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Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/20/04 02:58 PM
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Each and every day I'm receiving emails that are all in Chinese (or something similar)?? I have put a "block sender" over and over but they continue, more than ever! Apparently they're from different sources. Does anyone else get all these Chinese emails?
Marcie
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/20/04 03:08 PM
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I am not getting them....does Tom have any Chinese relatives??? Joana
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/20/04 03:16 PM
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Marcie, will you be going there on your World Cruise? Maybe they know you are coming!
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/20/04 03:16 PM
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Maybe it's Chinese guides contacting you to set up tours when you're on your BAIL cruise!
Or, maybe it's the waiter from our dinner at Sam Woo's trying to tell you that we stiffed him on his tip!
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/20/04 04:08 PM
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I get them too Marcie...lots of them...delete them without opening them. It's the safest bet!
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/20/04 04:12 PM
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Our spam blocker is receiving over 1200 virus messages a day along with all the spam. Most of them on the nkeene@brownandkeene.com email address so I have now completely stopped downloading these and they go straight into spam now. So if you still have that address for me change it please - drop the "n". It is becoming a serious problem unfortunately. You are just on the list Marcie eventually you may need to change your email then will be okay for a "very short time" until they figure out your new one.
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/20/04 04:13 PM
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I have received nothing in Chinese, but I have ben bombarded by versions of the old Nigerian "you've got money" scam recently. All "reported as spam" of course.
Thanks, Richard :) :) :)
"It's five o'clock somewhere."
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/20/04 04:31 PM
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No Chinese email here. My spam has been significantly reduced with AOL spam blocker - I know most of you use other ISPs, for good reasons, but with AOL, I've been able to avoid viruses and spam.
When I first switched to Comcast Cable Internet, got a virus almost immediately, so I stick with AOL and McAfee now as buffers. More expensive, but good for a low-tech user.
Margo
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/20/04 05:17 PM
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I get truckloads of Portugese spam on a daily basis.
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/20/04 05:38 PM
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/20/04 06:02 PM
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In case you think I'm kidding....(is this Chinese or just gobbly goop?) WHY ME? If s/he's trying to get us to sign up for an excursion on BAIL...s/he's going about it all wrong!
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/20/04 06:08 PM
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Marcie: I could be wrong, but I don't think that is Chinese or any other known language (could be Klingon, though!). Seriously, now that I've seen it, I think I've received a couple of those in the past month. I just "reported them to spam" on aol and no more Klingons! Sorry, Richard 
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/20/04 06:08 PM
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I get all sorts of interesting spam. Like "find out which of your relatives fought in the American Civil War." Ummm...okay.
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/20/04 06:11 PM
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Marcie
That looks like some doctoral candidate trying to figure out a dissertation topic. He/she are in for a long wait until that even gets by his committee.
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/20/04 06:16 PM
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No haven't received them.. but the "latest" is that this guy is looking for a member of our family to collect the inheritence of millions of dollars in the bank from the death of a family in a car accident in their country & since I have the last name I should contact him to sign on, give him his share ( he says he is an attorney, for their trust and can't locate relatives, so we will do) and we all make out.. How sick are these people?
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/20/04 06:18 PM
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Originally posted by dolebludger: could be Klingon, though! Richard, Hutlh Dhochvam Klingon't DIvI' Hol!!
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/20/04 06:35 PM
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WOW...no one has ever told me they're looking for me to give me the millions I've inherited! All they want to do is refinance my home, sell me discount drugs, Viagra to improve my love life or "take a peek at Debby" etc...just the same ole, same ole! I must not be on the "A" list!
Marcie
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/20/04 07:18 PM
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Well, I used to get a lot of "take a peek at Debbie" and similar emails, but Carol got a hold of the computer one day, and all that suddenly stopped. Gosh, I wonder what happened?
Seriously, I got an email this week from some idiot from some foriegn country (Malta) who said someone by my last name had died in a car wreck in his country and left a $7 million estate to which they could find no heirs. If I would only sign over 65% of it to him (a supposed laywer from Malta)he would get me my 35%. I had never heard of the alleged deceased, and am fairly sure I have no relatives by the name given. I'm also fairly sure that, had I responded, the need for me to put up some "up front" money would have surfaced.
"Reported to Spam"!
Thanks, Richard :) :) :)
"It's five o'clock somewhere."
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/20/04 07:31 PM
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So that's the problem Richard, the distant Matassa relatives must all die in remote Italian villages... penniless...not even worth a spam!
Marcie
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/20/04 10:02 PM
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Marcie - funny! :)
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/21/04 11:59 AM
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Great....now today I've received 3 spam emails regarding "get out of debt", "filing for bankruptcy" etc....what I want to know is who's the snitch?? :ohmy:
Marcie
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/21/04 12:45 PM
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I get these too. Usually it is only on my hotmail address and not my other 2 e mail addresses.
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/21/04 01:42 PM
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Marcie,
That definately is not Chinese. If it is Klingon, Karen S. should be able to translate it for you! We have been pretty fortunate in not getting hit with much spam.
Like Richard, we have received the Nigerian scam a few times and my husband has reported it to the FCC (I think they're the ones he reported it to. He is at a meeting now so I can't confirm it.)
Kathy
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/21/04 05:32 PM
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I am not sure but it just might be Chinese! Take a gander at this webpage from www.asiatimes-chinese.com
Karen Live long and prosper
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/22/04 03:27 AM
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Karen - my husband guesses that what is seen in the text of the webpage you provided is an alphanumeric representation of software code or graphic information. The only Chinese on that page is in the header.
