The simple joy of stupid spam names

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One must eke out morsels of comfort and tiny-fun in these distressing times and perhaps keep them, moist and humming, in some nifty snap-lock tupperware.

To this end, I'm currently compiling a list of stupid names appearing in the 'From:' or, indeed, the 'To:' field of spam emails I receive in my Yahoo account.

Here, for your fleeting and miniscule pleasure, is the list ten days into this facile project:

Bragado Jansing
Willis Caro
Elza Camidge
Coto Philyaw
Salizar Zadra
Schumer Cerone
Butremovic Pennigton
Shrock Memmott
Omahony Newborn
Salizar Zadra
Ehrmann Grims
Huitt Timmermans

Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 09:20 (twenty-one years ago) link

Omahony Newborn = greatest name in history of pointing and larfing

mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 10:49 (twenty-one years ago) link

Omahony Newborn = Old Tyme Music Hall singalong classic.

Tim (Tim), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 11:03 (twenty-one years ago) link

I've been getting mail addressed to "Playboy Bloodbath" for years.

Douglas (Douglas), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 12:19 (twenty-one years ago) link

Oops, sorry about that, Douglas. I knew I had the right building - could you pop it through next door?

Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 12:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

I got something from Bud Dutton today. (Which is a Spoonerism for Dud Button, oddly enough...)

It was for 'Valium - Viagra - Xanax - Ambien - Zoloft - Ativan' -- I'm obviously making a big order for all of the above later today.

ChristineSH (chrissie1068), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 15:50 (twenty-one years ago) link

I've been collecting them too. Preston Fink is my favourite so far.

Matt (Matt), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 16:33 (twenty-one years ago) link

simon stovell thinks i'd do well to embiggen my penis

mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 16:40 (twenty-one years ago) link

What a great thread. My old AOL account (my sister still uses AOL) is like a massive repository for spam. This is just the past 3 days...

Emilia Eastman
Helen Steinle
Helen Villmer
Brad Neconie
Kirk Telaneus
Betsy Rossy
Allstott Aletha
Esther Tilly
Tomas Davis
Christopher Noble (how "noble" is it to be selling Phentermine, Viagra and Propecia?)

Aaron W (Aaron W), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 16:48 (twenty-one years ago) link

The funny thing is - my list is unedited. I haven't left out any Pete Smiths or Sue McLeans, every name attached to a spam post subtle enough not to smack straight into my Bulk folder (i.e. not something with lots of HTML graphics and a Cyrillic/Japanese font) is this exotic.

What name generator do they use and were Stephen Fry and Chris Morris consulted on the coding? Is it random syllables from the real name fields of bulletin board postings around the web?

Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 17:05 (twenty-one years ago) link

kirk telaneus anagram = snakelike rut

mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 17:07 (twenty-one years ago) link

Bloody hell, I've only just noticed I got mail from Salizar Zadra twice. They must be real!

Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 17:11 (twenty-one years ago) link

I just got one from "Ed Jim", which I can only assume is the informal version of "Edward James". Or the result of a random name generator that needs some work.

Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 17:18 (twenty-one years ago) link

Sheehy Barlett
Ermen Gardine
Crofford Dunkle
Housemate Walke
Zelinka Barnett
Ilana Lozinski
Beth Beastie

I especially like Crofford Dunkle.

I'd also like to point out this latest sales 'trick':

From: knvienickdastoor
Subject: Re:Don't tell nickdastoor.Come see this site

N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 18:50 (twenty-one years ago) link

Housemate Walke! Oh, marvellous.

Today's new addition ("Collect Huge With Our Trouble-Free Online Gambling"): Corolis Grantland.

Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 21:13 (twenty-one years ago) link

I've just counted and I have 102 e-mails from Vibha Jackson. GOD DAMN YOU VIBHA JACKSON

Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 27 March 2003 00:32 (twenty-one years ago) link

There's also an e-mail concerning my membership to "Perfect Offers"

Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 27 March 2003 00:33 (twenty-one years ago) link

Wamp Larwill
Hung Diggs
Melody Speed

Paul Eater (eater), Thursday, 27 March 2003 07:39 (twenty-one years ago) link

Butremovic Pennigton

hmmm -- Slavic-sounding first name, english-sounding last name.

could be a relative of mine!

Tad (llamasfur), Thursday, 27 March 2003 08:56 (twenty-one years ago) link

Today's new best friend (hawking University Diplomas): Prich Hibberd.

Is that 'ch' as in 'Loch'?

Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 27 March 2003 09:14 (twenty-one years ago) link

Raising my hopes of Added Profession Options With A Wealthy Prospect are:

Baseler Kudasik and Serres Blewitt.

Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 27 March 2003 13:46 (twenty-one years ago) link

Laci Genesao and Tiffaney Quek - bukkake and body fat reduction.

I'm getting bored with this now.

Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 27 March 2003 22:28 (twenty-one years ago) link

ian graham just casually inquired as to whether or not i'd like to be hung like a horse

mark p (Mark P), Friday, 28 March 2003 05:18 (twenty-one years ago) link

ah that ian, what a wag

electric sound of jim (electricsound), Friday, 28 March 2003 05:19 (twenty-one years ago) link

seriously though: does anyone know of effective anti-spam programs for microsoft outlook? ideally i'd like something that does more than just filter.

mark p (Mark P), Friday, 28 March 2003 05:21 (twenty-one years ago) link

Tyler Hynyke
Sandy Swain
Atlas Courtney ("Septic Tanks — What You Need to Understand")

mark s (mark s), Friday, 28 March 2003 18:16 (twenty-one years ago) link

ideally i'd like something that does more than just filter.

What do you want it to do, make a citizen's arrest on the sender?

N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 28 March 2003 18:19 (twenty-one years ago) link

aren't there fancy ones that send back messages what fake the receiver into thinking you don't exist? that'd be fab.

mark p (Mark P), Friday, 28 March 2003 18:21 (twenty-one years ago) link

My mailup.net account can do that.

More generally, I think Bayesian filtering is the new thing. And I believe there is a beta version of a plugin called Spammunition that works with Outlook. See here for an approval.

N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 28 March 2003 18:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

haha at work we decided to invent an email that delviers a MASSIVE JOLT OF ELECTRICITY to s/he who opens it (good for late delivery of ad copy especially)

then we remembered this thread: the WRONG HANDS!!

mark s (mark s), Friday, 28 March 2003 18:26 (twenty-one years ago) link

Atlas Courtney ("Septic Tanks — What You Need to Understand")

I got that too - but from Motter Jarreau.

I think Yahoo is getting smarter as these fellows are beginning to land in the Bulk folder with their alternative character-set brethren.

The end of an era.

Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Sunday, 30 March 2003 08:58 (twenty-one years ago) link

Shrock Memmott!!

mark s (mark s), Sunday, 30 March 2003 21:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

Two belters today - the From: and To: fields in the same mail about free pay-per-view cable telly:

Sosh Muckenthaler
Mostowy Deaderick

If I see Mossie, I must let him know Mucko's got this scam going.

Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 31 March 2003 06:43 (twenty-one years ago) link

Christopher Noble (how "noble" is it to be selling Phentermine, Viagra and Propecia?)

VERY.

Lara (Lara), Monday, 31 March 2003 09:15 (twenty-one years ago) link

I don't seem to be getting any of the good ones. The most recent ones have been:

Absalom Bejar
William O. Riley
Eldon Biage
Luis Drurys
Diamond Jim

A chap called Nick keeps sending me mails about Viagara and other penile enhancement techniques. And I've received two mails from Saint Andrews, who are slyly trying to sell me a wedding.

"From : Saint Andrews
To :
Subject : Wedding

Dear Lara
You made an inquiry about a wedding at St Andrew's. Did you want to proceed with that wedding here?
Nick Spezer"

Now all I need to organise is a hairdresser, shoes and, oh yes, someone I'd like to share more than a couple of months of my life with!

Lara (Lara), Monday, 31 March 2003 09:49 (twenty-one years ago) link

from the cheap humour dept: "time to grow that schlong" received this morning from one aaron r. cox

mark p (Mark P), Monday, 31 March 2003 12:38 (twenty-one years ago) link

Shawnece Nicesnatch" | This is spam | Add to Address Book
To: gygax0r@y@h00.c0m
Subject: Oh no, I lost my panties again - Finger me please?

gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 1 April 2003 03:27 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Las Vegas A Bit Overly Expensive?" asks Malich Bringman of Khuu Jecmenek. I don't expect Khuu to reply - he's such a stickler for grammar.

Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 1 April 2003 06:30 (twenty-one years ago) link

I'm going to keep this going until the end of the war.

Breach Mcredmond gives Elliston Deibert the cable filter info he requested and I somehow get in the way.

Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 06:44 (twenty-one years ago) link

Brooke P. Stevens wants me to reduce body fat and build muscle.
Georgia Spears is offering me software to copy my DVDs
Larisa Coleman is offering me cheap generic viagra
Giselle Chisholm sez "Get into that summer look"
Samara Papp offers me to "return to my youth"
Gail Guevara will remove the obstacles that cause adults to abandon hope and sell me bogus university degrees and fake academic transcripts
Ramiro Randolph knows why his son stays out on weekends

Chris Barrus (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 07:29 (twenty-one years ago) link

One more... Tony (real last name unknown) just emailed me to let me know that I can purchase secret documents proving that aliens have been visiting the earth and have a secret Antarctic base.

Chris Barrus (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 07:31 (twenty-one years ago) link

I'm gonna change my name to Aaron R. Cox!

Today, Hank Deselm wrote to ask "What's Up?" and to see if I wanted to visit his webpage. Nice of him!

Aaron W (Aaron W), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 14:41 (twenty-one years ago) link

Barton Luckenbach offered to help me with guaranteed dating. Indeed.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 15:07 (twenty-one years ago) link

Mostowy Deaderick is a wonderful name, in a way I'm glad I'm already married or else I would just wait around until the day I met a Mostowy Deaderick.

Nicole (Nicole), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 15:22 (twenty-one years ago) link

But if you took the name Nicole Deaderick your initials would be N.D.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 15:27 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Hung Diggs"

I am going to the town hall and changing my name to this right after work today.

Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 15:29 (twenty-one years ago) link

Ned, you had to go there, didn't you? Talk about ruining my fantasies of perfect happiness!

You are definitely not worthy of the name Mostowy.

Nicole (Nicole), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 15:30 (twenty-one years ago) link

Today (yes, I am picking just the best of many in my spambin):

Autumn Minetola
Pansy Pearl
Gay Cross
Wang Gory
Perdy Mutia
Fred Wicaclya
Lacher Pulse
Funck Crayford (twice)

Paul Eater (eater), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 16:12 (twenty-one years ago) link

You are definitely not worthy of the name Mostowy.

*weeps tears of shame*

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 16:38 (twenty-one years ago) link

Yahoo mail is SO STUPID. I get mail in my regular inbox from "dzqelky qmzoikl" and I get "dartmouth admissions office" in my BULK MAIL, which i usually delete without reading! (they didn't send an admission, just said when the mail goes out. but stupid, stupid yahoo.)

Maria (Maria), Thursday, 3 April 2003 01:02 (twenty-one years ago) link

Sheena Goncharenko
Tubbe Stok

snoball, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 16:56 (sixteen years ago) link

This just in from "Benjamin Franklin", advertising an online casino.
Subject: "I was a dork and now I'm best friends with Benjamin Franklin"

snoball, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 18:57 (sixteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

Not a spam name, but some of these penis enlargement spam subject lines are getting pretty De Sadean.

Beat her womb with your giant!

Eric H., Tuesday, 6 November 2007 04:46 (sixteen years ago) link

there was a lovely one today promising an attached game of chasing angelina jolie's ass around hollywood.

bnw, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 04:50 (sixteen years ago) link

Bonita Moon

Tape Store, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 06:09 (sixteen years ago) link

sail down the love canal more confidently

whatever, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 07:02 (sixteen years ago) link

Elvia Y. Jernigan tells me to "prepare your love wand for the next battle"

whatever, Thursday, 8 November 2007 16:10 (sixteen years ago) link

one month passes...

Barrister Jossip Welber

From Barrister Jossip Welber
Dear Friend,

My name is Barrister Jossip Welber, an Attorney at Law.

I am writing to notify you of the unclaimed inheritance deposit of our late client, Mr.Morris Thompson who passed on to the Great beyond 0n Tuesday,August 24, 2004 in the Siberia Airlines Tu-154 Crash.I got your name and email address through a web search engine in my quest to get a reliable individual who shall work with me in claiming this inheritance deposit since all efforts to get the biological relative has proved abortive.

Get back to me with your tel/fax numbers for more information on the amount of inheritance, procedure and legality of this claim via this email address jwelbe✧✧✧@a✧✧.c✧✧.

Regards,
Jossip Welber
Attorney At Law
Rrply to this email address: jwelbe✧✧✧@a✧✧.c✧✧

Mackro Mackro, Saturday, 15 December 2007 20:24 (sixteen years ago) link

one month passes...

Gena Ponce is lonely and would like to chat with me tonite.

