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[Analysis] Could that email or IM be a trailhead, or SPAM?
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Olorin
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Ziola wrote:
This Might help a bit. Check it out, surf the site then let me know if you have any questions. Cool


ehr:
Quote:

The URL contained a malformed video ID.


Although at first I thought you pointed us to a Kim Kardashian video.. 0.o
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 12:36 pm
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Ziola
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Twisted Evil

Hmph. That makes me an angry bunny. Lemme try again...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRGX-Ot3VK4


You wanna know something funny? I didn't even know they had a twitter Embarassed
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I also got followed by Coalition and decided to follow back. I haven't had much time to check out the site today since work has been busy, but watched most of Ziola's video. Thanks, that explains a lot! Smile

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 5:52 pm
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This is no spam i just forwarded this to everyone on her friends list. It's about Molly, she is gone missing i came home last nite and thought maybe she was just partying but she hasnt been home all day now. If you guys see her tell her to call or let me know my email is fusion18SPLAThotmail.com


I found this in my inbox. It seems pretty coherent, but I wasn't sure if there wasn't some new fancy spam.
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Phyrehawk
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Rotation wrote:
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This is no spam i just forwarded this to everyone on her friends list. It's about Molly, she is gone missing i came home last nite and thought maybe she was just partying but she hasnt been home all day now. If you guys see her tell her to call or let me know my email is fusion18SPLAThotmail.com


I found this in my inbox. It seems pretty coherent, but I wasn't sure if there wasn't some new fancy spam.


I had that email address add me to msn sometime during the night... The invite text was "please help me find mollie".

Slight different spelling but...

[eta]

Profile is nothing special...

"No Name
Still Searching For Molly"

The display name of the MSN contact is Roahoe though.
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Tresbien
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NOTE: Don't know if this is part of What's In The Box or not.

Just had a contact on Google chat and hope you all can help out with decoding this image. Here's the complete chat:
Quote:
bythebarker: Hello. My name is Kepi. A friend of mine disappeared two years ago, and I've been trying to track her down. I found an image on her hard drive a while back...someone told me it was encrypted, but I don't know the last thing about stuff like that. I heard you might be able to help. Do you think you can?
Have you ever heard the phrase "What lies under the shadow of the statue"?

me: hello. Sorry I'm a bit distracted at the moment but, yes, I have heard that statement.

bythebarker: That's fine. Just let me know and I'll stop bothering you. But if you knew anything about decrypting files it would be a big help.
me: I know a bit and will do whatever I can to help.
bythebarker: Thanks.
me: If I can't figure it out, I've got friends who surely can.

bythebarker: Unfortunately it doesn't seem like I'm able to send images to you..but I'll see if I can host it somewhere.

me: all right. You can send me a link if that works best

me: Can you tell me anything about that phrase that you know?
bythebarker: Here it is: http://i40.tinypic.com/2qcmh3q.jpg

bythebarker: I don't know much about it, to be honest...my friend went to Los Angeles last year, talking about a "job." But I never saw her again. I found that phrase scrawled all over her apartment...and it was originally the name of this image file. I don't know what it means, but I'm hoping I can find out.

me: I'll see what I can do. It's intriguing but I've no idea how to analyze it offhand.
looks kind of like an animal's head, right?

bythebarker: That's fine...anything would help, really.
me: What can you tell me about your friend and the kind of work she does?
bythebarker: You're right, it kind of does. I just don't know what it means. I was told it was important...that there was something hidden in it. But my friend who knows about this sort of stuff couldn't even figure out how whatever was in it was hidden.
Her name is Ilana. She's a "freelancer," to put it bluntly.
me: like in a soldier of fortune kind of way?
bythebarker: Yes, I guess you could say that. She's a dangerous girl...and now I'm worried she's gotten herself into a heap of trouble.
me: That's too bad. It's hard to be worried about a friend. Where was she last seen or heard from?

bythebarker: She called me shortly before boarding a flight to LA, but I have no idea what she was doing there. Before that, she was talking about going somewhere...getting lots of money. She thought she was in the process of finding something big, but didn't really elaborate on what exactly that was.
me: How should I contact you?

bythebarker: You can email this account if you'd like, but I'm not sure I'll reply unless I'm on AIM itself. But if you absolutely must, you can reach me at bythebarkerSPLATaim.com
me: Would you prefer that I not publish that?
bythebarker: I suppose it's fine if you do, but I can't guarantee I'll make much use of it.
me: all right
I'll see what I can do to help you and your friend.
bythebarker: But I'm sorry, I'm afraid I have to go
Thank you very much
me: be well


LOST fans will recognize Ilana and the phrase as one from this week's episode. So any help with this image would be appreciated.

