CPod Private Message Spam Peculiarities

henning
October 11, 2008, 07:36 AM posted in General Discussion

Once 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.

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taiwanator
October 11, 2008, 09:01 AM

You 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...

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henning
October 11, 2008, 09:11 AM

taiwanator, 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.

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goulnik
October 11, 2008, 09:12 AM

I had a similar invitation this morning, just ignored and possibly deleted ;-)

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joannah
October 11, 2008, 09:15 AM

i got a strange one today too

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henning
October 11, 2008, 09:16 AM

Goulniky,
but was she healthy? :P

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bababardwan
October 11, 2008, 09:23 AM

henning [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.

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changye
October 11, 2008, 09:44 AM

Hi henning,

为了健康长寿,我出去洗桑拿,喝两杯冰镇扎啤!
祝大家周末快乐!