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[Analysis] Could that email or IM be a trailhead, or SPAM?
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RAD24
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^That's for this ARG: http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=29034

PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:25 pm
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Staxx
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OK, thank you. I'll head over there.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 6:16 am
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Olorin
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You received a document!
documentdistributor hotmail

Maybe I've played too many ARG.. I just received an email that made it through the various spam filters.

From: Document Distributor (documentdistributorSPLAThotmail.com)
Subject: You've recieved a document!
Test:
Sending random stuff to random people since 1997.

Attachment: a document.png image - can't quite upload it right now.. the image has a handwritten note on top of a printed cover sheet where you can read the title: "Dovecote Common" I'll try and reformat the image and upload it
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:10 pm
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Psysop
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@ Olorin: For the record I got that tonight as well. Looks like you are looking for this [Trailhead] Kevin Balderock THREAD. Specifically This latest post there.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 3:12 am
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Olorin
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Psysop wrote:
@ Olorin: For the record I got that tonight as well. Looks like you are looking for this [Trailhead] Kevin Balderock THREAD. Specifically This latest post there.


Indeed - thank you!
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 6:37 am
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PatStandifer
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What is this?

Does anyone have any info on this website?

www.PriestlyIndustries.com

PostPosted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 5:36 pm
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Nighthawk
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Re: What is this?

PatStandifer wrote:
Does anyone have any info on this website?

www.PriestlyIndustries.com


Yeah, that smells of ARG... I'll open up a thread.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 8:51 pm
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CapnZ
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I've received this email twice from different addresses. All they say is:

Job description attached.

Then they have 2 attachments one is a text file:

Hello,
My name is Damon Hauser, Human Resources Manager of BridgedGap Worldwide. We're a mystery shopping company that conducts secret shopping evaluations throughout the US, South America and Europe . We are looking for 60 qualified shoppers to conduct secret shopping evaluations in the US. We need individuals such as yourself to work about 4hrs a week, performing secret shopping activities. This is a part time job paying between $800-$1200 per week.

We assign secret shopping assigments and after evaluation, the shopper sends in a report or comment about the events that happened during the visit. The information should be objective only and should contain only the facts about the visit. The shopper is provided funds for the request of service, hence you do not need to pay any amount to start or even invest a cent of your money into shopping. We will be providing all the funds needed. You are paid a flat fee of $120 for successfully completing an evaluation. The mystery shopper/Evaluator acts like any normal customer, you will be discrete about the evaluation, that's the only way it can be efficient.

Once you accept an assignment, your report must be completed and submitted within 24hrs hours after the visit to the evaluated Company or Business. Your job will be to evaluate and comment on customer service ranging from speed of service delivery, environmental neatness, attitude and manner of approach from the employees and your subjective opinion of service delivery from the business as potrayed by the employees. This report will be turned over to me directly and I in turn will collate this and the result of the survey, delivered to the business.

Our services are rendered when businesses perceive a declined in service utilization, what worse time for any business than the present recession within the country. Your Identity must be confidential and secret just as the job specifies (MYSTERY SHOPPER). Your fee is a flat $120, for every evaluation assignment. Transportation allowance is provided in the amount of $30, this will bring running costs and allowance to $150. You would be provided with the service location to evaluate as soon as you accept the position.

Please read the descriptive above carefully, sending me the infos below means you are very willing and ready to start work, I don't tolerate time wasters and ghost evaluators.

Show ONLY your continued interest by sending me the following...

Full name(s)...
Full Physical Address (No p.o.boxes,ups does not deliver to p.o.boxes)...
Contact Numbers(CELL** & Home)...
Email addresses(If you use more than 1)...
Age...
Current Occupation...
Marital Status


Damon Hauser.
damonhauser1SPLATaol.com
BridgeGap Worldwide.



P.S... Contact me immediately for details

The other is a picture of "prisoner of my own by shimoda7"

PostPosted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 1:09 pm
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catherwood
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CapnZ wrote:
Then they have 2 attachments one is a text file:
...
Show ONLY your continued interest by sending me the following...
Full name(s)...
...
The other is a picture of "prisoner of my own by shimoda7"


SPAM!
Warning flag #1 = text in an attachment, instead of the mail body?
Warning flag #2 = asking for your full name and other personal details up front?
Warning flag #3 = image attachment

Do NOT open ANY attachment when you do not know the sender. No ARG is worth the risk, when it is 99.99% more likely to be a virus and/or identity theft.

