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Angelus78
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 		EMKU
A company and a hitchhiker to boot
well as foucault posted:
http://buffalo.craigslist.org/stp/1880931329.html

Quote:
Saw this (don't judge me for being on Craigslist). It just seems like a weird thing to post- specifying you're a behavioral neuroscientist.


which was:
Quote:
Behavioral Neuroscientist looking for friends - 23 (email)
Date: 2010-08-04, 4:54PM EDT
Reply To This Post

I rarely leave my desk anymore. I just need someone to talk to, please.

796f75206d7573742068656c70206d65


which translated to:

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You must help me


which when I sent an email to said poster I got the reply of:

Quote:
Oh I don't really need help! I just want to chat with some people. EMKU expects everyone who works here to be really invested in their job, and I haven't even spoken to my mom in about a month. My name is Sophie!

64 6f 20 6e 6f 74 20 72 65 73 70 6f 6e 64 20 74 6f 20 6d 79 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 73 20 74 6f 20 73 6f 70 68 69 65 2e 20 73 68 65 20 64 6f 65 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 6b 6e 6f 77 2e 20 63 61 6e 27 74 20 65 78 70 6c 61 69 6e 20 6e 6f 77 2e 20 73 68 65 20 69 67 6e 6f 72 65 73 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 73 2e 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 63 68 61 6e 67 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 77 61 79 20 77 65 20 63 6f 72 72 65 73 70 6f 6e 64 20 73 6f 6f 6e 2c 20 61 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 74 20 77 61 79 20 74 6f 20 6d 61 73 6b 20 6f 75 72 20 63 6f 6d 6d 75 6e 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 2e


which translated to:
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do not respond to my messages to sophie. she does not know. can't explain now. she ignores numbers. will be changing the way we correspond soon, a different way to mask our communications.


And that is the run of it so far.


ETA: I should probably also mention her email address is sophiebellamontSPLATgmail.com.

ETA even more: got a new code:
Quote:
32 54 33 11 32 15 24 43 13 34 42 24 33 33 11

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 7:00 pm
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emato
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Joined: 06 Aug 2007
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 		What method of decryption did you use for each part?

Quote:
796f75206d7573742068656c70206d65


and

Quote:
64 6f 20 6e 6f 74 20 72 65 73 70 6f 6e 64 20 74 6f 20 6d 79 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 73 20 74 6f 20 73 6f 70 68 69 65 2e 20 73 68 65 20 64 6f 65 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 6b 6e 6f 77 2e 20 63 61 6e 27 74 20 65 78 70 6c 61 69 6e 20 6e 6f 77 2e 20 73 68 65 20 69 67 6e 6f 72 65 73 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 73 2e 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 63 68 61 6e 67 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 77 61 79 20 77 65 20 63 6f 72 72 65 73 70 6f 6e 64 20 73 6f 6f 6e 2c 20 61 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 74 20 77 61 79 20 74 6f 20 6d 61 73 6b 20 6f 75 72 20 63 6f 6d 6d 75 6e 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 2e


I would send an email to her if I understood how you got to this point.

Thanks,
/emato

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Angelus78
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emato wrote:
What method of decryption did you use for each part?

Quote:
796f75206d7573742068656c70206d65


and


Well for that part I'd used a hex decryption, I'd recognized the code.

Quote:
64 6f 20 6e 6f 74 20 72 65 73 70 6f 6e 64 20 74 6f 20 6d 79 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 73 20 74 6f 20 73 6f 70 68 69 65 2e 20 73 68 65 20 64 6f 65 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 6b 6e 6f 77 2e 20 63 61 6e 27 74 20 65 78 70 6c 61 69 6e 20 6e 6f 77 2e 20 73 68 65 20 69 67 6e 6f 72 65 73 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 73 2e 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 63 68 61 6e 67 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 77 61 79 20 77 65 20 63 6f 72 72 65 73 70 6f 6e 64 20 73 6f 6f 6e 2c 20 61 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 74 20 77 61 79 20 74 6f 20 6d 61 73 6b 20 6f 75 72 20 63 6f 6d 6d 75 6e 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 2e

I would send an email to her if I understood how you got to this point.

Thanks,
/emato


And for this I'd used also used Hex but I get the impression the Sophie isn't the one sending the coded messages because one of the codes suggests she doesn't know about the codes and even suggests she doesn't see them.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 9:02 pm
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shrtyscott3
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Location: Miami, Florida

 		I got this reply to a simple greeting:

Quote:
I work at EMKU! I really love it, I just wish I could get out more. Where do you work?

44 23 15 35 42 34 12 31 15 32 24 44 23 11 44 52 15 11 42 15 44 42 11 35 35 15 14. 43 34 32 11 34 54 35 15 34 35 31 15 23 15 42 15.


EDIT: not able to decode this one >.>

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Angelus78
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Location: halifax, nova scotia
shrtyscott3 wrote:
I got this reply to a simple greeting:

Quote:
I work at EMKU! I really love it, I just wish I could get out more. Where do you work?

44 23 15 35 42 34 12 31 15 32 24 44 23 11 44 52 15 11 42 15 44 42 11 35 35 15 14. 43 34 32 11 34 54 35 15 34 35 31 15 23 15 42 15.


EDIT: not able to decode this one >.>


Yeah I'm a little stuck on that form of coding as well.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 10:48 pm
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MrToasty
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 		This will probably help you out Wink
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polybius_square

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Angelus78
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Location: halifax, nova scotia
MrToasty wrote:
This will probably help you out Wink
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polybius_square


I gotta say that's a new one for me.

Ok so the message I got converts to:
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m y name is corinna


and scotts to:
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the problem is that we are trapped so many people here

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 11:21 pm
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comadarkvale
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Location: tampa fl

 		So we are not suppose to email her?Sorry Im a little confused on this one.
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Angelus78
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comadarkvale wrote:
So we are not suppose to email her?Sorry Im a little confused on this one.


As I can tell it, you can email that address and if you want to talk to Sophie you can but if you want to talk to 'corinna' or whatever her/its name is you have to email in numbers cause she can't seem to see them.
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comadarkvale
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 		AAAAAHH thank you I understand now.
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Angelus78
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 		Welcome. Very Happy
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comadarkvale
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 		And thanks MR.TOASTY for posting the link for me to see how it works.
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OneEyedGod
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 		Hi all,

i just sent her a message purely in numbers let's see if Sophie or Corinna replys to this.

BTW, i found an online tool for the Polybius square:

http://www.braingle.com/brainteasers/codes/polybius.php

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Leyton Stone
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 		Just shot an email off, thought I'd get involved... Here it is.

Quote:
Hey Sophie,

My name's Leyton and I'm a student at Brunel University in the UK, I got your message via a friend who saw your ad on CL about looking for people to speak with so I'm here! Smile

Do you work at/for EMKU or are you volunteering for something there? Sounds quite exciting to be honest; How old are you if you don't mind me asking? I'm 21.

I heard you've not spoken with your mother in about a month? Do they not allow you to speak with family or friends and if not how are you managing to speak with me via the email?

Thanks! Get back to me as soon as time permits I like making new friends too, since life's so boring!! Smile

-Leyton.

2324 1132 24 4335151125243322 4434 13344224333311

522354 13113344 433435232415 431515 33453212154243

522334 114215 543445


The bottom part translates to (paraphrasing to be honest)

Quote:
Hi am I speaking with Corinna?
Why can't Sophie see numbers?
Who are you?

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Watching: Nothing yet...

PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 10:56 am
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vapor
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Location: Dallas, TX ya'll

 		What an...interesting way to start a trailhead. I'm going to go ahead and lurk this one to see where it goes.

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