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 JansingWillis CaroElza CamidgeCoto PhilyawSalizar ZadraSchumer CeroneButremovic PennigtonShrock MemmottOmahony NewbornSalizar ZadraEhrmann GrimsHuitt Timmermans
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 09:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 10:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tim (Tim), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 11:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Douglas (Douglas), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 12:19 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 12:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
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
― Matt (Matt), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 16:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 16:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
Emilia EastmanHelen SteinleHelen VillmerBrad NeconieKirk TelaneusBetsy RossyAllstott AlethaEsther TillyTomas DavisChristopher 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
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
― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 17:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 17:11 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 17:18 (twenty-one years ago) link
I especially like Crofford Dunkle.
I'd also like to point out this latest sales 'trick':
From: knvienickdastoorSubject: Re:Don't tell nickdastoor.Come see this site
― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 18:50 (twenty-one years ago) link
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
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 27 March 2003 00:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 27 March 2003 00:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Paul Eater (eater), Thursday, 27 March 2003 07:39 (twenty-one years ago) link
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
Is that 'ch' as in 'Loch'?
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 27 March 2003 09:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
Baseler Kudasik and Serres Blewitt.
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 27 March 2003 13:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
I'm getting bored with this now.
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 27 March 2003 22:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 28 March 2003 05:18 (twenty-one years ago) link
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Friday, 28 March 2003 05:19 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 28 March 2003 05:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mark s (mark s), Friday, 28 March 2003 18:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
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
― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 28 March 2003 18:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
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
then we remembered this thread: the WRONG HANDS!!
― mark s (mark s), Friday, 28 March 2003 18:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
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
― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 30 March 2003 21:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
Sosh MuckenthalerMostowy 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
VERY.
― Lara (Lara), Monday, 31 March 2003 09:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
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 AndrewsTo : 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
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
― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 31 March 2003 12:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 1 April 2003 03:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 1 April 2003 06:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
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
― Chris Barrus (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 07:29 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Chris Barrus (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 07:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
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
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 15:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nicole (Nicole), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 15:22 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 15:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
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
You are definitely not worthy of the name Mostowy.
― Nicole (Nicole), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 15:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
Autumn MinetolaPansy PearlGay CrossWang GoryPerdy MutiaFred WicaclyaLacher PulseFunck Crayford (twice)
― Paul Eater (eater), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 16:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
*weeps tears of shame*
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 16:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
― 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
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
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
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
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
Dr. Angus Basil
― tehresa, Monday, 5 May 2008 19:36 (fifteen years ago) link
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
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 UKCORRESPONDENCE: 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
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 PegelowLouise WangFreeman MayoGiovanni 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
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
"Jaw dropping, thong dropping monster."
― Don Homer (kingfish), Friday, 6 August 2010 03:58 (thirteen years ago) link
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
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
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
kurtcobain.seomanager at gmail.com
― From Tha Crouuuch To Da Palacios (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 08:20 (nine years ago) link
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
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
Cookie Scampoli - impotency will never come back into your life
― cwkiii, Monday, 16 June 2014 22:01 (nine years ago) link
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
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
Brit Method
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 08:55 (five years ago) link
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 stevengElvet Bridge is now largely pedestrianised. June 3, 1894, p. I cannot betray that trust.
Subject: Hi there steveng
Elvet Bridge is now largely pedestrianised. June 3, 1894, p. I cannot betray that trust.
Notes:
― 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 BarnesYour 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
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