hit traffic on the Dogger bank, up the Thames to find a taxi rank

Sometimes my spam folder gets some choice, choice things.

Re: Email From The Federal Bureau of Investigation

No, you're not. Stop fibbing.

FBI Deputy Director [paul.m.abbate@jcom.home.ne.jp]

This fellow does not deserve anonymization.

Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 2:43 PMM

Yes. It actually said "PMM".

Reply-To: paul.m.abbate@daum.net

And note the two different email addresses.

Now, they do have one thing correct--Paul. M. Abbate is the current director of the FBI. But that's about all they get right. It's yet another 419 scam.

To: You

I didn't change this part! It came to "You"!

Federal Bureau of Investigation
Field Intelligence Groups The J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20535

Attention: Beneficiary,

Again, this is how it came. Not to me directly, just 'You' and 'Beneficiary'. Another sign it's a scam.

We sincerely apologize for sending you this sensitive information via e-mail instead of certified mail, post-mail, phone, or face-to-face conversation. It's due to the urgency and importance of the security information of our citizens. I am deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Paul M. Abbate. We intercepted and seized two consignment boxes at the John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, NY 11430, coming from a foreign I checked the content of the two consignment boxes and found they contained the sum of US$4.1 million dollars in value of certified payment bond. Also, the two consignment boxes had documents with your name on them as the receiver of the package. After questioning the diplomat that accompanied the two consignment boxes into the United States, we learned that he was to deliver these two consignment boxes to your residence as an inheritance/winning prize payment due to you.

And this was the first time Em bent over the keys laughing. "Inheritence/winning prize payment". Really. Well, which is it, Paul? You're the director of the FBI, right? You think you'd know.

The two consignment boxes' paperwork lacks the PROOF OF OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE AND LEGAL DELIVERY PERMIT CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE forms.

PFFFFFFT.

We confiscated the two consignment boxes and released the diplomat. According to section 229, subsection 31 of the International Commerce Regulators Code Enforcement Guidelines, the sealed envelope lacks PROOF OF OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE AND LEGAL DELIVERY PERMIT CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE. Since the content is valued financial material of such an amount by the joint team of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Homeland Security, you're to reply for direction on how to procure the two consignment boxes and be relieved of the charge of tax evasion, which is a jailable offense under section 12 subsection 441 of the tax code. We will also be asking the IRS to launch an investigation into money laundering if you do not follow our instructions.

Suuuure you will.

You are required to reply within 72 hours.

Bite me.

At that point, I will walk you through the process of clearing and claiming the money. Failure to comply may lead to your arrest, interrogation, and/or you being prosecuted in a court of law for tax evasion and/or money laundering.

No, it won't, no, it won't, and no, it won't, because this is a scam. Get real. People actually fall for this nonsense?

You are also instructed to desist from further contact with any bank(s) or person(s) in the United States, the United Kingdom, or any part of the world regarding your fund because your payment has been confiscated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation here in the United States.

If I thought any money was actually in jeopardy, I might care, but it's not, so I don't.

Yours in Service,

No, you're not.

Paul M. Abbate
The Deputy Director of the FBI

And no you're not.

But I did have fun reading through this, so thanks for that.

you were my lesson I had to learn, I was your fortress you had to burn

This one goes back a ways. I can't remember if I blogged about this before, but early on in the pandemic, I put together a list of simple recipes for new home cooks, as well as virtual exploration destinations for folks trapped at home. That was clear back in 2020.

This put me on some kind of...list.

I got three messages from Lish Babela, one in December of 2021, the following two in January of 2022, two weeks apart, recommending her site's list of virtual museum tours in Singapore. But it didn't stop there.

Mary Pauline Maido let me know she had a site of virtual museum tours in Ireland in January of 2022. Then Katrina Lapid sent me a set of virtual tours of New Zealand. That was in February of 2022. She sent another email twice in March of 2022 with the same exact information.

In Aprille of 2022, she emailed me again. I just wasn't sure what to say. Then I got an email from Apple Smith...and got incensed.

While we have transitioned to a new normal and can finally go out and about, some of us are still homebound.

We can 'finally go out and about'? I don't know about your region, Apple, but where I live? People are still dropping in place. We still have eight hundred deaths on average a week, and over one thousand new cases a day just in my county and the county next door, let along the rest of the state. This is NOT over, and I highly resent your chipper, breezy conviction.

The [blog entry] you shared have given readers a timeless way to be active and productive. You also brought them to places at the comfort of their homes with the tours!

This would have been a comfort to hear, were it not preceded by the blind arrogance of the first sentence. As it is, I do not think you're speaking sincerely, and I wish you'd stop speaking to me.

They can also visit “The Couve” through our well-curated Virtual Tours in Vancouver, where we’ve personally picked only the best! It’s a one-stop page for all the great places they can visit from museums to art galleries and more.

Great. Linked. Anything else?

This is gonna be a fun trip!

Die on fire,

Best,

Apple Smith

I hope your favorite book is made into a hugely popular film with a terrible cast by Uwe Boll.

