I'm not sure I understand this post. Is it intentionally vague?
What is a publishing partner and what do they do? Write content or host someone else's content?
What's a content client? I understand that this article, written and owned by BuildBrighton, would not be posted anywhere else - but else from where? Where *will* it be posted/published?
Sarah, we use these boards to share ideas and make things happen within the group.
If this is what you're suggesting, please explain fully what you mean in words that explain exactly what is proposed and what is going on. For example, when one of our board members writes "I need help with my midi project" there's not much we, as a community, can do to help, however "mutually beneficial" it may be, because not enough information has been provided. Similarly, "publishing partners" and "content clients" doesn't actually mean anything to anyone. Vague and abstract doesn't help on these boards - please be precise and explain fully what you're proposing - otherwise your posts might just end up marked as spam and removed.
> My name is Sarah and I work at PublishersNetwork.com.
> I have just been on http://www.buildbrighton.com/blog/ and I thought I > should contact you regarding a small project I run that may be > mutually beneficial.
> We are currently seeking high quality publishing partners to post a > unique article. We would write the content to your brief and you > would own that content. It would not be published anywhere else. We > would place a link back to one of our content clients within the > editorial. This link would be completely relevant to both the article > and your site.
> If you are interested in working with us, please contact me as soon as > you can.
> I'm not sure I understand this post. Is it intentionally vague?
> What is a publishing partner and what do they do? Write content or host
> someone else's content?
> What's a content client? I understand that this article, written and owned
> by BuildBrighton, would not be posted anywhere else - but else from where?
> Where *will* it be posted/published?
> Sarah, we use these boards to share ideas and make things happen within the
> group.
> If this is what you're suggesting, please explain fully what you mean in
> words that explain exactly what is proposed and what is going on. For
> example, when one of our board members writes "I need help with my midi
> project" there's not much we, as a community, can do to help, however
> "mutually beneficial" it may be, because not enough information has been
> provided. Similarly, "publishing partners" and "content clients" doesn't
> actually mean anything to anyone. Vague and abstract doesn't help on these
> boards - please be precise and explain fully what you're proposing -
> otherwise your posts might just end up marked as spam and removed.
> On 11/06/2012 10:13, Sarah White wrote:
>> Hi,
>> My name is Sarah and I work at PublishersNetwork.com.
>> I have just been on http://www.buildbrighton.com/blog/ and I thought I
>> should contact you regarding a small project I run that may be mutually
>> beneficial.
>> We are currently seeking high quality publishing partners to post a unique
>> article. We would write the content to your brief and you would own that
>> content. It would not be published anywhere else. We would place a link
>> back to one of our content clients within the editorial. This link would be
>> completely relevant to both the article and your site.
>> If you are interested in working with us, please contact me as soon as you
>> can.
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You could also report them. I use/d SpamCop.net http://www.spamcop.net/ signed up for an account, added my email addresses to that account, then forward the spam as an attachment to email given by the account, they parse it and send email to all abuse accounts of ISP, Webhost, etc which reduced my spam from about 800 to ~10 per month. Don't block, be proactive by reporting, the only spam I see is in tins.
Once I clicked a £20 cash back offer, which asked for name, email, Credit Card *wait* read those Terms "by submitting your details we will charge your account in about a month the amount of £29"
Not the exact wording used but as much as I remember. Not quite £20 cash back then as a month later company takes back £29
On Monday, 11 June 2012 11:13:50 UTC+1, Toby Cole wrote:
> Already marked as Spam in the google groups control panel. The spam > filter usually manages to filter these out before they get to the > group.
> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Chris > <> wrote:
> > I'm not sure I understand this post. Is it intentionally vague? > > What is a publishing partner and what do they do? Write content or host > > someone else's content? > > What's a content client? I understand that this article, written and > owned > > by BuildBrighton, would not be posted anywhere else - but else from > where? > > Where *will* it be posted/published?
> > Sarah, we use these boards to share ideas and make things happen within > the > > group. > > If this is what you're suggesting, please explain fully what you mean in > > words that explain exactly what is proposed and what is going on. For > > example, when one of our board members writes "I need help with my midi > > project" there's not much we, as a community, can do to help, however > > "mutually beneficial" it may be, because not enough information has been > > provided. Similarly, "publishing partners" and "content clients" doesn't > > actually mean anything to anyone. Vague and abstract doesn't help on > these > > boards - please be precise and explain fully what you're proposing - > > otherwise your posts might just end up marked as spam and removed.
> > On 11/06/2012 10:13, Sarah White wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> My name is Sarah and I work at PublishersNetwork.com.
> >> I have just been on http://www.buildbrighton.com/blog/ and I thought I > >> should contact you regarding a small project I run that may be mutually > >> beneficial.
> >> We are currently seeking high quality publishing partners to post a > unique > >> article. We would write the content to your brief and you would own > that > >> content. It would not be published anywhere else. We would place a > link > >> back to one of our content clients within the editorial. This link > would be > >> completely relevant to both the article and your site.
> >> If you are interested in working with us, please contact me as soon as > you > >> can.
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I started keeping particularly amusing spam. This one made me chuckle.. I guess someone missed some gender setting for the random sender names on their spambot
From: Caroyln Son Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 2:54 PM To: cuon...@hotmail.com Subject: Do you want to know how to enlarge penis size? I was once in your shoes.
Enlarge Penis Size - I Am So Glad I Did It
Do you want to know how to enlarge penis size? I was once in your shoes. I was very insecure about my size from an early age. I won't disclose exactly how small I was but let's just say I was definitely below average. This was in high school and I thought to myself maybe I'd still have some time to enlarge penis size naturally. However, in college and after that I knew that my small size was here to stay. I thought that there was simply nothing I could do and resigned to living with my small size. As you can imagine, this was a huge blow to my confidence.
If you want to enlarge penis size, here's the best solution. http://bigpenisdigital.ru
As a result of forwarding spam to the mailing list, a couple of you are
starting to be classified as spammers yourself with GMail's spam
controller... :)
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Christopher Hills <orict...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Reported those, I have a good section of 419 scams
> Subject line stated Your Payment Is Ready USD$750,000
> UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION, IN AFFILIATION WITH THE KOELNER BANK
> UNITED NATIONS (UNITED NATIONS ASSISTED PROGRAMME)
> DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
> UNITED NATIONS LIAISON OFFICE
> Our Ref: WB/NF/UNCC/KB027
> Attention: Sir/Madam,
> How are you today?Hope all is well with you and family?,You may not understand why this mail came to you.
> I am Miss Sarah George, Voice of the Mass Public Announcer to United Nations, I was instructed to contact you by Mr. Ban Ki-Moon the U-N general in regards to our first quarter annual meet for the year.
