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-two years ago)
― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 10:49 (twenty-two years ago)
― Tim (Tim), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 11:03 (twenty-two years ago)
― Douglas (Douglas), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 12:19 (twenty-two years ago)
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 12:24 (twenty-two years ago)
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-two years ago)
― Matt (Matt), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 16:33 (twenty-two years ago)
― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 16:40 (twenty-two years ago)
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-two years ago)
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-two years ago)
― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 17:07 (twenty-two years ago)
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 17:11 (twenty-two years ago)
― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 17:18 (twenty-two years ago)
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-two years ago)
Today's new addition ("Collect Huge With Our Trouble-Free Online Gambling"): Corolis Grantland.
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 21:13 (twenty-two years ago)
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 27 March 2003 00:32 (twenty-two years ago)
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 27 March 2003 00:33 (twenty-two years ago)
― Paul Eater (eater), Thursday, 27 March 2003 07:39 (twenty-two years ago)
hmmm -- Slavic-sounding first name, english-sounding last name.
could be a relative of mine!
― Tad (llamasfur), Thursday, 27 March 2003 08:56 (twenty-two years ago)
Is that 'ch' as in 'Loch'?
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 27 March 2003 09:14 (twenty-two years ago)
Baseler Kudasik and Serres Blewitt.
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 27 March 2003 13:46 (twenty-two years ago)
I'm getting bored with this now.
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 27 March 2003 22:28 (twenty-two years ago)
― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 28 March 2003 05:18 (twenty-two years ago)
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Friday, 28 March 2003 05:19 (twenty-two years ago)
― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 28 March 2003 05:21 (twenty-two years ago)
― mark s (mark s), Friday, 28 March 2003 18:16 (twenty-two years ago)
What do you want it to do, make a citizen's arrest on the sender?
― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 28 March 2003 18:19 (twenty-two years ago)
― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 28 March 2003 18:21 (twenty-two years ago)
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-two years ago)
then we remembered this thread: the WRONG HANDS!!
― mark s (mark s), Friday, 28 March 2003 18:26 (twenty-two years ago)
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-two years ago)
― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 30 March 2003 21:24 (twenty-two years ago)
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-two years ago)
VERY.
― Lara (Lara), Monday, 31 March 2003 09:15 (twenty-two years ago)
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-two years ago)
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-two years ago)
― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 31 March 2003 12:38 (twenty-two years ago)
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 1 April 2003 03:27 (twenty-two years ago)
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 1 April 2003 06:30 (twenty-two years ago)
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-two years ago)
― Chris Barrus (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 07:29 (twenty-two years ago)
― Chris Barrus (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 07:31 (twenty-two years ago)
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-two years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 15:07 (twenty-two years ago)
― Nicole (Nicole), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 15:22 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 15:27 (twenty-two years ago)
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-two years ago)
You are definitely not worthy of the name Mostowy.
― Nicole (Nicole), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 15:30 (twenty-two years ago)
Autumn MinetolaPansy PearlGay CrossWang GoryPerdy MutiaFred WicaclyaLacher PulseFunck Crayford (twice)
― Paul Eater (eater), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 16:12 (twenty-two years ago)
*weeps tears of shame*
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 16:38 (twenty-two years ago)
― Maria (Maria), Thursday, 3 April 2003 01:02 (twenty-two years ago)
Sheena Goncharenko Tubbe Stok
― snoball, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 16:56 (eighteen years ago)
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 (eighteen years ago)
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 (eighteen years ago)
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 (eighteen years ago)
Bonita Moon
― Tape Store, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 06:09 (eighteen years ago)
sail down the love canal more confidently
― whatever, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 07:02 (eighteen years ago)
Elvia Y. Jernigan tells me to "prepare your love wand for the next battle"
― whatever, Thursday, 8 November 2007 16:10 (eighteen years ago)
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 (eighteen years ago)
Gena Ponce is lonely and would like to chat with me tonite.
