Bazyzy
Level: Roachling
Rank Points: 7
Registered: 12-20-2006
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Please help. My flat was burning in fire. My family not has home. We not have money. Please help...
[removed phone numbers]

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larrymurk
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Registered: 12-09-2004
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Hmmm...

Just registered today.
First post is asking for money?

tokyokid
Level: Smiter

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I can already sense the downfall of the forums if this unnecessary spamming continues...

eytanz
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Oh, come on, lets relax the prophecies of doom and gloom. Making dire predictions with every spammer that comes along does little to improve the signal to noise ration.

The best way to make sure that the forums are not becoming overrun with spam is to make sure that there's a lot of high-quality discussion going on. Let the admins deal with the rest.

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Beef Row
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larrymurk wrote:
Hmmm...

Just registered today.
First post is asking for money?

What are the numbers at the bottom of his post? Is it a bank code or something? They don't look familiar to me at all.

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Tombot
Level: Delver
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Registered: 11-24-2006
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Dear random forum.

My house got ploughed into the ground via a stray meteor, my girlfriend has left me and most of my family have died of scurvy for no adequately explored reason.

Gimme ur muneeeeeee!!11!1

also: here is some random numbers and letters for no helpful or reasoned purpose:

100000000RT
122343443PS
QRYYYY23457
LPOO9837265

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Fafnir
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My cynicism tells me this is almost certainly spam, and that Bazyzy's flat is unharmed. The message comes from a newbie, who would doubtless have other forums to turn to than our own; it is brief, and not tailored to this forum in any way (for easy crossposting elsewhere); and it contains the mangled grammar so typical of spam. Plus, if those numbers are the only thing that would make any sense, he simultaneously has no money and four bank accounts. If you are indeed a s[p|c]ammer, Bazyzy, if there is any justice in the world your flat will burn down, with you inside it. You will die slowly, and in great pain.

In the highly unlikely event that that is not the case, please provide proof. A single post on a forum really is not enough evidence that you are actually in trouble. We do not know you, we have never heard of you in our lives, we have no reason whatsoever to believe that you are telling the truth. Remedy that, and we will help.

And to anyone who, at the moment, believes Bazyzy is genuine: MY house got eaten by Barney the Dinosaur, along with all my family!! I tried to flee the country, but the boat was destroyed by Mothra and I was left footing the bill!!! I am typing this from a cybercafe. Please, I beg of you, send ME money to live on, as I have no-one else to turn to!!!!!

S235123452345
U123412341234
C079595483042
K359564856830
E204592853906
R350394623451

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Oneiromancer
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Well, I'd delete the post, but people seem to be having fun with it, so it can stay unless folks really just want it deleted.

And from what I can tell this forum doesn't really get that much spam for its size (and love affair with Google), so no need to get too depressed...

Game on,

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coppro
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I just checked. It wasn't Insaniquarium.

Andy101
Level: Master Delver
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Beef Row wrote:

What are the numbers at the bottom of his post? Is it a bank code or something? They don't look familiar to me at all.

The top number is an Australian phone number and the bottom one's a UK number. No idea about the other two though.

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krammer
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Andy101 wrote:
...the bottom one's a UK number.

It isn't. All UK landline numbers are +441..., or +442... for London. And mobiles are all +447... Just looks like gibberish to me.

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Andy101
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krammer wrote:

Andy101 wrote:
...the bottom one's a UK number.

It isn't. All UK landline numbers are +441..., or +442... for London. And mobiles are all +447... Just looks like gibberish to me.

On closer inspection the top one's an Australian land-line whereas the other 3 are Australian mobile numbers.

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Rabscuttle
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They are too long to be Australian numbers. I think they are just randomness.

NiroZ
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Registered: 02-12-2006
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Bazyzy wrote:
Please help. My flat was burning in fire. My family not has home. We not have money. Please help...
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OF COURSE, I WOULD HELP YOU BUT I AN TRAPPED IN NIGERIA, IF YOU WILL PLEASE SEND ME A LITTLE SUM OF MONEY, IF YOU GIVE ME MONEY TO ESCAPE OUT OF NIGERIA, I WILL SHARE WITH YOU $5 000 000 IN FAMILY INHERITANCE!

PLEASE REPLY
RIPPOFF@ARTIST.COM

Honestly, who would, upon finding one's house on fire, boot up the Internet and post on a forum asking for monetary assistance? Its too damn amusing to be annoying.

larrymurk
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Registered: 12-09-2004
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I believe it is preferred for people not to use all caps especially in a message title.

In certain instances, I'd say 1 word w/ all caps can be acceptable (ie. DROD, SCUBA, SPAM).

I believe this is general forum etiquette for pretty much all forums.

Niccus
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NiroZ wrote:
Honestly, who would, upon finding one's house on fire, boot up the Internet and post on a forum asking for monetary assistance?

Oh, there's worse.

tokyokid
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larrymurk wrote:
I believe it is preferred for people not to use all caps especially in a message title.

In certain instances, I'd say 1 word w/ all caps can be acceptable (ie. DROD, SCUBA, SPAM).

I believe this is general forum etiquette for pretty much all forums.

I agree all caps is kinda, well, very offensing. Like when someone (seems) like they're mad, but they aren't. With the same message in CAPS, then the person would really seem mad.

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NiroZ
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larrymurk wrote:
I believe it is preferred for people not to use all caps especially in a message title.

In certain instances, I'd say 1 word w/ all caps can be acceptable (ie. DROD, SCUBA, SPAM).

I believe this is general forum etiquette for pretty much all forums.

It seems I fail at making a parody then.

zex20913
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I believe that caps can be used for the great skill of mockery as follows:

OMG I HAV NO $$$$ PLZ SNED ME SOME NOWWW! LOLZORZ!

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Mattcrampy
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I told people internet memes are what happens when you make jokes about lynching people because they dare to criticise DROD. This is all RoboBob3000's fault.

Let's BEAT him for being DIFFERENT!

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Tuttle
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larrymurk wrote:
In certain instances, I'd say 1 word w/ all caps can be acceptable (ie. DROD, SCUBA, SPAM).

But only if you're referring to the meat product and not junk email. Sorry, pet peeve...

rowrow
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Help! The world is being destroyed!
Who is gonna play drod now????
S3nd m3 s0/V\3 /V\on3y pl0x?

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Rabscuttle
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9567 + 1085 = 10652!!!

rowrow
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Whats faster, by piggyback, or by new york?

[sarcastic]Seriously, we Must have a spam forum for a place where we can spam!
(its so much fun!)[/sarcastic]

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krepnox
Level: Delver
Rank Points: 52
Registered: 05-23-2006
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Please help. Vogons destroyed my planet and we are running out of Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters.

SCAm666Arthur

UrAvgAzn
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Registered: 04-15-2006
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Well, I think this is getting kinda out of hand guys, becau-- Hold on, get to you later, the pizza delivery man just rocket-launched my front door. AFK

Keep posting,

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