> We receive a confirmation that you where among the scam victims, because of this Secretary-General BAN KI-MOON of United Nations has agreed to reward and compensate you and also to pay 6 other victims from your country who has being Victims of Internet scam, The United Nations has decided to pay you ( Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars Only) each.. You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount.Also this compensation award extended to victims of Hurricane, earthquake, War displaced and Aged. Anyone who is a victim of the above mentioned is liable to benefit from this compensation exercise.
> We found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting you,This have been agreed upon and have been signed Therefore,we are happy to inform you that an arrangement has perfectly been concluded to effect your payment as soon as possible in our bid to be transparent and making the world a better place.
> However, it is our pleasure to inform you that your ATM Card Number; 4083 0521 0025 0080 has been approved and upgraded in your favor. Meanwhile,your Secret Pin Number will be available as soon as you confirm to us the receipt of your ATM CARD.
> The ATM Card Value is $750,000.00 USD Only. You are advised that a maximum withdrawal value of US$5,000.00 is permitted daily.And we are duly inter-switched and you can make withdrawal in any location of the ATM Center of your choice/nearest to you any where in the world.
> We have also concluded delivery arrangement with our accredited courier service Company to oversee the delivery of the ATM Card to you without any further delay.
> So you are hereby advice to forward to this office Director ATM SWIFT CARD Department. Therefore, you should send him your full Name and Telephone number/your correct mailing address where you want him to send the ATM to you.
> Contact Dr.Henry Cole, immediately for your ATM SWIFT CARD:
> 1. Your Full Name :
> 2. Your Direct Mobile No:
> 3. Your Home or Office Address :
> Email : (email removed)
> Thanks and God bless you and your family.
> Hoping to hear from you as soon as you receive your ATM Card.
> Making the world a better place
> Regards,
> Mr. Ban Ki-moon.
> Secretary General (UNITED NATIONS)
> On Monday, 11 June 2012 12:01:32 UTC+1, hotchk155 wrote:
>> I started keeping particularly amusing spam. This one made me
>> chuckle.. I guess someone missed some gender setting for the random sender
>> names on their spambot
>> From: Caroyln Son
>> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 2:54 PM
>> To: <cuon...@hotmail.com>
>> Subject: Do you want to know how to enlarge penis size? I was once in
>> your shoes.
>> Enlarge Penis Size - I Am So Glad I Did It
>> Do you want to know how to enlarge penis size? I was once in your
>> shoes. I was very insecure about my size from an early age. I won't
>> disclose exactly how small I was but let's just say I was definitely below
>> average. This was in high school and I thought to myself maybe I'd still
>> have some time to enlarge penis size naturally. However, in college and
>> after that I knew that my small size was here to stay. I thought that there
>> was simply nothing I could do and resigned to living with my small size. As
>> you can imagine, this was a huge blow to my confidence.
>> If you want to enlarge penis size, here's the best solution.
>> http://bigpenisdigital.ru
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On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Justin Nel <dogbertuk2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> As a result of forwarding spam to the mailing list, a couple of you are
> starting to be classified as spammers yourself with GMail's spam
> controller... :)
> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Christopher Hills <orict...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Reported those, I have a good section of 419 scams
>> Subject line stated Your Payment Is Ready USD$750,000
>> UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION, IN AFFILIATION WITH THE KOELNER
>> BANK
>> UNITED NATIONS (UNITED NATIONS ASSISTED PROGRAMME)
>> DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
>> UNITED NATIONS LIAISON OFFICE
>> Our Ref: WB/NF/UNCC/KB027
>> Attention: Sir/Madam,
>> How are you today?Hope all is well with you and family?,You may not
>> understand why this mail came to you.
>> I am Miss Sarah George, Voice of the Mass Public Announcer to United
>> Nations, I was instructed to contact you by Mr. Ban Ki-Moon the U-N general
>> in regards to our first quarter annual meet for the year.
>> We receive a confirmation that you where among the scam victims, because
>> of this Secretary-General BAN KI-MOON of United Nations has agreed to reward
>> and compensate you and also to pay 6 other victims from your country who has
>> being Victims of Internet scam, The United Nations has decided to pay you (
>> Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars Only) each.. You are
>> listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be
>> paid this amount.Also this compensation award extended to victims of
>> Hurricane, earthquake, War displaced and Aged. Anyone who is a victim of the
>> above mentioned is liable to benefit from this compensation exercise.
>> We found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting you,This
>> have been agreed upon and have been signed Therefore,we are happy to inform
>> you that an arrangement has perfectly been concluded to effect your payment
>> as soon as possible in our bid to be transparent and making the world a
>> better place.
>> However, it is our pleasure to inform you that your ATM Card Number; 4083
>> 0521 0025 0080 has been approved and upgraded in your favor. Meanwhile,your
>> Secret Pin Number will be available as soon as you confirm to us the receipt
>> of your ATM CARD.
>> The ATM Card Value is $750,000.00 USD Only. You are advised that a maximum
>> withdrawal value of US$5,000.00 is permitted daily.And we are duly
>> inter-switched and you can make withdrawal in any location of the ATM Center
>> of your choice/nearest to you any where in the world.
>> We have also concluded delivery arrangement with our accredited courier
>> service Company to oversee the delivery of the ATM Card to you without any
>> further delay.
>> So you are hereby advice to forward to this office Director ATM SWIFT CARD
>> Department. Therefore, you should send him your full Name and Telephone
>> number/your correct mailing address where you want him to send the ATM to
>> you.
>> Contact Dr.Henry Cole, immediately for your ATM SWIFT CARD:
>> 1. Your Full Name :
>> 2. Your Direct Mobile No:
>> 3. Your Home or Office Address :
>> Email : (email removed)
>> Thanks and God bless you and your family.
>> Hoping to hear from you as soon as you receive your ATM Card.
>> Making the world a better place
>> Regards,
>> Mr. Ban Ki-moon.
>> Secretary General (UNITED NATIONS)
>> On Monday, 11 June 2012 12:01:32 UTC+1, hotchk155 wrote:
>>> I started keeping particularly amusing spam. This one made me chuckle.. I
>>> guess someone missed some gender setting for the random sender names on
>>> their spambot
>>> From: Caroyln Son
>>> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 2:54 PM
>>> To:
>>> Subject: Do you want to know how to enlarge penis size? I was once in
>>> your shoes.
>>> Enlarge Penis Size - I Am So Glad I Did It
>>> Do you want to know how to enlarge penis size? I was once in your shoes.
>>> I was very insecure about my size from an early age. I won't disclose
>>> exactly how small I was but let's just say I was definitely below average.
>>> This was in high school and I thought to myself maybe I'd still have some
>>> time to enlarge penis size naturally. However, in college and after that I
>>> knew that my small size was here to stay. I thought that there was simply
>>> nothing I could do and resigned to living with my small size. As you can
>>> imagine, this was a huge blow to my confidence.
>>> If you want to enlarge penis size, here's the best solution.
