[ale] OT: messing with those damned spammers

[John Wells]

Here's a link to the guy who was written up in Wired.  He went to great
lengths and got some pretty hilarious results in the end (think webcam,
Amsterdam, laughing remotely)...

http://willcoxinfo.bravepages.com/index.html

Well worth the read.

John

Hogg, Russell E said:
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>  Gotta keep the realism up.
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> What is his eventual goal..
> To somehow get some of his debt assigned to you?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Wells [mailto:jb at sourceillustrated.com]
> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 1:46 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Cc: ctcrreho at opm.gov
> Subject: RE: [ale] OT: messing with those damned spammers
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> I'm thinking about demanding that if I agree to do it and provide the
> information that he has to guarantee that his sister will be my bride.
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> That should throw him for a loop.  Funny thing is, it's interesting to
> see him balk at certain things when it's completely made up
> anyway...guess to hook me in even further...
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> John
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> Hogg, Russell E said:
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>> You know I always wanted an exact duplicate of the General Lee.  Flag
>> on the roof, welded shut doors and everything.  Oh but I would want a
>> better CB then they had.  1/4 whips are "so" out.  And maybe an
>> autographed poster of daisy.
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>> Oh and a captain America shield.
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>> Seems to me that a golf pro might want and indentured servant caddie
>> as well.
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>> I'm reminded of a scene in the movie "Airheads" where the Lone Rangers
>> ask for naked pictures of Bea Arthur.
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>> Nice of him to promise not to marry his sister, so that she might
>> still be on the market upon reaching the U.S.
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>> Russ
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: John Wells [mailto:jb at sourceillustrated.com]
>> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 10:19 AM
>> To: ale at ale.org
>> Subject: [ale] OT: messing with those damned spammers
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>> Inspired by a Wired article I read recently doing this same thing,
>> I've been playing with one of these URGENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED spammers.
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>> Thought it might be fun to open to the group for suggestions on how to
>> thicken the plot.
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>> Please send your outrageous suggestions, and I'll forward them on ;-).
>> I find it funny that he won't even go to a 50/50 deal, even though he
>> knows I'll never get a penny!
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>> Read this ongoing saga at:
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>> http://sourceillustrated.com/spam.html
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>> Suggestions from my co-workers:
>> - Tell him the rate can be negotiated if he's willing to enter a
>> "manly" relationship
>> - Offer a trade of your mother for his sister as a show of goodwill
>> before any transactions can proceed
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>> Spam *can* be fun...
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>> John
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