so it's rather obvious that these are all phony. Is anyone else getting this sort of trash? Is it limited to the US, or worldwide? Or has someone noticed that I recently - for the first time in 3 years - had enough cash on hand to fund my stock trading account? BTW - Penny stocks can be fun. They're highly speculative, and most are startups with very little capital and high debt-to-asset ratios, but once in a while one will really take off. I've never lost a dime playing with them, and I've never had more than $1000 invested in one issue. It's fun, and maybe the only way for relatively poor investors to get into the market. If you don't have much money to risk, but know some industry segment well enough to really analyze a small company's financial statements, you might want to try it for the fun of it. Just don't bet the rent.:-D "...putting all your eggs in one basket along with your bowling ball and gym clothes only gets you scrambled eggs and an extra laundry day... " - Jeffry J. Brickley
Roger Wright wrote: Is anyone else getting this sort of trash? Yes, several a day. (I see titles of what the filter has purged.) Also 2 to 3 paypal/bank card account freezes a day. I do not mind getting old. It beats all the other options that I can think of.
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Does one detect a touch of sarcasm ? ;P The tigress is here :-D
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People do read SPAM. Roger Wright wrote: Is anyone else getting this sort of trash? Lots. But since I started using Spambayes, never worried about it anymore. I see dead pixels Yes, even I am blogging now!
I read some spam because it is funney to try and read there spelling which is worst then my spelling. Plus you get email like this The New Breakthrough of "The Antidote" PROVEN FORMULA Not available in any retail outlet - Ships direct from the medical research facility. Kills all Known Viruses & Bacteria kept in the body as diseases before they attack. *Common flus/colds *Influenza *SARS *Cancer *HIV *Etc. The Antidote is the answer for virus/bacteria free-living. I did not know they had a Antidote to HIV.
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I read some spam because it is funney to try and read there spelling which is worst then my spelling. Plus you get email like this The New Breakthrough of "The Antidote" PROVEN FORMULA Not available in any retail outlet - Ships direct from the medical research facility. Kills all Known Viruses & Bacteria kept in the body as diseases before they attack. *Common flus/colds *Influenza *SARS *Cancer *HIV *Etc. The Antidote is the answer for virus/bacteria free-living. I did not know they had a Antidote to HIV.
tuningd wrote: I did not know they had a Antidote to HIV. It's on the drugstore shelf beside that well-publicized Cancer cure.:) Top 10 Geek Resulutions: 5. To decipher what that big room is, which has the blue ceiling and poor climate control.
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Does one detect a touch of sarcasm ? ;P The tigress is here :-D
Trollslayer wrote: Does one detect a touch of sarcasm ? Comic Book Guy: "A sarcasm detector? Now, there's something useful." (Prof. Frink's detector explodes) Top 10 Geek Resulutions: 5. To decipher what that big room is, which has the blue ceiling and poor climate control.