OT: Wierdest Spam I ever recieved

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Among the mysterious devices sought by the message's author were an "Acme 5X24 series time transducing capacitor with built-in temporal displacement" and an "AMD Dimensional Warp Generator module containing the GRC79 induction motor."

the 'Acme' tends to make me believe it's a big scam. for those of you who don't know, acme was a company that sold cheap gags. plus, in the cartoons i watched it had an unfailing ability to deliver weird gadgets to cartoon character's. although the gadgets themselves weren't always satisfactory.

[Loser]

I am under the impression that the reason the cartoon used the brand name ACME is because it was a command company name. There a still a whole heck of a lot of companies the ACME in their name. Check your phone book, I'll bet there are some in your own town.

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:

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Among the mysterious devices sought by the message's author were an "Acme 5X24 series time transducing capacitor with built-in temporal displacement" and an "AMD Dimensional Warp Generator module containing the GRC79 induction motor."

the 'Acme' tends to make me believe it's a big scam.

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The part about him being a time traveller from the future didn't tip you off, but when you saw "ACME" you knew it was bogus?

[Roanon]

Originally posted by Atrocities:
And that is at cost to.

Cutting your own throat too, probably

[narf poit chez BOOM]

The part about him being a time traveller from the future didn't tip you off, but when you saw "ACME" you knew it was bogus?

time traveler, delusional. company name from cartoons, joke.

I am under the impression that the reason the cartoon used the brand name ACME is because it was a command company name. There a still a whole heck of a lot of companies the ACME in their name. Check your phone book, I'll bet there are some in your own town.

personally, i don't know a thing about wether or not it's a real company, however, someone else on this forum seemed to think that.

[ November 20, 2003, 20:42: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

[Kamog]

Originally posted by Gorgo:
About the time travelling story, I really liked the part where a guy made up an Online store just for the spammer. Both text and pix are hilarious:
http://www.davesplanet.net/store/

For those who haven't found it, the story:
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,60141,00.html

Gorgo

LOL! Those message exchanges that people have had with the time traveller guy are really funny. Those people are making up all sorts of nonsense, claiming they have the special components, and so on, and the time traveller guy always responds so seriously. ... some people must have alot of free time.

[Nocturnal]

Originally posted by Atrocities:
Ah what the hell, knock a billion off.

Check this out.. regarding spam filters.

http://theregister.co.uk/content/6/34035.html

In case you aren't aware, Penny Arcade did a comic about that recently.