OT: Wierdest Spam I ever recieved

[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.

[Cipher7071]

ACME: literally, the peak, or the pinnacle.
In business lingo: "ACME widgets are the best!"

[Atrocities]

Don't you just love those old Coyote road runner catoons. The Acme rocket is the best.

[Taz-in-Space]

...This has to be the wierdest spam that Taz has EVER recieved:

Ôóòáîë â Ëóæíèêàõ!

Äëÿ Âàñ:
1. Ïðåäîñòàâëÿåì ïëîùàäêè äëÿ ìèíè-ôóòáîëà (ïðîðåçèíåííîå êîâðîâîå ïîêðûòèå) – 1000 ðóáëåé â ÷àñ.
2. Äëÿ ÷àñòíûõ ëèö, æåëàþùèõ èãðàòü â ôóòáîë, ìû ïîäáèðàåì êîìàíäó ïî âîçðàñòó è èíòåëëåêòó – 100 ðóáëåé â ÷àñ.

ÁÅÑÏËÀÒÍÎ ïðåäîñòàâëÿåì:
- ôóòáîëüíûé èíâåíòàðü (ìÿ÷è, Æèëåòêè, êîíóñû, ôèøêè è ò.ä.)
- êîíñóëüòàöèè ïðîôåññèîíàëüíîãî òðåíåðà.
- òåïëûå ðàçäåâàëêè ñ äóøåâûìè êàáèíêàìè.

Ïî æåëàíèþ îðãàíèçîâûâàåì ñóäåéñòâî (ïëàòíî)
3. Ïðåäîñòàâëÿåì ÑÀÓÍÛ.
Çà îäèí ÷àñ – 600 ðóáëåé.
Çà äâà ÷àñà – 1000 ðóáëåé
Çà òðè ÷àñà – 1200 ðóáëåé, êàæäûé ïîñëåäóþùèé ÷àñ ïîñëå òðåõ ÷àñîâ – 300 ðóáëåé.
4. Ïðîôåññèîíàëüíàÿ ïîäãîòîâêà ëþáèòåëüñêèõ êîìàíä ê òóðíèðàì. Òåõíèêà, òàêòèêà, ñòðàòåãèÿ, êîëëåêòèâíûå äåéñòâèÿ ( 500 ðóáëåé îäíî çàíÿòèå)

Äëÿ Âàøèõ äåòåé:
5. Èíäèâèäóàëüíàÿ êîìïëåêñíàÿ ïîäãîòîâêà ìàëü÷èêîâ, âîçðàñòîì äî 13 ëåò, ê ïðîôåññèîíàëüíîìó ôóòáîëó, ñ ïîñëåäóþùèì òðóäîóñòðîéñòâîì.
Çàíÿòèÿ ïðîâîäÿò òðåíåðû ïî ôóòáîëó, ëåãêîé àòëåòèêå, ïëàâàíèþ è ðèòìèêå ñ ôóòáîëüíîé íàïðàâëåííîñòüþ. 300 ðóáëåé îäíî çàíÿòèå.

ÑÎÁÅÐÈÒÅ ÊÎÌÀÍÄÓ ÈËÈ ÏÐÈÕÎÄÈÒÅ ÑÀÌÈ ÏÐÎÂÅÑÒÈ ÑÂÎÁÎÄÍÎÅ ÂÐÅÌß Ñ ÏÎËÜÇÎÉ ÄËß ÇÄÎÐÎÂÜß

If ANYONE out there has ever seen this (and can translate) Taz would be VERY interested in hearing about it!!!

My guess: I just got my first Encrypted Message.
Unfortunately, Taz has NO IDEA what will de-encrypt it.

P.S. Above was titled : Private Message
Yea... So private that even I can't read it!

[ November 24, 2003, 05:51: Message edited by: Taz-in-Space ]

[Kamog]

I have received Messages like that, too, but I just deleted them. I'm guessing that they are in some other language like maybe Chinese, Japanese, Korean etc and you need the proper font installed in your computer to view it.