>>> http://bigpenisdigital.ru
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The Spam was not forwarded to the google group. It was copied and pasted from the original email. Also my reason for that was to educate readers of the group what spam email looks like. Normally the email with *SPAM* is there because of the email client filters and not needed.
Also SPAM is not SPAM If it has an unsubscribe link within it as it *gives* you the receiver the chance to say no I don't what this. So should be flagged as Spam but people can't be asked and be taught not to click links within email they didn't know/read the page when they signing up for online shopping etc. I was getting those emails that hotchk155 posted as my email was in the envelope to: section not normally filtered and hard to do. If you view the view source of those emails you might see your email address in there and that's the reason you get them as your email as been picked up by a spam bot (machine driven script).
If gmail's spam controller or anyone else wishes to state that I'm a spammer and should be blocked would be stupid to think that as I'm so clearly not one. Proactive reporting and good reasoning will improve spam filters but in this day and age it should be a thing of the past.
Also this email is registered with http://www.spamcop.net and within 6-8 months my spam count went from 800/per month to currently 4 this month, maybe more people should manage their email rather than moaning about how much spam they get or they keep getting blocked because the spam filters are set so badly. A other thing that I do when posting to this group as it's public is remove any personal email from my post as suggested by the pop-up just before posting. I use the web interface when posting
On Monday, 11 June 2012 12:36:16 UTC+1, JustinN wrote:
> As a result of forwarding spam to the mailing list, a couple of you are > starting to be classified as spammers yourself with GMail's spam > controller... :)
> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Christopher Hills <> wrote:
>> Reported those, I have a good section of 419 scams >> Subject line stated Your Payment Is Ready USD$750,000
>> UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION, IN AFFILIATION WITH THE KOELNER BANK >> UNITED NATIONS (UNITED NATIONS ASSISTED PROGRAMME) >> DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS. >> UNITED NATIONS LIAISON OFFICE
>> Our Ref: WB/NF/UNCC/KB027
>> Attention: Sir/Madam,
>> How are you today?Hope all is well with you and family?,You may not understand why this mail came to you.
>> I am Miss Sarah George, Voice of the Mass Public Announcer to United Nations, I was instructed to contact you by Mr. Ban Ki-Moon the U-N general in regards to our first quarter annual meet for the year.
>> We receive a confirmation that you where among the scam victims, because of this Secretary-General BAN KI-MOON of United Nations has agreed to reward and compensate you and also to pay 6 other victims from your country who has being Victims of Internet scam, The United Nations has decided to pay you ( Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars Only) each.. You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount.Also this compensation award extended to victims of Hurricane, earthquake, War displaced and Aged. Anyone who is a victim of the above mentioned is liable to benefit from this compensation exercise. >> We found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting you,This have been agreed upon and have been signed Therefore,we are happy to inform you that an arrangement has perfectly been concluded to effect your payment as soon as possible in our bid to be transparent and making the world a better place.
>> However, it is our pleasure to inform you that your ATM Card Number; 4083 0521 0025 0080 has been approved and upgraded in your favor. Meanwhile,your Secret Pin Number will be available as soon as you confirm to us the receipt of your ATM CARD. >> The ATM Card Value is $750,000.00 USD Only. You are advised that a maximum withdrawal value of US$5,000.00 is permitted daily.And we are duly inter-switched and you can make withdrawal in any location of the ATM Center of your choice/nearest to you any where in the world.
>> We have also concluded delivery arrangement with our accredited courier service Company to oversee the delivery of the ATM Card to you without any further delay. >> So you are hereby advice to forward to this office Director ATM SWIFT CARD Department. Therefore, you should send him your full Name and Telephone number/your correct mailing address where you want him to send the ATM to you.
>> Contact Dr.Henry Cole, immediately for your ATM SWIFT CARD:
>> 1. Your Full Name :
>> 2. Your Direct Mobile No:
>> 3. Your Home or Office Address :
>> Email : (email removed)
>> Thanks and God bless you and your family.
>> Hoping to hear from you as soon as you receive your ATM Card.
>> Making the world a better place
>> Regards,
>> Mr. Ban Ki-moon. >> Secretary General (UNITED NATIONS)
>> On Monday, 11 June 2012 12:01:32 UTC+1, hotchk155 wrote:
>>> I started keeping particularly amusing spam. This one made me >>> chuckle.. I guess someone missed some gender setting for the random sender >>> names on their spambot
>>> From: Caroyln Son >>> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 2:54 PM >>> To: <cuon...@hotmail.com> >>> Subject: Do you want to know how to enlarge penis size? I was once in >>> your shoes.
>>> Enlarge Penis Size - I Am So Glad I Did It >>> Do you want to know how to enlarge penis size? I was once in your >>> shoes. I was very insecure about my size from an early age. I won't >>> disclose exactly how small I was but let's just say I was definitely below >>> average. This was in high school and I thought to myself maybe I'd still >>> have some time to enlarge penis size naturally. However, in college and >>> after that I knew that my small size was here to stay. I thought that there >>> was simply nothing I could do and resigned to living with my small size. As >>> you can imagine, this was a huge blow to my confidence. >>> If you want to enlarge penis size, here's the best solution. >>> http://bigpenisdigital.ru
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Are you admin guys/google having power trips with the spam settings? that last post got deleted :-( quite educational about controlling spam in your mail boxes. It should have been posted
Can you mark me a "not a spammer"?
On Wednesday, 13 June 2012 15:16:03 UTC+1, Toby Cole wrote:
> Ha, sorry Justin… you ended up in the spam folder! How ironic :)
> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Justin Nel <dogbertuk2...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > As a result of forwarding spam to the mailing list, a couple of you are > > starting to be classified as spammers yourself with GMail's spam > > controller... :)
> > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Christopher Hills <> > > wrote:
> >> Reported those, I have a good section of 419 scams > >> Subject line stated Your Payment Is Ready USD$750,000
> >> UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION, IN AFFILIATION WITH THE KOELNER > >> BANK > >> UNITED NATIONS (UNITED NATIONS ASSISTED PROGRAMME) > >> DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS. > >> UNITED NATIONS LIAISON OFFICE
> >> Our Ref: WB/NF/UNCC/KB027
> >> Attention: Sir/Madam,
> >> How are you today?Hope all is well with you and family?,You may not > >> understand why this mail came to you.
> >> I am Miss Sarah George, Voice of the Mass Public Announcer to United > >> Nations, I was instructed to contact you by Mr. Ban Ki-Moon the U-N > general > >> in regards to our first quarter annual meet for the year.
