What's the weirdest spam you've ever received

[23skidoo]

Spam artists (or scam artists, if you will) seem to be getting more creative. Maybe it's because spam blockers are getting more sophisticated. It used to be I'd get several spams a day (even with a blocker on my system and ISP level) for viagra and male enhancement. Oh, and penny stock tips.

They've all disappeared in the last year, thank god, but they've been replaced by spam I just have to classify as weird.

There's a guy in Malaysia who is hell bent on everyone in the world knowing about furniture he builds.

And then there's the one I just got a few minutes ago from someone selling - MRI scanners for hospitals.

That one takes the cake for weirdness. I just hope if I ever have to get an MRI done, it's not a machine some guy bought off a spam!

What's the weirdest, most head-scratching spam you've ever received?

Alex

 

[backstept]

I've gotten a few claiming to be FBI or some ARMY guy . . . didn't actually open them so I don't know what they're about . . .

 

[ManOnTheWave]

I seem to have a lot of banking problems in Great Britain. I would be hesitant to trust the British banking system based on these frequent notices about security breaches and other cock ups, that is, if I ever banked in Britain, had ever lived in Britain, or ever been in Britain.

 

[trekkiedane]

Can't say - never read any of my spam beyond "Subject" and "Sender".

 

[Holdfast]

I seem to have a lot of banking problems in Great Britain. I would be hesitant to trust the British banking system based on these frequent notices about security breaches and other cock ups, that is, if I ever banked in Britain, had ever lived in Britain, or ever been in Britain.

In all seriousness, at one point that spam was so widespread that LloydsTSB (one of our biggest banks) actually decided to stop sending out any genuine official emails, in order that they could just tell all customers that ANY email purporting to come from them MUST be spam, no matter how genuine it looked. They've restarted using email for some announcements again now, as the spam has been largely curtailed.

I think some major spam networks got taken down late last year or early this year, causing a fall in global spam volumes. Don't know the details; too lazy to check.

 

[ManOnTheWave]

Yep. Most say Lloyds. I still get two or three a week.

 

[Subcommander R.]

Saif Gaddafi wanting me to open a bank account for him.

 

[Jetfire]

Nude pictures of Anna Kournikova.

 

[HoneyBLilly]

Someone claiming to be my lost daughter . . . . Who was 19, so unless I had her when I was seven . . .

 

[STR]

Someone claiming to be my lost daughter . . . . Who was 19, so unless I had her when I was seven . . .

Well, the youngest mother on record was 5 years 7 months old when she had her first son.

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Got a funny one myself the other day, ostensibly from my sister (not sure how they got her name, or if it was her, where she learned Chinese), trying to sell me pills to enlarge my breasts (which by itself is a funny thing to send a guy).

I'm not sure if I'm going to actually tell her about that one.

Side note: If you want some fun stories of people getting back at spammers, Google "Ebola Monkey Man" (NSFW). My favorite is the It's Raining Men Guy who looks vaguely like Michael Jordan.

 

[Mr Silver]

When I get ones from myself, apparently

 

[Holdfast]

Saif Gaddafi wanting me to open a bank account for him.

I like it when the spammers keep up to date with current affairs. It shows initiative and diligence.

 

[Kelso]

I thought that said 'sperm'. Disappointed now.

 

[Roberta Lincoln]

I got several asking me if I wanted a Russian bride.
They stopped after a while - I guess they figured I wasn't interested!

 

[kirsten187]

I got a text message the other day (and I know other people have too) saying to call them if I wanted to claim for my accident.....I've never been in a car crash or fallen from a ladder or slipped on a recently mopped floor or anything like that. I deleted the text

 

[{ Emilia }]

I keep getting spam from American soldiers in Iraq who need my help to smuggle 2 million dollar out of the country.

Stuff like that.

Hm... or maybe that isn't spam?!?!

 

[Holdfast]

I got a text message the other day (and I know other people have too) saying to call them if I wanted to claim for my accident.....I've never been in a car crash or fallen from a ladder or slipped on a recently mopped floor or anything like that. I deleted the text

I got that one the other day too. Someone actually did bump into my car about 9 months ago, and though it's all been long repaired, occasionally insurance companies are really, really slow to tie up loose threads. So I had to google the number to be absolutely certain it was indeed spam (though obviously I guessed it probably was). No free money for me!