― Madchen, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 10:13 (seventeen years ago)
dsaf Ratikoski is bitching at me about not being able to get on the "f****ing bed."
― miryam, Thursday, 17 January 2008 00:22 (seventeen years ago)
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 (seventeen years ago)
Dr. Angus Basil
― tehresa, Monday, 5 May 2008 19:36 (seventeen years ago)
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 (seventeen years ago)
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 (seventeen years ago)
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 (seventeen years ago)
"Arnold Bumptious Nguyen"
― snoball, Saturday, 2 August 2008 07:38 (seventeen years ago)
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 (seventeen years ago)
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 (sixteen years ago)
Arbuckle PegelowLouise WangFreeman MayoGiovanni Bruce (I imagine that he's a flamboyant Australian fashion designer)
― snoball, Friday, 3 April 2009 12:03 (sixteen years ago)
Cedric Dillard
― snoball, Saturday, 4 April 2009 13:52 (sixteen years ago)
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 (sixteen years ago)
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 (fifteen years ago)
"Jaw dropping, thong dropping monster."
― Don Homer (kingfish), Friday, 6 August 2010 03:58 (fifteen years ago)
Dr Sambo Whitehead
― cissémanwhore (DJ Mencap), Sunday, 20 May 2012 11:37 (thirteen years ago)
Bellyngton Sweetecok, and it's not pR0n spam
― Bryan, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 21:03 (thirteen years ago)
I wonder if Playboy Bloodbath is still sending email?
― EDB, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 21:58 (thirteen years ago)
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 (thirteen years ago)
Hetty Osborne and Odette Costello are tempting me with share advice.
― Stop Gerrying Me! (onimo), Friday, 15 February 2013 16:18 (twelve years ago)
kurtcobain.seomanager at gmail.com
― From Tha Crouuuch To Da Palacios (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 08:20 (eleven years ago)
Ok Higman
― john wahey (NickB), Tuesday, 13 May 2014 13:42 (eleven years ago)
Puffin Daniel
― Master of Treacle, Tuesday, 13 May 2014 14:03 (eleven years ago)
Sex Sexual wasn't a mid 80s Prince alter ego?.
― Master of Treacle, Tuesday, 13 May 2014 14:18 (eleven years ago)
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 (eleven years ago)
Cookie Scampoli - impotency will never come back into your life
― cwkiii, Monday, 16 June 2014 22:01 (eleven years ago)
Genevieve Kropotkin
― feargal czukay (NickB), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 13:39 (ten years ago)
dying at these
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 21:04 (ten years ago)
just received an urgent email about an unpaid invoice from Karla Winstanley
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 1 March 2016 13:05 (nine years ago)
Chad Bogan
― François Pitchforkian (NickB), Thursday, 10 March 2016 10:46 (nine years ago)
:D
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 10 March 2016 19:20 (nine years ago)
Brit Method
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 08:55 (seven years ago)
Sergeant. Alvina Snelson.
― incarcerated moonfaces (how's life), Friday, 24 August 2018 15:14 (seven years ago)
Dicky Scarwin
― incarcerated moonfaces (how's life), Wednesday, 29 August 2018 12:51 (seven years ago)
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 (seven years ago)
B. Drinicky Bangg
― mick signals, Friday, 31 August 2018 18:52 (seven years ago)
Ethel BarnesYour personal curator
― I'd Rather Kecak (NickB), Wednesday, 5 September 2018 08:41 (seven years ago)
Mrs. Gezerias Bell
― Neil S, Wednesday, 5 September 2018 10:34 (seven years ago)
Sharon Fencil
― Neil S, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 09:05 (seven years ago)
Smarta Femming
― mick signals, Thursday, 20 September 2018 17:35 (seven years ago)
Mandalina Hataway
― mick signals, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 14:57 (seven years ago)
Billy Oceak
― mick signals, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 19:34 (seven years ago)