Software spammers

[darkrose0510]

Do those 'how would you like to buy some software from us' emails p**** you off as much as they do me?

Just received this;

Get access to all the software imaginable for prices substantially
lower than in stores!
We sell software 2-6 times cheaper than retail price.

Examples:
$79.95 Windows XP Professional (Including: Service Pack 2)
$89.95 Microsoft Office 2003 Professional / $79.95 Office XP Professional

$69.95 Dreamweaver MX 2004 / Flash MX 2004 / Fireworks MX
$149.95 Adobe Creative Suite Premium (5 CD)
$69.95 MS Project 2003 Professional

Special offers:
$89.95 Windows XP Pro + Office XP Pro
$95.95 Adobe Photoshop 8.0 + Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional
$109.95 Dreamweaver MX 2004 + Flash MX 2004

All main products from Microsoft, Adobe, Macromedia, Corel, etc.
And many more... Go visit us at:

http://www.allsoftdisks.net

Sincerely,
Carol A. Ross


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So naturally I sent them this;

Get access to all the software imaginable for prices substantially
lower than in stores!
We don't even sell software, we give it away!

Examples:
$0.00 SuSe Linux 10.0
$0.00 Debian Sarge

$0.00 The Gimp (GNU Image Manipulation Program)
$0.00 Mplayer
$0.00 Open Office 2.0

Special offers:
$0.00 SuSe Linux 10.0 + The Gimp
$0.00 The Gimp + KPDF
$0.00 As much software as you can fit on your hard drive, and then some.

All main products from the world over.
And many more... Join the free software revolution!


Sincerely,
Someone who doesn't pay for the junk software you're selling.


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And of course you can't beat visiting a site only to have a pop-up saying;
'Windows has detected an error on your computer - click here to fix it'
That always puts a smile on my face.

I'm in a mood and wanted to share it with someone.

[josolanes]

haha
that made my night...i had fun reading your reply

i hate spammers in general...i've got this one that keeps sending me "free offers" and "you've won a 42" plasma tv" offers...blah

[fingal]

He he! I get those spam messages at work all the time. Yep - very annoying. My own particular favourite is the one which says:

INCREASE YOUR SPERM PRODUCTION BY 500%!!!!

In a very shouty uppercase kind of way. I feel like replying: 'If you know how to build the boat, I know how to take the pills.' But, I don't think they would understand ...

[oz]

I used to have several email addresses that were posted on the web and was getting 400 to 500 spam messages per day but have recently cut that back to about 30 to 40 per day. That's still too many, so I'm still working on it.

[deltaflyer]

spam doesn't bother me,as i've never had problems since using mozilla mail. after setting it up & using it's spam tool, i get about 1 possibly 2 per week that get past it

andy

[cheetahman]

You can make Mozilla Thunderbird filter the messages out

[carlosponti]

the spam i get the most are;
i am a lawyer in the republic of nigeria and a james vanderbuilt has passed on. He was worth 4.6 million dollars and the only way we can clear the money is with your help. contact me and let me know if you are willing to help me launder money through US banks. (which what i am really going to do is clear your bank account or send you a bogus money order in which you will return me money for the favor of doing so.)

i have on several occasion threatened to send to the FBI, local authorities and even flat out told them F*@& you i dont want to so dont send me anymore emails. i still get them and sometimes they even plead with me to do it because its easy money for me. i have on several occasion sent them the link to 419 eaters dot com. i get them on my yahoo account all the time and the slip through the spam filters because its an individual in nigeria sending people with the same last name as somebody they made up in hopes that all americans are stupid morons that have more money than brains and are willing to let it go to some con man in a foreign country. and apparently i have read that these guys also assume that if we lose money that our government reimburses us.

[rob.rice]

the spam i get the most are;
i am a lawyer in the republic of nigeria and a james vanderbuilt has passed on. He was worth 4.6 million dollars and the only way we can clear the money is with your help. contact me and let me know if you are willing to help me launder money through US banks. (which what i am really going to do is clear your bank account or send you a bogus money order in which you will return me money for the favor of doing so.)

i have on several occasion threatened to send to the FBI, local authorities and even flat out told them F*@& you i dont want to so dont send me anymore emails. i still get them and sometimes they even plead with me to do it because its easy money for me. i have on several occasion sent them the link to 419 eaters dot com. i get them on my yahoo account all the time and the slip through the spam filters because its an individual in nigeria sending people with the same last name as somebody they made up in hopes that all americans are stupid morons that have more money than brains and are willing to let it go to some con man in a foreign country. and apparently i have read that these guys also assume that if we lose money that our government reimburses us.

my ISP has an address to foward these type of emails to I have never gotten one of these more than once from the same address when I foward them to the abuse address and I think it has ben 4 months sence the last one of these I have gotten one of these

[cousinlucky]

I was idiot enough to secure a web page name through yahoo. I do not have any idea how to run a website but my ego wanted to protect the name. The daily flood of spam for pills and potions of all kinds to my Email address has been going on ever since. Advertisers are human replicas of the Devil preying on us every which way they can.

[ImNeat]

Yea I'm beyond sick of this spam crap.

GMAIL deletes all spam over a month old

Do you like Gmail? I thought about getting an account - but I heard they filter your incoming messages to place ads etc.