> >> We receive a confirmation that you where among the scam victims, > because > >> of this Secretary-General BAN KI-MOON of United Nations has agreed to > reward > >> and compensate you and also to pay 6 other victims from your country > who has > >> being Victims of Internet scam, The United Nations has decided to pay > you ( > >> Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars Only) each.. You > are > >> listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to > be > >> paid this amount.Also this compensation award extended to victims of > >> Hurricane, earthquake, War displaced and Aged. Anyone who is a victim > of the > >> above mentioned is liable to benefit from this compensation exercise. > >> We found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting > you,This > >> have been agreed upon and have been signed Therefore,we are happy to > inform > >> you that an arrangement has perfectly been concluded to effect your > payment > >> as soon as possible in our bid to be transparent and making the world a > >> better place.
> >> However, it is our pleasure to inform you that your ATM Card Number; > 4083 > >> 0521 0025 0080 has been approved and upgraded in your favor. > Meanwhile,your > >> Secret Pin Number will be available as soon as you confirm to us the > receipt > >> of your ATM CARD. > >> The ATM Card Value is $750,000.00 USD Only. You are advised that a > maximum > >> withdrawal value of US$5,000.00 is permitted daily.And we are duly > >> inter-switched and you can make withdrawal in any location of the ATM > Center > >> of your choice/nearest to you any where in the world.
> >> We have also concluded delivery arrangement with our accredited courier > >> service Company to oversee the delivery of the ATM Card to you without > any > >> further delay. > >> So you are hereby advice to forward to this office Director ATM SWIFT > CARD > >> Department. Therefore, you should send him your full Name and Telephone > >> number/your correct mailing address where you want him to send the ATM > to > >> you.
> >> Contact Dr.Henry Cole, immediately for your ATM SWIFT CARD:
> >> 1. Your Full Name :
> >> 2. Your Direct Mobile No:
> >> 3. Your Home or Office Address :
> >> Email : (email removed)
> >> Thanks and God bless you and your family.
> >> Hoping to hear from you as soon as you receive your ATM Card.
> >> Making the world a better place
> >> Regards,
> >> Mr. Ban Ki-moon. > >> Secretary General (UNITED NATIONS)
> >> On Monday, 11 June 2012 12:01:32 UTC+1, hotchk155 wrote:
> >>> I started keeping particularly amusing spam. This one made me > chuckle.. I > >>> guess someone missed some gender setting for the random sender names > on > >>> their spambot
> >>> From: Caroyln Son > >>> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 2:54 PM > >>> To: > >>> Subject: Do you want to know how to enlarge penis size? I was once in > >>> your shoes.
> >>> Enlarge Penis Size - I Am So Glad I Did It > >>> Do you want to know how to enlarge penis size? I was once in your > shoes. > >>> I was very insecure about my size from an early age. I won't disclose > >>> exactly how small I was but let's just say I was definitely below > average. > >>> This was in high school and I thought to myself maybe I'd still have > some > >>> time to enlarge penis size naturally. However, in college and after > that I > >>> knew that my small size was here to stay. I thought that there was > simply > >>> nothing I could do and resigned to living with my small size. As you > can > >>> imagine, this was a huge blow to my confidence. > >>> If you want to enlarge penis size, here's the best solution. > >>> http://bigpenisdigital.ru
> >> To post to this group, send email to > brightonhackerspace@googlegroups.com. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> brightonhackerspace+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/brightonhackerspace?hl=en.
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Christopher: Justin meant it was getting marked as spam within _his_
email account. The google-groups spam filter marks a few genuine
messages as spam a month, but it's generally OK.
I don't think any real humans are marked as spammers in our group :)
T
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 5:32 PM, Christopher Hills <orict...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Are you admin guys/google having power trips with the spam settings? that
> last post got deleted :-(
> quite educational about controlling spam in your mail boxes. It should have
> been posted
> Can you mark me a "not a spammer"?
> On Wednesday, 13 June 2012 15:16:03 UTC+1, Toby Cole wrote:
>> Ha, sorry Justin… you ended up in the spam folder! How ironic :)
>> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Justin Nel <dogbertuk2...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > As a result of forwarding spam to the mailing list, a couple of you are
>> > starting to be classified as spammers yourself with GMail's spam
>> > controller... :)
>> > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Christopher Hills <>
>> > wrote:
>> >> Reported those, I have a good section of 419 scams
>> >> Subject line stated Your Payment Is Ready USD$750,000
>> >> UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION, IN AFFILIATION WITH THE KOELNER
>> >> BANK
>> >> UNITED NATIONS (UNITED NATIONS ASSISTED PROGRAMME)
>> >> DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
>> >> UNITED NATIONS LIAISON OFFICE
>> >> Our Ref: WB/NF/UNCC/KB027
>> >> Attention: Sir/Madam,
>> >> How are you today?Hope all is well with you and family?,You may not
>> >> understand why this mail came to you.
>> >> I am Miss Sarah George, Voice of the Mass Public Announcer to United
>> >> Nations, I was instructed to contact you by Mr. Ban Ki-Moon the U-N
>> >> general
>> >> in regards to our first quarter annual meet for the year.
>> >> We receive a confirmation that you where among the scam victims,
>> >> because
>> >> of this Secretary-General BAN KI-MOON of United Nations has agreed to
>> >> reward
>> >> and compensate you and also to pay 6 other victims from your country
>> >> who has
>> >> being Victims of Internet scam, The United Nations has decided to pay
>> >> you (
>> >> Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars Only) each.. You
>> >> are
>> >> listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to
>> >> be
>> >> paid this amount.Also this compensation award extended to victims of
>> >> Hurricane, earthquake, War displaced and Aged. Anyone who is a victim
>> >> of the
>> >> above mentioned is liable to benefit from this compensation exercise.
>> >> We found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting
>> >> you,This
>> >> have been agreed upon and have been signed Therefore,we are happy to
>> >> inform
>> >> you that an arrangement has perfectly been concluded to effect your
>> >> payment
>> >> as soon as possible in our bid to be transparent and making the world a
>> >> better place.
>> >> However, it is our pleasure to inform you that your ATM Card Number;
>> >> 4083
>> >> 0521 0025 0080 has been approved and upgraded in your favor.
>> >> Meanwhile,your
>> >> Secret Pin Number will be available as soon as you confirm to us the
>> >> receipt
>> >> of your ATM CARD.
>> >> The ATM Card Value is $750,000.00 USD Only. You are advised that a
>> >> maximum
>> >> withdrawal value of US$5,000.00 is permitted daily.And we are duly
>> >> inter-switched and you can make withdrawal in any location of the ATM
>> >> Center
>> >> of your choice/nearest to you any where in the world.
>> >> We have also concluded delivery arrangement with our accredited courier
>> >> service Company to oversee the delivery of the ATM Card to you without
>> >> any
>> >> further delay.
>> >> So you are hereby advice to forward to this office Director ATM SWIFT
>> >> CARD
>> >> Department. Therefore, you should send him your full Name and Telephone
>> >> number/your correct mailing address where you want him to send the ATM
>> >> to
>> >> you.