Madchen, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 10:13 (sixteen years ago) link

dsaf Ratikoski is bitching at me about not being able to get on the "f****ing bed."

miryam, Thursday, 17 January 2008 00:22 (sixteen years ago) link

two months pass...

Not a stupid name, but recent spam I've received has taken a trash-literary bent:

He dreamed of the piling, so real he felt he could almost reach out and slide his palm over its green-black fissured curve.

[blurb about some sex product deleted]

Outside he could hear the roaring sound of Annie's bright-blue riding lawnmower — she was around front, giving the grass a good trim so those cockadoodie Roydmans wouldn't have anything to talk about in town.
I don't kid myself that you'd care about getting another two people killed, if it would help you.
She studied his white, sweat-beaded face for a moment, then nodded and left the room.

Michael Jones, Monday, 14 April 2008 10:47 (sixteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

Dr. Angus Basil

tehresa, Monday, 5 May 2008 19:36 (fifteen years ago) link

two months pass...

am getting lots of fake headlines as subject lines:

Raw footage of snake swallowing horse
Raging bull gores 3 in freak accident
Girl loses breasts in surgical disaster

all with links purporting to be videos of said accidents.

the link appears to say 'you must download video activex object to play this video file' after which i am sure much jollity ensues.

koogs, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 18:59 (fifteen years ago) link

haha yeah my gmail spam folder is a constant source of entertainment

IBM to file for bankruptcy
Typhoon in Taiwan devastates city
Michelle Obama latest fashion disaster
Torture widespread in Palestinian jails
Facebook under attack by clones!!

It's like reading the Daily Mail!

ken c, Friday, 1 August 2008 12:53 (fifteen years ago) link

Somebody calling themselves "Gay Funk" is clearly channelling Yoda with a spam e-mail titled "Be not afraid of making changes in your life"

snoball, Friday, 1 August 2008 12:58 (fifteen years ago) link

"Arnold Bumptious Nguyen"

snoball, Saturday, 2 August 2008 07:38 (fifteen years ago) link

three months pass...

Attn: Winner,

You won the sum of $500,000.00 USD from our monthly sweepstakes. Your
email address was among the five lucky winner in our computer email
ballot,You are hereby advice to get back to us,to claim your prize.

CONTACT COURIER PROMOTION MANAGER WITH DETAILS BELOW;PPPAY COURIER UK
CORRESPONDENCE: Mr Mally Runk.

TEL : +44-701-113-3045

FAX : + 44 7 07 505 5654

E MAIL: mallyr✧✧✧@hotm✧✧✧.c✧✧

EMAIL:pppaycour✧✧✧@hotm✧✧✧.c✧✧

PLEASE NOTE: NON RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM ARE TO BEAR EXPENSES
FOR THIER COURIER DELIVERY.

Claims Requirements:

1.full name:

2.Home Address:

3.Age:

4.Sex:

5.Marital Status:

6.Phone Number:

7.Nationality :

8.Country Of Residence.

9. Occupation.
Regards,

Stella White

omar little, Monday, 24 November 2008 18:12 (fifteen years ago) link

four months pass...

Kenneth Williams lives

Cher,
Nous vous saluons au nom du Dieu tout-puissant.
Mon nom est Kenneth Williams et ma soeur Juliet en provenance de la Sierra Leone. Nous vous écris de République de Côte d'Ivoire, où nous avons pris refuge après la guerre brutale et le meurtre de nos parents par les rebelles lors de la reprise des combats dans notre pays.
En raison de la guerre, notre regretté père a vendu sa compagnie de navigation et nous a emmenés à un pays voisin la Côte d'Ivoire, où il a déposé 18.000.000,00 millions de US $ dans son compte auprès d'un étranger de la banque ici en Côte d'Ivoire. En raison de la situation politique actuelle en Côte d'Ivoire, nous sommes à la recherche de votre aide pour transférer cet argent et aussi déménager dans votre pays afin d'approfondir notre étude et nous sommes disposés à vous offrir 15% de la somme totale pour votre aide, mais nous pensons que vous ne pourrez pas faire partie de ce l'argent lorsque la banque d'ici le transfert de votre compte, nous attendons vos réponses, nous allons vous donner plus d'informations sur le transfert.
Cordialement,
Kenneth & Juliet Williams.

Prince of Persia (Ed), Friday, 3 April 2009 11:28 (fifteen years ago) link

Arbuckle Pegelow
Louise Wang
Freeman Mayo
Giovanni Bruce (I imagine that he's a flamboyant Australian fashion designer)

snoball, Friday, 3 April 2009 12:03 (fifteen years ago) link

Cedric Dillard

snoball, Saturday, 4 April 2009 13:52 (fifteen years ago) link

Jessica Simpson recently sent me a very intriguing missive about the English National Lottery. I am American.