PostPosted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 1:06 am
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CapnZ
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I thought so, thank you very much!

PostPosted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 1:07 pm
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thebruceModerator
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So I caught this posting on Digg, a post on Reddit from "someone" who got a very..strange letter on a subway
http://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/bjzfs/

Code:
i've activated the following chinese address
biyao chang jiu cunzi dianzi fangzhi genqian

a long term village is necessary, to prevent
electronics from being in front of something

he is in toronto, working for who we believe
to be us. can't you see it's a turtle? which
means you have twenty four more hours, maybe
from twenty years ago. ya do a false move ya
i'd put this whole planet in checkmate quick

it's going down cause it's busted, yea she's
banging this fool like she wants te. yep's in
it with twenty one dollars on the heavy walrus

you > opp > 1-888-310-1122
opp > aaron > 416-636-####

Written on the side is the date "3 - 26 - 2010" and "19 / 25"


The first number is the public number for the OPP (Ontario Police). I've intentionally left the four digits off the Toronto 416 number (though still visible in the photo, and hasn't been blurred out) because -- there's a chance this may be just the result of, well a crazy man's rambling. Apparently others have called the 2nd number and supposedly spoken with the family of the man handing out these flyers.

Something just tugs at me though... IF this is 19 of 25, then the rest could be part of the solution to 'decode' (or whatever) the message... assuming it is a message, and not a random meaningless handout...

Not sure what to think about it, so I'm posting it here for opinions on the matter.

Also, it was posted ~17hrs ago from the time of this post. Which makes it midnight my time. Curiouser and curiouser...
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 5:20 pm
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Rogi Ocnorb
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Don't know if it helps, but the Pinyin on the 2nd line is already translated on the 3rd and 4th lines.

Alternatively, (Right-to-left)
A Google translation could be:
Quote:
Front control imitation placed the village to prevent long-term need for textile and electronic ideas

Which seems to almost try and make some sense.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 7:18 pm
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cyphertext
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Here is a new one, just got this email, have no idea what it means or pertains to. It looks like a hack job, but who knows. Feel free to check out the website too. Its not much, but you never know.

Finding the TRUTH

Followers of my worship. The truth is out there. We can have it. We can reach it. it is with in our grasp. You have to beleive in me, in my faith, because my faith never let me down
so it won't let you down either. There is sufficient amount of energy floating around us all around and all we need to do is channel it, so we can communicate. Please believe in me and let me give you my message. Are you ready for the message that can change you, that can change me, and everybody around us? It is here, brothers and sisters! It is here to stay.

-iknowwhathappened.wordpress.com

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Agent Lex
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Definitely an ARG email, but the strange thing is that this one turned up in my agent.lexSPLATgmail.com inbox and the inbox with my real name. Not sure where they grabbed the email from, nothing I've signed up to recently used it.

Didn't want to make a new trailhead thread in case anyone figures out if this links to something else or what.

iknowwhathappenedSPLATwordpress.com wrote:

Subject: Finding The TRUTH

Followers of my worship. The truth is out there. We can have it. We can reach it. it is with in our grasp. You have to beleive in me, in my faith, because my faith never let me down
so it won't let you down either. There is sufficient amount of energy floating around us all around and all we need to do is channel it, so we can communicate. Please believe in me and let me give you my message. Are you ready for the message that can change you, that can change me, and everybody around us? It is here, brothers and sisters! It is here to stay.

-iknowwhathappened.wordpress.com


(fake edit: same email as cyphertext here, but thought I'd add the details of my email addresses)

PostPosted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 2:46 pm
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victorecho
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Got the iknowwhathappened email as well Smile

Gmail shows that it's addressed to a beckabellerocksSPLATgmail.com, not one of my many email addresses.

A quick google turned up only one search result: a youtube page
http://www.youtube.com/user/BeckaBelleRocks

which brings us to http://thelovelybeckabelle.blogspot.com/

Haven't been around here for a while Very Happy But this is DEFINITELY a trailhead

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