>> >> Contact Dr.Henry Cole, immediately for your ATM SWIFT CARD:
>> >> 1. Your Full Name :
>> >> 2. Your Direct Mobile No:
>> >> 3. Your Home or Office Address :
>> >> Email : (email removed)
>> >> Thanks and God bless you and your family.
>> >> Hoping to hear from you as soon as you receive your ATM Card.
>> >> Making the world a better place
>> >> Regards,
>> >> Mr. Ban Ki-moon.
>> >> Secretary General (UNITED NATIONS)
>> >> On Monday, 11 June 2012 12:01:32 UTC+1, hotchk155 wrote:
>> >>> I started keeping particularly amusing spam. This one made me
>> >>> chuckle.. I
>> >>> guess someone missed some gender setting for the random sender names
>> >>> on
>> >>> their spambot
>> >>> From: Caroyln Son
>> >>> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 2:54 PM
>> >>> To:
>> >>> Subject: Do you want to know how to enlarge penis size? I was once in
>> >>> your shoes.
>> >>> Enlarge Penis Size - I Am So Glad I Did It
>> >>> Do you want to know how to enlarge penis size? I was once in your
>> >>> shoes.
>> >>> I was very insecure about my size from an early age. I won't disclose
>> >>> exactly how small I was but let's just say I was definitely below
>> >>> average.
>> >>> This was in high school and I thought to myself maybe I'd still have
>> >>> some
>> >>> time to enlarge penis size naturally. However, in college and after
>> >>> that I
>> >>> knew that my small size was here to stay. I thought that there was
>> >>> simply
>> >>> nothing I could do and resigned to living with my small size. As you
>> >>> can
>> >>> imagine, this was a huge blow to my confidence.
>> >>> If you want to enlarge penis size, here's the best solution.
>> >>> http://bigpenisdigital.ru
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I was sort of aware of that as my email client did the same until I taught it not to.
My posts are getting sent for review before being posted and the one which was deleted, did mention in it. directed to Justin that I copied and pasted that 419 scam rather than forwarded to the group which could have caused offense but the rest was educational to the ways to control spam in your email in boxes and how I reduce my spam count. So I'm just wondering why my posts are sent for review before being posted
It's strange that my one got deleted and early this morning their was 2 posts selling mobile phones and asking us to add him to BBM and MSN where posted. I'm aware this a public group and anyone can post but based on the fact I'm a paid-up member of BB. Don't you think my post should have been posted rather than some random person selling mobile phones from the iPhone factory?
I help mange Brighton Pi group and have seen a message approval area within the groups setting's. Not seen any messages in it yet but does prove/show that human invention can occur with the posting of messages to the group.
I also agree that there are no real human spammers on this list only script driven filters which are not taught by their human owners, who then moan they get too much spam.
On Thursday, 14 June 2012 08:59:12 UTC+1, Toby Cole wrote:
> Christopher: Justin meant it was getting marked as spam within _his_ > email account. The google-groups spam filter marks a few genuine > messages as spam a month, but it's generally OK. > I don't think any real humans are marked as spammers in our group :) > T
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 5:32 PM, Christopher Hills <> wrote:
> > Are you admin guys/google having power trips with the spam settings? > that > > last post got deleted :-( > > quite educational about controlling spam in your mail boxes. It should > have > > been posted > > Can you mark me a "not a spammer"?
> > On Wednesday, 13 June 2012 15:16:03 UTC+1, Toby Cole wrote:
> >> Ha, sorry Justin… you ended up in the spam folder! How ironic :)
> >> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Justin Nel <> > >> wrote: > >> > As a result of forwarding spam to the mailing list, a couple of you > are > >> > starting to be classified as spammers yourself with GMail's spam > >> > controller... :)
> >> > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Christopher Hills <> > >> > wrote:
> >> >> Reported those, I have a good section of 419 scams > >> >> Subject line stated Your Payment Is Ready USD$750,000
> >> >> UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION, IN AFFILIATION WITH THE > KOELNER > >> >> BANK > >> >> UNITED NATIONS (UNITED NATIONS ASSISTED PROGRAMME) > >> >> DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS. > >> >> UNITED NATIONS LIAISON OFFICE
> >> >> Our Ref: WB/NF/UNCC/KB027
> >> >> Attention: Sir/Madam,
> >> >> How are you today?Hope all is well with you and family?,You may not > >> >> understand why this mail came to you.
> >> >> I am Miss Sarah George, Voice of the Mass Public Announcer to United > >> >> Nations, I was instructed to contact you by Mr. Ban Ki-Moon the U-N > >> >> general > >> >> in regards to our first quarter annual meet for the year.
> >> >> We receive a confirmation that you where among the scam victims, > >> >> because > >> >> of this Secretary-General BAN KI-MOON of United Nations has agreed > to > >> >> reward > >> >> and compensate you and also to pay 6 other victims from your country > >> >> who has > >> >> being Victims of Internet scam, The United Nations has decided to > pay > >> >> you ( > >> >> Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars Only) each.. > You > >> >> are > >> >> listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims > to > >> >> be > >> >> paid this amount.Also this compensation award extended to victims of > >> >> Hurricane, earthquake, War displaced and Aged. Anyone who is a > victim > >> >> of the > >> >> above mentioned is liable to benefit from this compensation > exercise. > >> >> We found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting > >> >> you,This > >> >> have been agreed upon and have been signed Therefore,we are happy to > >> >> inform > >> >> you that an arrangement has perfectly been concluded to effect your > >> >> payment > >> >> as soon as possible in our bid to be transparent and making the > world a > >> >> better place.
> >> >> However, it is our pleasure to inform you that your ATM Card Number; > >> >> 4083 > >> >> 0521 0025 0080 has been approved and upgraded in your favor. > >> >> Meanwhile,your > >> >> Secret Pin Number will be available as soon as you confirm to us the > >> >> receipt > >> >> of your ATM CARD. > >> >> The ATM Card Value is $750,000.00 USD Only. You are advised that a > >> >> maximum > >> >> withdrawal value of US$5,000.00 is permitted daily.And we are duly > >> >> inter-switched and you can make withdrawal in any location of the > ATM > >> >> Center > >> >> of your choice/nearest to you any where in the world.
> >> >> We have also concluded delivery arrangement with our accredited > courier > >> >> service Company to oversee the delivery of the ATM Card to you > without > >> >> any > >> >> further delay. > >> >> So you are hereby advice to forward to this office Director ATM > SWIFT > >> >> CARD > >> >> Department. Therefore, you should send him your full Name and > Telephone > >> >> number/your correct mailing address where you want him to send the > ATM > >> >> to > >> >> you.
> >> >> Contact Dr.Henry Cole, immediately for your ATM SWIFT CARD:
> >> >> 1. Your Full Name :
> >> >> 2. Your Direct Mobile No:
> >> >> 3. Your Home or Office Address :
> >> >> Email : (email removed)
> >> >> Thanks and God bless you and your family.
