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Katsurame

I got this from xbuli3jfSPLATiea.com on my GMail account.

**Posted:** Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:25 pm

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**Posted:** Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:31 pm

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Svengoolie · Decorated Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 289 Location: Chicago

Spam porn/trojans are almost like rabbit holes these days...

**Posted:** Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:45 pm

GuyP

Always good for a giggle, I agree, but probably better off in the thread at the top of this very forum:
Could that IM or email be a trailhead, or SPAM?

Smile

merged with the existing spam thread. ~ varin

**Posted:** Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:48 pm

MageSteff

Found this in my spamcatcher over at Hotmail. The only reason it caught my attention is because of the mention of Mr. Dobbs and with Catching the Wish getting ramped up to run I thought this deserved a mention (mods, please move this to the CTW threa if it does belong there!) since it had a "shades of the MIB" vibe to it.

**Posted:** Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:12 am

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Falafel · Veteran Joined: 30 Dec 2005 Posts: 73

I recently recieved this email:

**Posted:** Sat Apr 01, 2006 11:20 am

yanka

Spam! This is an excerpt from Master and Margarita -- and they used it as filler for "advanced penile medication" spam?! Hmf!

**Posted:** Sat Apr 01, 2006 4:31 pm

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What i don't understand about these messages is how I block images from coming in (via Thunderbird) and still get these images coming through.

**Posted:** Sat Apr 01, 2006 5:13 pm

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Ehsan · Entrenched Joined: 09 May 2003 Posts: 992

addlepated

Either that or this:

http://www.sharewonders.com/2006/03/26/how-spam-circumvents-image-off-features-in-web-mail/

**Posted:** Sat Apr 01, 2006 5:29 pm

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So... I was at the bar tonight (so forgive any poor spelling as Im now drunk), when I got two text messages at 931 PM EST.

Text 1: "The days of glory shall soon return."

Text 2: "You have been warned."

They were delivered viua Secure Channel IM (using AOL IM) .. so I have no idea who sent them (an attempt to text the sender back just siad he/she wasnt available.)

So.. either a friend is playing a joke on me, or this is a trailhead message.

**Posted:** Thu Apr 06, 2006 2:46 am

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**Posted:** Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:49 am

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Dionysus

There was none. Theres an ID number, but I think thats what SecureChannelIM (I have to look it up for sure) does... it masks screenames.

The whole text of one looks liek this

"From:265060
SecureChannel IM: (using AOL IM)
You have been warned
Wed, Apr 5 9:31pm"

**Posted:** Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:20 pm

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SirQuady · Unfettered Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 576

Sounds suspicously trailheadlike to me... or like you said, a freind playing a joke.

Unfortunatley, i have no idea how to figure out who sent it...

**Posted:** Fri Apr 07, 2006 4:36 pm

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I have a feeling its related to that IM that CreativeEmbassy got (see META). Just a gut feeling.

**Posted:** Fri Apr 07, 2006 6:46 pm

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