CPod Private Message Spam Peculiarities
henning
October 11, 2008, 07:36 AM posted in General DiscussionOnce in a while I get a (often hand-crafted!) spam message in my CPod Inbox.
There are two types:
- "Let's become language partners"
- "I am a good looking girl! Contact me!"
But once I received something that I interpreted as a hybrid (athough I am not sure)! It was classic - definately worthy of a DA! I will share it in anomyized form:
Hello, compliment of the season to you, how is life> with you, i hope fine good. how ever i,ll like to introduce my self to you.i am [English girl's name],a healthly and beautiful lady.i am interested in having you as my friend/partner and to exchange language .so if you are interested contact me,i will send you my picture>and> full profile as soon as you contact me immediately.you can contact me with this email address:::::::: [email]. THANK,s Miss [name]
Now what caught my attention was the introduction of being "a healthly and beautiful lady". "Beautiful" might help for language exchange. But "healthy"? "
By the way: Of course I responded in a most delighted manner. As I am currently not in need of a language partner, I invited her to join the 红楼梦-group and help us out there. Too bad she didn't. We could really need some healthy and beautiful native speakers with motivating avatars over there.
henning
October 11, 2008, 09:11 AMtaiwanator, if you continue to post messages at the current frequency, you, too, will get those messages - more than you wish for. I am convinced they are not the result of some kind of systematic data mining process but rather random contacting.
goulnik
October 11, 2008, 09:12 AMI had a similar invitation this morning, just ignored and possibly deleted ;-)
joannah
October 11, 2008, 09:15 AMi got a strange one today too
henning
October 11, 2008, 09:16 AMGoulniky,
but was she healthy? :P
bababardwan
October 11, 2008, 09:23 AMhenning [and goulniky],
Some insight into your question of health may have been gained if you had taken up the offer and received the proffered picture.
taiwanator
October 11, 2008, 09:01 AMYou seem to be an attractive object here: German, excellent English, Chinese, good income, iPhone and more.
So you should be flattered.
I never get such messages...