> >> >> Hoping to hear from you as soon as you receive your ATM Card.
> >> >> Making the world a better place
> >> >> Regards,
> >> >> Mr. Ban Ki-moon. > >> >> Secretary General (UNITED NATIONS)
> >> >> On Monday, 11 June 2012 12:01:32 UTC+1, hotchk155 wrote:
> >> >>> I started keeping particularly amusing spam. This one made me > >> >>> chuckle.. I > >> >>> guess someone missed some gender setting for the random sender > names > >> >>> on > >> >>> their spambot
> >> >>> From: Caroyln Son > >> >>> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 2:54 PM > >> >>> To: > >> >>> Subject: Do you want to know how to enlarge penis size? I was once > in > >> >>> your shoes.
> >> >>> Enlarge Penis Size - I Am So Glad I Did It > >> >>> Do you want to know how to enlarge penis size? I was once in your > >> >>> shoes. > >> >>> I was very insecure about my size from an early age. I won't > disclose > >> >>> exactly how small I was but let's just say I was definitely below > >> >>> average. > >> >>> This was in high school and I thought to myself maybe I'd still > have > >> >>> some > >> >>> time to enlarge penis size naturally. However, in college and after > >> >>> that I > >> >>> knew that my small size was here to stay. I thought that there was > >> >>> simply > >> >>> nothing I could do and resigned to living with my small size. As > you > >> >>> can > >> >>> imagine, this was a huge blow to my confidence. > >> >>> If you want to enlarge penis size, here's the best solution. > >> >>> http://bigpenisdigital.ru
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On 13 Jun 2012, at 17:25, Christopher Hills wrote:
> Hi Justin,
Yup, your mail had been caught up in the spam filters. I've set it so that you're 'Always Allow' now, so shouldn't be a problem in the future (and hence why the mail got released :)
The group is set up so that new members can post automatically - it hasn't been *too* much of a problem. The google filters will occasionally block folk, and sometimes we don't spot that - sorry Chris.
I was just pointing out that GMail had tagged your email and the other (I
think it was Toby's?) as Spam and they appeared in the Spam folder rather
than my Inbox. However since I regularly check my Spam folder, I found the
emails and removed the tag. Generally once I remove a tag, that specific
person's emails will continue to come through all ok (even when they're
accounts are hijacked and they start sending real spam), haha.
- Justin
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Christopher Hills <orict...@gmail.com>wrote:
> The Spam was not forwarded to the google group. It was copied and pasted
> from the original email. Also my reason for that was to educate readers of
> the group what spam email looks like. Normally the email with *SPAM* is
> there because of the email client filters and not needed.
> Also SPAM is not SPAM If it has an unsubscribe link within it as it
> *gives* you the receiver the chance to say no I don't what this. So should
> be flagged as Spam but people can't be asked and be taught not to click
> links within email they didn't know/read the page when they signing up for
> online shopping etc.
> I was getting those emails that hotchk155 posted as my email was in the
> envelope to: section not normally filtered and hard to do. If you view the
> view source of those emails you might see your email address in there and
> that's the reason you get them as your email as been picked up by a spam
> bot (machine driven script).
> If gmail's spam controller or anyone else wishes to state that I'm a
> spammer and should be blocked would be stupid to think that as I'm so
> clearly not one. Proactive reporting and good reasoning will improve spam
> filters but in this day and age it should be a thing of the past.
> Also this email is registered with http://www.spamcop.net and within 6-8
> months my spam count went from 800/per month to currently 4 this month,
> maybe more people should manage their email rather than moaning about how
> much spam they get or they keep getting blocked because the spam filters
> are set so badly. A other thing that I do when posting to this group as
> it's public is remove any personal email from my post as suggested by the
> pop-up just before posting. I use the web interface when posting
> Chris Hills
> On Monday, 11 June 2012 12:36:16 UTC+1, JustinN wrote:
>> As a result of forwarding spam to the mailing list, a couple of you are
>> starting to be classified as spammers yourself with GMail's spam
>> controller... :)
>> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Christopher Hills <> wrote:
>>> Reported those, I have a good section of 419 scams
>>> Subject line stated Your Payment Is Ready USD$750,000
>>> UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION, IN AFFILIATION WITH THE KOELNER BANK
>>> UNITED NATIONS (UNITED NATIONS ASSISTED PROGRAMME)
>>> DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
>>> UNITED NATIONS LIAISON OFFICE
>>> Our Ref: WB/NF/UNCC/KB027
>>> Attention: Sir/Madam,
>>> How are you today?Hope all is well with you and family?,You may not understand why this mail came to you.
>>> I am Miss Sarah George, Voice of the Mass Public Announcer to United Nations, I was instructed to contact you by Mr. Ban Ki-Moon the U-N general in regards to our first quarter annual meet for the year.
>>> We receive a confirmation that you where among the scam victims, because of this Secretary-General BAN KI-MOON of United Nations has agreed to reward and compensate you and also to pay 6 other victims from your country who has being Victims of Internet scam, The United Nations has decided to pay you ( Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars Only) each.. You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount.Also this compensation award extended to victims of Hurricane, earthquake, War displaced and Aged. Anyone who is a victim of the above mentioned is liable to benefit from this compensation exercise.
>>> We found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting you,This have been agreed upon and have been signed Therefore,we are happy to inform you that an arrangement has perfectly been concluded to effect your payment as soon as possible in our bid to be transparent and making the world a better place.
>>> However, it is our pleasure to inform you that your ATM Card Number; 4083 0521 0025 0080 has been approved and upgraded in your favor. Meanwhile,your Secret Pin Number will be available as soon as you confirm to us the receipt of your ATM CARD.
>>> The ATM Card Value is $750,000.00 USD Only. You are advised that a maximum withdrawal value of US$5,000.00 is permitted daily.And we are duly inter-switched and you can make withdrawal in any location of the ATM Center of your choice/nearest to you any where in the world.
>>> We have also concluded delivery arrangement with our accredited courier service Company to oversee the delivery of the ATM Card to you without any further delay.
>>> So you are hereby advice to forward to this office Director ATM SWIFT CARD Department. Therefore, you should send him your full Name and Telephone number/your correct mailing address where you want him to send the ATM to you.
>>> Contact Dr.Henry Cole, immediately for your ATM SWIFT CARD:
>>> 1. Your Full Name :
>>> 2. Your Direct Mobile No:
>>> 3. Your Home or Office Address :
>>> Email : (email removed)
>>> Thanks and God bless you and your family.
>>> Hoping to hear from you as soon as you receive your ATM Card.
>>> Making the world a better place
>>> Regards,
>>> Mr. Ban Ki-moon.