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Phyrehawk
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Hrm... Upping the brightness reveals:

KAI ME TON KUNA

in the bottom right hand corner.
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Tresbien
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Phyrehawk wrote:
Hrm... Upping the brightness reveals:

KAI ME TON KUNA

in the bottom right hand corner.


Thanks to you and Dante for that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anubis
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Although the Greeks and Romans typically scorned Egypt's animal-headed gods as bizarre and primitive (they mockingly called Anubis the "Barker"), Anubis was sometimes associated with Sirius in the heavens, and Cerberus in Hades. In his dialogues (e.g. Republic 399e, 592a), Plato has Socrates utter, "by the dog" (kai me ton kuna), "by the dog of Egypt","by the dog, the god of the Egyptians" (Gorgias, 482b), for emphasis


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catherwood
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Tresbien wrote:
LOST fans will recognize Ilana and the phrase as one from this week's episode. So any help with this image would be appreciated.

The image is a photoshopped modification of a freeze frame from this past week's episode of LOST.

Let's take this to a discussion thread. This is no longer a question of spam. (Personally, i think this is a fan game, nothing official)

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Kazic
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I just had an encounter on yahoo IM, that seems very ARGish to me, but I haven't seen any other threads about the same thing, nor have I see anything resembling it in this one. I'll put it up and you guys can tell me what you think.

...

littleoakley: They think she's still there you know
littleoakley: But she left
littleoakley: she left them and she left me
Kazic: excuse me?
Kazic: who left who?
littleoakley: She left me and the others, the ones in the room
Kazic: who did?
littleoakley: My mommy.
littleoakley: She left with the bad thing, and she left the man and the lady in their rooms
Kazic: Bad thing?
littleoakley: Yes
Kazic: What is the bad thing?
Kazic: Who are you?
littleoakley: Hey called himself The Low Key. Then he called me Little Miss Oakley
littleoakley: Then he started laughing
Kazic: Who was with you?
littleoakley: Mommy was in the next room over, but she couldn't here me.
Kazic: Why not?
littleoakley: Because of him. He knows how it works. And it can't hold him.
littleoakley: The Low Key
Kazic: He know how what works?
littleoakley: The house in the basement. He told me he knows all the halls and walls and the saws that built it up. And he knows the men who pushed it down. He said he didn't need me yet. I'm scared, the man in this room looks like he's waking up. I have to go.
Kazic: Do you know where you are?

...

Yeah. So dunno if it was just a prank. There's no puzzle there, but maybe they will come on again or something. Hmm.
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Kazic wrote:
I just had an encounter on yahoo IM, that seems very ARGish to me, but I haven't seen any other threads about the same thing, nor have I see anything resembling it in this one. I'll put it up and you guys can tell me what you think.

...

littleoakley: They think she's still there you know
littleoakley: But she left
littleoakley: she left them and she left me
Kazic: excuse me?
Kazic: who left who?
littleoakley: She left me and the others, the ones in the room
Kazic: who did?
littleoakley: My mommy.
littleoakley: She left with the bad thing, and she left the man and the lady in their rooms...

etc.


maybe it is related to dinginroombasement.. -> http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=27698

EDIT:
it is related
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Olorin
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I found this site via the RSS Feed from "Ads of the world" so I didn't think it would be an ARG... but boy it has 'that' feel to it: http://www.dlvbbdo.com

I'm too busy at work and playing TSO already.. maybe someone else can find out more about this one - see if there's anything to it
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Lairosiel
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Olorin wrote:
I found this site via the RSS Feed from "Ads of the world" so I didn't think it would be an ARG... but boy it has 'that' feel to it: http://www.dlvbbdo.com

I'm too busy at work and playing TSO already.. maybe someone else can find out more about this one - see if there's anything to it


well, the following link will tell ya something about ^^

http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/898126/DAdda-Lorenzini-Vigorelli-BBDO-launches-website-MS-DOS/
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Caseys_Mom
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edit--> NEVERMIND.... I finally managed to find the right info. to use for the search to find it on here, (find the soul). Looks really awesome!

***************************************************

As of a couple of days ago, I am being followed by: http://twitter.com/patmartin. (related to the Charlotte arg??) - don't really think so??

Also, there is a blog here:
http://patrickdeshawi.ca/

Everything's French...??

He is also on facebook...
this is the first entry: (translated)


"Patrick Martin, I received a strange Adieu to my blog ...
FIND THE SOUL
Source: reperio.ca
In accordance with my instructions, the keys are hidden. Will you be one who will win the reward?"



What ya think??
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Olorin
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So, I think there was some odd advertisement going on during last night's (April 29) episode of Lost (at least here in the US). Black screen, very short flash of a small portion of a scene, then back to black and the words "What have you seen?" fade in on screen.
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