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[Analysis] Could that email or IM be a trailhead, or SPAM?
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GuyPModerator
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 		I'm fairly sure that This Is Actually Not A Game.

And, in fact, Spam.

Look, a squirrel! Arrow

PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 11:57 am
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Lewis the Second
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 		It was just the intro thing, but readnig it now, I'm inclined to agree.

Sorry, ladies and gents.

PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 11:58 am
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onlykris
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 		Ok, here is my first suspicious email.... I couldn't get anything from the website, but I will do some more digging.
Quote:

Auctions all Phillips Investment Resources, LLC
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit



http://ixyfbufar.org/mm/

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common sense is worth a bushel of learning.


email address is Noreen Shultz" <noakescpms@adv-tech.com.au>
Any ideas??
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 6:25 pm
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iworkhere
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 		whoisWhois:
@whois. MagicNetworkSolutions.comCRSNIC.netARIN.netRIPE.netAPNIC.netLACNIC.netEDUcause.netPIR.orgnic.MILAUnic.net
Server Used: [ whois.gandi.net ]

bottomline-market-players.com = [ ]
domain: BOTTOMLINE-MARKET-PLAYERS.COM
owner-name: self
owner-address: 234 front st.
owner-address: 4433
owner-address: Zona Franca Metro
owner-address: Costa Rica
owner-phone: 506.23467543
viperSPLATbulkbrazil.biz
admin-c: JR1271-GANDI
tech-c: AR41-GANDI
bill-c: JR1271-GANDI
nserver: ns0.livinginthehereandnow.biz 66.148.68.47
nserver: ns00.livinginthehereandnow.biz 72.2.24.12
reg_created: 2005-07-31 20: 16: 56
expires: 2006-07-31 20: 16: 56
created: 2005-08-01 02: 16: 56
changed: 2005-12-20 15: 40: 01
person: john robinson
nic-hdl: JR1271-GANDI
address: 234 front st.
address: 4433
address: Zona Franca Metro
address: Costa Rica
phone: 506.23467543
viperSPLATbulkbrazil.biz
lastupdated: 2005-12-20 15: 34: 58
person: GANDI Auto Register 4.1
nic-hdl: AR41-GANDI
address: GANDI
address: 38 rue Notre-Dame de Nazareth
address: F-75003
address: Paris
address: France
phone: N/A
supportSPLATgandi.net


and strangely enough the site is down now

PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 11:21 pm
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DreamOfTheRood
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 		7Bit
Most likely, it's email spam. However, gmail's really good about dropkicking spam into obscurity, so I might as well run this past you all.

Quote:
Content-Type: text/plain;
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit

within


So, do you think my hard drive's corrupted or what?

added this to the spam email thread since similar emails are already being discussed there - varin

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DreamOfTheRood
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 		Thanks, Varin. It is, indeed, spammity.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:42 pm
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follow your heart
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 		Heyloooo, what have we here?

Just got this a few minutes ago, and I'm pretty convinced it's an ARG beginning.

Quote:
iamthepossum: Hello, dreamer.
bust them heads: Evening.
bust them heads: Do I know you?
iamthepossum: I don't believe you do.
iamthepossum: I don't know you, either.
iamthepossum: Which is exactly why I'm talking to you, dreamer.
iamthepossum: Are you acquainted with a boy named Alan Reeve?
bust them heads: No, I'm not.
bust them heads: Sure you've got the right person?
iamthepossum: No one could be better.
iamthepossum: Say hello to him for me, would you?
bust them heads: I don't know who he is?
iamthepossum: mbyyexmtyy7
iamthepossum: You can figure that out, can't you?
iamthepossum: You're a smart kid.
bust them heads: Who the hell is this?
iamthepossum: Why does it matter, dreamer?
bust them heads: Who is Alan Reeve?
Previous message was not received by iamthepossum because of error: User iamthepossum is not available.


Judging by the 7, I took the ROT-7 of mbyyexmtyy7 and got "tiffletaff7."

Not only is it an AIM screenname, but it also leads to an LJ.

The LJ's latest entry mentions a strange "dream," while the abovementioned IMer seems to like referring to me as "Dreamer."

Proceeded to IM tiffletaff7.
Got a snotty little response, doesn't seem to be aware of this "Possum."

Quote:
bust them heads: Alan Reeve?
Tiffletaff7: who are you?
bust them heads: I got your screenname (encoded) along with your name from someone under the screenname "iamthepossum."
bust them heads: Friend of yours?
Tiffletaff7: who the hell are you?
bust them heads: My name is Tyler.
bust them heads: iamthepossum: Are you acquainted with a boy named Alan Reeve?
bust them heads: No, I'm not.
bust them heads: Sure you've got the right person?
iamthepossum: No one could be better.
iamthepossum: Say hello to him for me, would you?
bust them heads: I don't know who he is?
iamthepossum: mbyyexmtyy7
iamthepossum: You can figure that out, can't you?
iamthepossum: You're a smart kid.
bust them heads: Who the hell is this?
Tiffletaff7: and why are you talking to me about possums?
bust them heads: Read the above.
bust them heads: mbyyexmtyy7
bust them heads: That's an encoded version of tiffletaff7.
bust them heads: Now, is your name Alan Reeve?
Tiffletaff7: i don't know who you are
Tiffletaff7: but don't f**king talk to me again
Tiffletaff7 signed off at 11:27:44 PM.


(edited by me)

Smells pretty ARGish to me. Very Happy
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 12:25 am
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Chewy
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 		The LJ is definitely an ARG in my opinion, however, judging by the response it is very possible that tiffletaff7 the AIM name, is not in-game.

DreamOfTheRoad, see previous posts in this thread, a large amount of us have gotten similar emails, yet what to do with them isn't quite known.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 1:52 am
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Dionysus
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 		the LJ and IMs are definatly an Arg... I suggest creatign a trailhead thread here in News and Rumors

Man, its only January and we have.. like... 8 ARgs now. And I think tifftaff is a character... really good response that fits
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 2:41 am
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Onionring
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 		Ok... a rather mysterious e-mail has just appeared in my inbox...

From John S. <corruptedthoughtSPLATgmail.com>
Date: 15-Jan-2006 16:01
Subject: Greetings From Japan

Then the main body of the e-mail is:

Quote:
We're here, whether you like it or not


All very mysterious really...

The text on the image reads:

Quote:
It'd only b3 a matt3r of tim3 b3for3 they w3r3 found...

But th3y should've stay3d hidd3n...


So then... any ideas?

Edit: Spelling...

PostPosted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 12:28 pm
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 		The picture appears to be the Greek alphabet.

Working on it now.


Well, when you bring it into English font, you get this:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
PRO?EXT ASHXROFT

the "?" being a character that I can't find on my keyboard.

ASHXROFT?

Ashcroft?

Huh?

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follow your heart wrote:
The picture appears to be the Greek alphabet.

Working on it now.


Well, when you bring it into English font, you get this:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
PRO?EXT ASHXROFT

the "?" being a character that I can't find on my keyboard.

ASHXROFT?

Ashcroft?

Huh?


This is a familiar name. There were two previous incarnations of this game -- one success, and one meltdown. Perhaps all of the 3's denote that this is v.3.
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 		By familiar name, do you mean email address?
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 		By familiar name, I mean we've seen this name before.
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 		Ah.

Sorry, I was thinking our oh-so-not-fabulous former Attorney General, and thought it obvious everyone had heard THAT name
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