>>> Secretary General (UNITED NATIONS)
>>> On Monday, 11 June 2012 12:01:32 UTC+1, hotchk155 wrote:
>>>> I started keeping particularly amusing spam. This one made me
>>>> chuckle.. I guess someone missed some gender setting for the random sender
>>>> names on their spambot
>>>> From: Caroyln Son
>>>> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 2:54 PM
>>>> To: <cuon...@hotmail.com>
>>>> Subject: Do you want to know how to enlarge penis size? I was once in
>>>> your shoes.
>>>> Enlarge Penis Size - I Am So Glad I Did It
>>>> Do you want to know how to enlarge penis size? I was once in your
>>>> shoes. I was very insecure about my size from an early age. I won't
>>>> disclose exactly how small I was but let's just say I was definitely below
>>>> average. This was in high school and I thought to myself maybe I'd still
>>>> have some time to enlarge penis size naturally. However, in college and
>>>> after that I knew that my small size was here to stay. I thought that there
>>>> was simply nothing I could do and resigned to living with my small size. As
>>>> you can imagine, this was a huge blow to my confidence.
>>>> If you want to enlarge penis size, here's the best solution.
>>>> http://bigpenisdigital.ru
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On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Justin Nel <dogbertuk2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> I was just pointing out that GMail had tagged your email and the other (I
> think it was Toby's?) as Spam and they appeared in the Spam folder rather
> than my Inbox. However since I regularly check my Spam folder, I found the
> emails and removed the tag. Generally once I remove a tag, that specific
> person's emails will continue to come through all ok (even when they're
> accounts are hijacked and they start sending real spam), haha.
> - Justin
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Christopher Hills <orict...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Hi Justin,
>> The Spam was not forwarded to the google group. It was copied and pasted
>> from the original email. Also my reason for that was to educate readers of
>> the group what spam email looks like. Normally the email with *SPAM* is
>> there because of the email client filters and not needed.
>> Also SPAM is not SPAM If it has an unsubscribe link within it as it
>> *gives* you the receiver the chance to say no I don't what this. So should
>> be flagged as Spam but people can't be asked and be taught not to click
>> links within email they didn't know/read the page when they signing up for
>> online shopping etc.
>> I was getting those emails that hotchk155 posted as my email was in the
>> envelope to: section not normally filtered and hard to do. If you view the
>> view source of those emails you might see your email address in there and
>> that's the reason you get them as your email as been picked up by a spam bot
>> (machine driven script).
>> If gmail's spam controller or anyone else wishes to state that I'm a
>> spammer and should be blocked would be stupid to think that as I'm so
>> clearly not one. Proactive reporting and good reasoning will improve spam
>> filters but in this day and age it should be a thing of the past.
>> Also this email is registered with http://www.spamcop.net and within 6-8
>> months my spam count went from 800/per month to currently 4 this month,
>> maybe more people should manage their email rather than moaning about how
>> much spam they get or they keep getting blocked because the spam filters are
>> set so badly. A other thing that I do when posting to this group as it's
>> public is remove any personal email from my post as suggested by the pop-up
>> just before posting. I use the web interface when posting
>> Chris Hills
>> On Monday, 11 June 2012 12:36:16 UTC+1, JustinN wrote:
>>> As a result of forwarding spam to the mailing list, a couple of you are
>>> starting to be classified as spammers yourself with GMail's spam
>>> controller... :)
>>> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Christopher Hills <> wrote:
>>>> Reported those, I have a good section of 419 scams
>>>> Subject line stated Your Payment Is Ready USD$750,000
>>>> UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION, IN AFFILIATION WITH THE KOELNER
>>>> BANK
>>>> UNITED NATIONS (UNITED NATIONS ASSISTED PROGRAMME)
>>>> DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
>>>> UNITED NATIONS LIAISON OFFICE
>>>> Our Ref: WB/NF/UNCC/KB027
>>>> Attention: Sir/Madam,
>>>> How are you today?Hope all is well with you and family?,You may not
>>>> understand why this mail came to you.
>>>> I am Miss Sarah George, Voice of the Mass Public Announcer to United
>>>> Nations, I was instructed to contact you by Mr. Ban Ki-Moon the U-N general
>>>> in regards to our first quarter annual meet for the year.
>>>> We receive a confirmation that you where among the scam victims, because
>>>> of this Secretary-General BAN KI-MOON of United Nations has agreed to reward
>>>> and compensate you and also to pay 6 other victims from your country who has
>>>> being Victims of Internet scam, The United Nations has decided to pay you (
>>>> Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars Only) each.. You are
>>>> listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be
>>>> paid this amount.Also this compensation award extended to victims of
>>>> Hurricane, earthquake, War displaced and Aged. Anyone who is a victim of the
>>>> above mentioned is liable to benefit from this compensation exercise.
>>>> We found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting
>>>> you,This have been agreed upon and have been signed Therefore,we are happy
>>>> to inform you that an arrangement has perfectly been concluded to effect
>>>> your payment as soon as possible in our bid to be transparent and making the
>>>> world a better place.
>>>> However, it is our pleasure to inform you that your ATM Card Number;
>>>> 4083 0521 0025 0080 has been approved and upgraded in your favor.
>>>> Meanwhile,your Secret Pin Number will be available as soon as you confirm to
>>>> us the receipt of your ATM CARD.
>>>> The ATM Card Value is $750,000.00 USD Only. You are advised that a
>>>> maximum withdrawal value of US$5,000.00 is permitted daily.And we are duly
>>>> inter-switched and you can make withdrawal in any location of the ATM Center
>>>> of your choice/nearest to you any where in the world.
>>>> We have also concluded delivery arrangement with our accredited courier
>>>> service Company to oversee the delivery of the ATM Card to you without any
>>>> further delay.
>>>> So you are hereby advice to forward to this office Director ATM SWIFT
>>>> CARD Department. Therefore, you should send him your full Name and Telephone
>>>> number/your correct mailing address where you want him to send the ATM to
>>>> you.
>>>> Contact Dr.Henry Cole, immediately for your ATM SWIFT CARD:
>>>> 1. Your Full Name :
>>>> 2. Your Direct Mobile No:
>>>> 3. Your Home or Office Address :
>>>> Email : (email removed)
>>>> Thanks and God bless you and your family.
>>>> Hoping to hear from you as soon as you receive your ATM Card.
>>>> Making the world a better place
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Mr. Ban Ki-moon.
>>>> Secretary General (UNITED NATIONS)
>>>> On Monday, 11 June 2012 12:01:32 UTC+1, hotchk155 wrote:
>>>>> I started keeping particularly amusing spam. This one made me chuckle..
>>>>> I guess someone missed some gender setting for the random sender names on
>>>>> their spambot
>>>>> From: Caroyln Son
>>>>> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 2:54 PM
>>>>> To:
>>>>> Subject: Do you want to know how to enlarge penis size? I was once in
>>>>> your shoes.