Kathy
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/22/04 03:29 AM
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Karen Live long and prosper
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/22/04 03:31 AM
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Karen - you may have noticed, I just edited my post. Bill says there are some Greek letters in there. See how smart you are!
Kathy
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/22/04 04:54 AM
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Received this one this morning...GRRRRRRR...(and all this after downloading the "I Hate Spam") "Block Sender" doesn't help at all either!
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/22/04 06:20 AM
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Looks like "Gibberish" to me!
Fortunately, I have not received this nonsense. I get the other varieties of spam that was mentioned on this thread. It's all one major pain!
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05/22/04 06:26 AM
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For some unknown reason, Marcie's email fascinated me so I ran it through a universal translator that I found here. I used this portion of her email: ¡@¡@±z¬O§_ª¾¹Dµo«Hªº¯µ³Z¦b©ó¦³®Ä¦W³æªº«n¤Îµo«Hªº§Þ¥©©O¡H¦³¤H³æ³æ¾a¦bºô¸ôµo«H¦æ¾P´N¥i ¤ë¤Q¦h¸U¡A´N¾aºô¸ô¦æ¾P¡A¤£¥²¥X¥~¤W¯Z¬Ý¦ÑÁóÁy¦â¦Y¶º ¡A´N¥i»´ÃP¦b®a±µ®×ì¦]¡A´N¦b¥L̦³¤F µo«Hªº§Þ¥©»Pºë·Ç¦W³æ¡C²{¦b¥»¤u§@«Ç¹Î¶¤ºë¤ß¦¬¶°¥«±¤Wªº¥úºÐ¤Îºô¸ô¤W¦U¤j²á¤Ñ¯d¨¥¤Î¤G¤â©ç ½æºô¯¸¤Wªº¶l¥óEMail¦W³æ¤Î¤§«e¥«±¤W¦æ¾P¥úºÐ¼Æ¤d¸Uµ§«á¸g¹L¹LÂoÅçÃҤΫÂЧR°£µL®Ä¤§¦W³æ¡A ³o¬O¥»¤u§@¹Î¶¤¸g¹L¥b¦~¥H¨Óªº¾ã²z¦¨ªG¡A§Æ±æ¹ï±zªººô¸ô¦æ¾P¨Æ·~¤]¦³¤@¨ÇÀ°§U¡C ¡@¡@Åý±z¦b®a¦æ¾PDIY ¦³¤F³o¤ù¡y2004¦~5¤ë¥÷³Ì·s¶WÀu½èE-mail¦W³æ¡z¦æ¾P¥úºÐ´N¥þ³¡³£·d©w ¤F¡C This is what her email says and I used the Traditional Chinese translator: Whether you did know sends a letter the secret lies in the skill which the effective name list is important and sends a letter? Some people solely depend on in the network send a letter the marketing to be possible the month more than 10 ten thousand, depends on the network marketing, needs to go out goes to work looked boss the complexion eats meal, may with ease meet the document reason in the home, had in them has sent a letter skillful and the fine accurate name list. After now in this work room team careful collection market condition disc and the network each loudly chats the message and two auctions in the website the mail EMail name list and before in the market condition to sell the disc number surely pen the process to filter the confirmation and the repetition deletes the invalid name list, since this has been this work team passes through half year reorganization achievement, hoped also has some help to your network marketing enterprise. Let you sell DIY in the home to have this piece "in May, 2004 the newest ultra high quality E-mail name list" to sell the disc completely all to do decides. Editing to add, since most of us don't have a Chinese font on our computers, maybe the strange symbols are how our computers compensate.
Karen Live long and prosper
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/22/04 07:04 AM
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HUH???? I need a translation of the English translation!
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/22/04 07:07 AM
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Oops...deleting post, the page didn't work afterall.
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/22/04 07:09 AM
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Marcie, it's an email selling email address lists :) While I was translating Marcie's email, I came across the funniest thing. It is a translator that changes English into redneck. I translated this entire thread here.
Karen Live long and prosper
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/22/04 07:20 AM
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Karen, this has to be the funniest thing I've EVER READ!!! I'm rolling on the floor! (at least them thar Chinese e'mails is bringin me some sat-urs-fac-tion...Hot Damn!)
Marcie
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/22/04 07:36 AM
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05/22/04 07:53 AM
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/22/04 07:54 AM
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Originally posted by dolebludger: Well, I used to get a lot of "take a peek at Debbie" and similar emails, but Carol got a hold of the computer one day, and all that suddenly stopped. Gosh, I wonder what happened?
Seriously, I got an email this week from some idiot from some foriegn country (Malta) who said someone by my last name had died in a car wreck in his country and left a $7 million estate to which they could find no heirs. If I would only sign over 65% of it to him (a supposed laywer from Malta)he would get me my 35%. I had never heard of the alleged deceased, and am fairly sure I have no relatives by the name given. I'm also fairly sure that, had I responded, the need for me to put up some "up front" money would have surfaced.
"Reported to Spam"!
Thanks, Richard :) :) :) That's the same email I was talking about. :cool:
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Re: Am I the only one receiving these emails?
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05/22/04 09:12 AM
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You may see the answer if you scroll down "Fonts" It looks like a cyryllic type. Certainly not Ariel !
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05/22/04 11:17 AM
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Denise
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Karen,
That is absolutely hysterical!
Denise
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05/22/04 12:51 PM
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Y'all 'r gonna hurt Big Tom's feelin's with that laffin'.
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