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Posted to users@spamassassin.apache.org by Evan Platt <ev...@espphotography.com> on 2005/04/28 16:38:16 UTC

Re: OT?: If you need proof that spammers use the same resources as us...

At 07:32 AM 4/28/2005, you wrote:
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>Call me paranoid, but a few weeks back I posted a couple of rules on this
>list and to the exit0 wiki which were designed to catch a common phrase
>seen in many 419 spams. Notably one which catches a common "allow me to
>introduce myself" style opening.
>It was not particularly clever, simply searching for the 2-word phrase
>"introduce myself", but lo and behold this week I get:
>
>"allow me to introduce my humble-self"
>"must introduce,myself"
>"to introduce my very self"

Allow myself ... to introduce... myself. 


Re: OT?: If you need proof that spammers use the same resources as us...

Posted by Richard Ozer <ro...@ois-online.com>.
Obviously from "a man with wealth and taste"...

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From: "Evan Platt" <ev...@espphotography.com>
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Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 7:38 AM
Subject: Re: OT?: If you need proof that spammers use the same resources as 
us...


> At 07:32 AM 4/28/2005, you wrote:
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>>Call me paranoid, but a few weeks back I posted a couple of rules on this
>>list and to the exit0 wiki which were designed to catch a common phrase
>>seen in many 419 spams. Notably one which catches a common "allow me to
>>introduce myself" style opening.
>>It was not particularly clever, simply searching for the 2-word phrase
>>"introduce myself", but lo and behold this week I get:
>>
>>"allow me to introduce my humble-self"
>>"must introduce,myself"
>>"to introduce my very self"
>
> Allow myself ... to introduce... myself.
> 


Re: OT?: If you need proof that spammers use the same resources as us...

Posted by Matt Kettler <mk...@evi-inc.com>.
David B Funk wrote:

>On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, jdow wrote:
>
>  
>
>>From: "Matt Kettler" <mk...@evi-inc.com>
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Evan Platt wrote:
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Allow myself ... to introduce... myself.
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>"Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste..."
>>>      
>>>
>>But are you married? And if not would a hard core techie suit?
>>
>>{O,o}    Joanne, "Ack! Plbltlbtlt!"
>>    
>>
>
>Uh oh, Joanne, now you've done it, you've shown some sympathy for
>that hansom devil. ;)
>
>
>  
>
Handsome???  I said I was a man of wealth and taste. I never said
anything about good looks :)

:P~~


Re: OT?: If you need proof that spammers use the same resources as us...

Posted by David B Funk <db...@engineering.uiowa.edu>.
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, jdow wrote:

> From: "Matt Kettler" <mk...@evi-inc.com>
>
> > Evan Platt wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Allow myself ... to introduce... myself.
> >
> > "Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste..."
>
> But are you married? And if not would a hard core techie suit?
>
> {O,o}    Joanne, "Ack! Plbltlbtlt!"

Uh oh, Joanne, now you've done it, you've shown some sympathy for
that hansom devil. ;)


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Re: OT?: If you need proof that spammers use the same resources as us...

Posted by jdow <jd...@earthlink.net>.
From: "Matt Kettler" <mk...@evi-inc.com>

> Evan Platt wrote:
> 
> > At 07:32 AM 4/28/2005, you wrote:
> >
> >> Notably one which catches a common "allow me to
> >> introduce myself" style opening.
> >> It was not particularly clever, simply searching for the 2-word phrase
> >> "introduce myself", but lo and behold this week I get:
> >>
> >> "allow me to introduce my humble-self"
> >> "must introduce,myself"
> >> "to introduce my very self"
> >
> >
> > Allow myself ... to introduce... myself.
> 
> "Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste..."

But are you married? And if not would a hard core techie suit?

{O,o}    Joanne, "Ack! Plbltlbtlt!"


Re: OT?: If you need proof that spammers use the same resources as us...

Posted by Matt Kettler <mk...@evi-inc.com>.
Evan Platt wrote:

> At 07:32 AM 4/28/2005, you wrote:
>
>> Notably one which catches a common "allow me to
>> introduce myself" style opening.
>> It was not particularly clever, simply searching for the 2-word phrase
>> "introduce myself", but lo and behold this week I get:
>>
>> "allow me to introduce my humble-self"
>> "must introduce,myself"
>> "to introduce my very self"
>
>
> Allow myself ... to introduce... myself.

"Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste..."

(Sorry, couldn't resist)