Spammers Among Us

[briarfriar]

Friends, beware:

[The #1 Source for Pipes and Pipe Tobacco Information] New message from Gift20

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The #1 Source for Pipes and Pipe Tobacco Information

9:48 AM (1 hour ago)
to me

Gift20 sent you a new message:
Subject: Hello
"Hello,

My name is Gift, i saw your profile today and i became interested in you, i will also like to know more about you, i will like you to reply to my mail with my email address so that i can send you my picture,and for you to know whom i am and tell you more things about me. Here is my email address (gift.oumar@hotmail.com) i believe we can start from here so am waiting for your reply to my email address above. Remember that distance or tribe does not matter but love matters a lot in life.

Yours new found friend, (gift.oumar@hotmail.com)

Thanks from Gift.

"
To view the message: http://pipesmagazine.com/members/briarfriar/messages/view/

 

[olewaylon]

yeah i got that one too. I was hopping it was real, thought id finally found a wife.

 

[mso489]

Groan. What makes me think "she" wants your bank account number? This is like the old

Nigerian scams. I guess they send out a million of these and get back a few hundred responses

from lonely confused souls. I've sustained a few relationships online as a widower (I'm now

happily married to a bride I first met in 1967), but I've never met anyone online. It's pretty risky.

 

[woodsroad]

Ah, yes, The Lonesome Pipe Babes. Thy cry out for you in the night. It would be a good name for a band. Or not.

 

[phil67]

Maybe it's from starcat! :lol:

 

[condorlover1]

Check out www.419eater.com it is a forum dedicated to driving these scammers crazy! As an after thought London is very pleasant!

 

[numbersix]

Love like that doesn't come around every day, don't let her get away!

 

[papipeguy]

That site is brilliant, condor. I have the time to screw with people so I'll get into the game.

 

[gmwolford]

Yeah, I got it, too. I reckon it's unavoidable from time to time. I'm going to check out that link condorlover1 shared. :twisted:

 

[philip]

Spammers? Does this mean I have to send some of my mail-order brides back?

 

[masspiper]

I got bad news that I had to leave town for the next 2 days on business but then I saw this spam that I got. I laughed my balls off. Gift as a username damn can the scammers make it many more obvious it really did turn my day around. All the mail order bride stuff also gave me a good laugh. :rofl:

 

[conlejm]

I received the same message. You can see our new friend Gift20's profile HERE.
Our new friend Gift Oumar lives in Daker Hawaii, smokes Meerschaum pipes, and has been a pipe smoker since February 1991. Sounds legit to me! :wink:

 

[rmbittner]

Haven't seen this one yet. . . but GMail has a fantastic spam filter, so I'd have to go looking for it in my Junk folder anyway. . .
Bob

 

[eightywon]

That link is amusing. Wonder if those scambaiters ever flip the script.

Im so happy you reached out to me! I just happened to win the lottery but unfortunately I'm married! Please send me $1500 so I can fly you out here and we can have you claim our prize and live happily ever after!

 

[daimyo]

I just received two identical pm's from the person in question. I replied, will marry for large quantities of Penzance or vintage Three Nuns.

 

[admin]

Deleted and banned.