DJ Mr. Face Stabba, M.D. (Whitey on the Moon), Thursday, 16 April 2009 03:51 (fifteen years ago) link

nine months pass...

Just got the greatest sender/subject line combo ever:

"Secure State of the Art SSL Encryption"

sent to me by

"Sex Sexual"

Sex Sexual (kingfish), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 02:32 (fourteen years ago) link

six months pass...

"Jaw dropping, thong dropping monster."

Don Homer (kingfish), Friday, 6 August 2010 03:58 (thirteen years ago) link

one year passes...

Dr Sambo Whitehead

cissémanwhore (DJ Mencap), Sunday, 20 May 2012 11:37 (eleven years ago) link

Bellyngton Sweetecok, and it's not pR0n spam

Bryan, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 21:03 (eleven years ago) link

I wonder if Playboy Bloodbath is still sending email?

EDB, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 21:58 (eleven years ago) link

five months pass...

Charley Horton and Rosanne Cabrera both sound as if they could be names of local city council members. But they aren't.

Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 8 November 2012 06:00 (eleven years ago) link

three months pass...

Hetty Osborne and Odette Costello are tempting me with share advice.

Stop Gerrying Me! (onimo), Friday, 15 February 2013 16:18 (eleven years ago) link

one year passes...

kurtcobain.seomanager at gmail.com

From Tha Crouuuch To Da Palacios (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 08:20 (nine years ago) link

three weeks pass...

Ok Higman

john wahey (NickB), Tuesday, 13 May 2014 13:42 (nine years ago) link

Puffin Daniel

Master of Treacle, Tuesday, 13 May 2014 14:03 (nine years ago) link

Sex Sexual wasn't a mid 80s Prince alter ego?
.

Master of Treacle, Tuesday, 13 May 2014 14:18 (nine years ago) link

two weeks pass...

i have a skype acct for work

an individual named berry.wetquirtz7 just asked me to add them

goole, Thursday, 29 May 2014 17:13 (nine years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Cookie Scampoli - impotency will never come back into your life

cwkiii, Monday, 16 June 2014 22:01 (nine years ago) link

one year passes...

Genevieve Kropotkin

feargal czukay (NickB), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 13:39 (eight years ago) link

dying at these

illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 21:04 (eight years ago) link

six months pass...

just received an urgent email about an unpaid invoice from Karla Winstanley

illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 1 March 2016 13:05 (eight years ago) link

Chad Bogan

François Pitchforkian (NickB), Thursday, 10 March 2016 10:46 (eight years ago) link

:D

Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 10 March 2016 19:20 (eight years ago) link

two years pass...

Brit Method

i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 08:55 (five years ago) link

three months pass...

Sergeant. Alvina Snelson.

incarcerated moonfaces (how's life), Friday, 24 August 2018 15:14 (five years ago) link

Dicky Scarwin

incarcerated moonfaces (how's life), Wednesday, 29 August 2018 12:51 (five years ago) link

The greatest spam email I've ever received:

From: steveng [mailto:steveng @ 14zero.pl]

Subject: Hi there steveng

Elvet Bridge is now largely pedestrianised. June 3, 1894, p. I cannot betray that trust.

Notes:

  • I am also a Steven G, but not @14zero.pl
  • Elvet Bridge exists, and in fact has been largely pedestrianised
  • I can't find anything of interest that happened on June 3, 1894
  • What does the ", p." bit mean?
  • By posting this, I've probably betrayed that trust

Hideous Lump, Thursday, 30 August 2018 03:30 (five years ago) link

B. Drinicky Bangg

mick signals, Friday, 31 August 2018 18:52 (five years ago) link

Ethel Barnes
Your personal curator

I'd Rather Kecak (NickB), Wednesday, 5 September 2018 08:41 (five years ago) link

Mrs. Gezerias Bell

Neil S, Wednesday, 5 September 2018 10:34 (five years ago) link

Sharon Fencil

Neil S, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 09:05 (five years ago) link

Smarta Femming

mick signals, Thursday, 20 September 2018 17:35 (five years ago) link

one month passes...

Mandalina Hataway

mick signals, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 14:57 (five years ago) link

Billy Oceak

mick signals, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 19:34 (five years ago) link


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