>>>>> Enlarge Penis Size - I Am So Glad I Did It
>>>>> Do you want to know how to enlarge penis size? I was once in your
>>>>> shoes. I was very insecure about my size from an early age. I won't disclose
>>>>> exactly how small I was but let's just say I was definitely below average.
>>>>> This was in high school and I thought to myself maybe I'd still have some
>>>>> time to enlarge penis size naturally. However, in college and after that I
>>>>> knew that my small size was here to stay. I thought that there was simply
>>>>> nothing I could do and resigned to living with my small size. As you can
>>>>> imagine, this was a huge blow to my confidence.
>>>>> If you want to enlarge penis size, here's the best solution.
>>>>> http://bigpenisdigital.ru
>>>> To post to this group, send email to
>>>> brightonhackerspace@googlegroups.com.
>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
>>>> brightonhackerspace+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
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On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Toby Cole <t...@tubs.org.uk> wrote:
> Ha, it thought you were a spammer again Justin (fixed now) :)
> On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Justin Nel <dogbertuk2...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi Chris,
> > I was just pointing out that GMail had tagged your email and the other (I
> > think it was Toby's?) as Spam and they appeared in the Spam folder rather
> > than my Inbox. However since I regularly check my Spam folder, I found
> the
> > emails and removed the tag. Generally once I remove a tag, that specific
> > person's emails will continue to come through all ok (even when they're
> > accounts are hijacked and they start sending real spam), haha.
> > - Justin
> > On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Christopher Hills <orict...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >> Hi Justin,
> >> The Spam was not forwarded to the google group. It was copied and pasted
> >> from the original email. Also my reason for that was to educate readers
> of
> >> the group what spam email looks like. Normally the email with *SPAM* is
> >> there because of the email client filters and not needed.
> >> Also SPAM is not SPAM If it has an unsubscribe link within it as it
> >> *gives* you the receiver the chance to say no I don't what this. So
> should
> >> be flagged as Spam but people can't be asked and be taught not to click
> >> links within email they didn't know/read the page when they signing up
> for
> >> online shopping etc.
> >> I was getting those emails that hotchk155 posted as my email was in the
> >> envelope to: section not normally filtered and hard to do. If you view
> the
> >> view source of those emails you might see your email address in there
> and
> >> that's the reason you get them as your email as been picked up by a
> spam bot
> >> (machine driven script).
> >> If gmail's spam controller or anyone else wishes to state that I'm a
> >> spammer and should be blocked would be stupid to think that as I'm so
> >> clearly not one. Proactive reporting and good reasoning will improve
> spam
> >> filters but in this day and age it should be a thing of the past.
> >> Also this email is registered with http://www.spamcop.net and within
> 6-8
> >> months my spam count went from 800/per month to currently 4 this month,
> >> maybe more people should manage their email rather than moaning about
> how
> >> much spam they get or they keep getting blocked because the spam
> filters are
> >> set so badly. A other thing that I do when posting to this group as
> it's
> >> public is remove any personal email from my post as suggested by the
> pop-up
> >> just before posting. I use the web interface when posting
> >> Chris Hills
> >> On Monday, 11 June 2012 12:36:16 UTC+1, JustinN wrote:
> >>> As a result of forwarding spam to the mailing list, a couple of you are
> >>> starting to be classified as spammers yourself with GMail's spam
> >>> controller... :)
> >>> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Christopher Hills <> wrote:
> >>>> Reported those, I have a good section of 419 scams
> >>>> Subject line stated Your Payment Is Ready USD$750,000
> >>>> UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION, IN AFFILIATION WITH THE
> KOELNER
> >>>> BANK
> >>>> UNITED NATIONS (UNITED NATIONS ASSISTED PROGRAMME)
> >>>> DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
> >>>> UNITED NATIONS LIAISON OFFICE
> >>>> Our Ref: WB/NF/UNCC/KB027
> >>>> Attention: Sir/Madam,
> >>>> How are you today?Hope all is well with you and family?,You may not
> >>>> understand why this mail came to you.
> >>>> I am Miss Sarah George, Voice of the Mass Public Announcer to United
> >>>> Nations, I was instructed to contact you by Mr. Ban Ki-Moon the U-N
> general
> >>>> in regards to our first quarter annual meet for the year.
> >>>> We receive a confirmation that you where among the scam victims,
> because
> >>>> of this Secretary-General BAN KI-MOON of United Nations has agreed to
> reward
> >>>> and compensate you and also to pay 6 other victims from your country
> who has
> >>>> being Victims of Internet scam, The United Nations has decided to pay
> you (
> >>>> Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars Only) each..
> You are
> >>>> listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to
> be
> >>>> paid this amount.Also this compensation award extended to victims of
> >>>> Hurricane, earthquake, War displaced and Aged. Anyone who is a victim
> of the
> >>>> above mentioned is liable to benefit from this compensation exercise.
> >>>> We found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting
> >>>> you,This have been agreed upon and have been signed Therefore,we are
> happy
> >>>> to inform you that an arrangement has perfectly been concluded to
> effect
> >>>> your payment as soon as possible in our bid to be transparent and
> making the
> >>>> world a better place.
> >>>> However, it is our pleasure to inform you that your ATM Card Number;
> >>>> 4083 0521 0025 0080 has been approved and upgraded in your favor.
> >>>> Meanwhile,your Secret Pin Number will be available as soon as you
> confirm to
> >>>> us the receipt of your ATM CARD.
> >>>> The ATM Card Value is $750,000.00 USD Only. You are advised that a
> >>>> maximum withdrawal value of US$5,000.00 is permitted daily.And we are
> duly
> >>>> inter-switched and you can make withdrawal in any location of the ATM
> Center
> >>>> of your choice/nearest to you any where in the world.
> >>>> We have also concluded delivery arrangement with our accredited
> courier
> >>>> service Company to oversee the delivery of the ATM Card to you
> without any
> >>>> further delay.
> >>>> So you are hereby advice to forward to this office Director ATM SWIFT
> >>>> CARD Department. Therefore, you should send him your full Name and
> Telephone
> >>>> number/your correct mailing address where you want him to send the
> ATM to
> >>>> you.
> >>>> Contact Dr.Henry Cole, immediately for your ATM SWIFT CARD:
> >>>> 1. Your Full Name :
> >>>> 2. Your Direct Mobile No:
> >>>> 3. Your Home or Office Address :
> >>>> Email : (email removed)
> >>>> Thanks and God bless you and your family.
> >>>> Hoping to hear from you as soon as you receive your ATM Card.
> >>>> Making the world a better place
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>> Mr. Ban Ki-moon.
> >>>> Secretary General (UNITED NATIONS)
> >>>> On Monday, 11 June 2012 12:01:32 UTC+1, hotchk155 wrote:
> >>>>> I started keeping particularly amusing spam. This one made me
> chuckle..
> >>>>> I guess someone missed some gender setting for the random sender
> names on
> >>>>> their spambot
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