Is everyone HAPPY NOW?!? I'm crawling back under my rock and blocking you all if you write me again. Dear gods.

I need my empty halls to echo with grand self-mythology

The spam messages are getting stranger.

Dear Trusting Friend in God,

Dear what now?

This is Mrs. Melissa Richardson from London,

I highly doubt that.

58 years an aging widow suffering from long time illness.

Sorry to hear that. Why are you telling me?

I have the sum of $17.5M for you

No, you don't.

to use the fund for God’s work.

I found your e-mail address as a real Child of God

No, you didn't.

for over a month now that I have been praying about you

No, you haven't. Seriously, are there people this works on?

to know if really you are working according to the direction of God

I guess it largely depends on which god, but trust me, lady, it ain't yours. Even were I Christian, it wouldn't be your weird version.

so after all my prayers I am convince,

"Convinced".

and I have decided to contact you, Please if you would be able to use the funds for the Lord's work,

I mean, could I use the money? Sure. Do you have it? No. Would you send it to a stranger from a blind-buy email list? Hells, no. So why are you here?

with trust reply me

Never gonna happen.

with this e-mail address: ( mehards02@gmail.com )

Wau, that's not only a fake email, that's an email developed for PornHub or Grindr.

But I looked into it. Apparently variations of this one go back to 2020, with an expanded backstory. Seems like in the intervening time, she's moved from Benin to London.

Thanks

No thanks,

Yours in the Lord

Don't care,

Mrs. Melissa Richardson.

And that's not who you are, anyway.

Seriously--do people actually fall for this nonsense? Why?

I'm packing up my things and I'm wiping down the walls

Nothing on this is going to be anonymized, it's too ridiculous.

Ethelred Dehaven (gtphzuqehnzarkayakers@hotmail.com)

Of course it's a Hotmail address.

9:46 AM (1 hour ago)
to [me]

{real name},‌‌‌

H‌‌e‌‌l‌lo‌‌‌ ‌‌‌‌‌m‌‌y‌ ‌n‌‌‌‌a‌‌m‌e‌‌‌ ‌‌i‌s‌ ‌‌E‌t‌‌h‌el‌‌‌‌re‌‌‌d ‌‌Deh‌a‌‌v‌‌e‌‌n,

I doubt that...

W‌e‌ t‌‌r‌ie‌‌d‌‌ t‌o‌‌‌‌ ‌‌con‌t‌‌‌‌a‌‌‌c‌t‌‌‌ ‌y‌‌o‌u‌ ‌‌at ‌y‌‌ou‌r‌‌ ‌‌‌‌h‌o‌‌‌m‌e‌‌ ‌a‌‌‌n‌‌‌d‌‌ ‌‌d‌‌‌i‌d‌ ‌‌n‌‌‌o‌‌‌‌‌‌t ‌h‌‌e‌‌a‌‌r‌‌ ‌b‌‌a‌ck‌‌.

I doubt that, too.

It ‌l‌‌‌o‌ok‌s ‌l‌i‌‌‌ke ‌‌yo‌u‌‌r‌ ‌‌s‌‌‌t‌‌u‌d‌‌e‌n‌t‌ ‌‌l‌o‌‌a‌‌n‌‌‌ ‌m‌a‌‌y‌‌ ‌‌b‌e‌ ‌e‌‌l‌‌i‌‌g‌i‌‌bl‌‌e‌ ‌for‌‌ t‌he‌ r‌e‌c‌ent‌‌‌ ‌‌‌‌s‌‌t‌‌i‌‌m‌u‌‌l‌‌u‌‌s‌ ‌‌f‌‌o‌‌‌r‌giv‌‌e‌n‌e‌‌s‌‌s‌ ‌‌a‌n‌‌d ‌‌r‌e‌l‌‌‌‌‌i‌‌‌e‌f ‌l‌‌‌e‌‌‌g‌i‌sl‌‌at‌‌io‌‌‌n‌‌ ‌‌(‌Ca‌‌r‌‌es A‌‌c‌t)‌‌‌,‌ ‌ho‌‌‌w‌e‌‌v‌‌‌e‌‌‌r‌‌‌ ‌‌y‌‌‌o‌‌‌u‌r‌ ‌a‌p‌p‌‌li‌‌‌c‌a‌‌t‌‌i‌‌o‌‌‌n‌‌‌ ‌‌‌d‌‌oe‌s n‌e‌e‌d‌ ‌‌t‌o ‌b‌e‌‌ ‌‌co‌m‌pl‌‌‌‌e‌t‌‌e‌d.‌‌

It doesn't actually. I have no outstanding student loans to forgive.

T‌‌h‌‌is‌ ‌‌‌a‌pp‌l‌‌‌i‌e‌s ‌t‌o‌‌ a‌‌‌ll‌‌‌‌ ‌‌‌l‌‌‌‌o‌‌‌‌‌a‌‌‌‌‌n‌‌ s‌‌ta‌‌t‌‌u‌‌s‌e‌‌s‌‌ ‌i‌‌n‌c‌l‌‌‌u‌d‌‌‌i‌‌‌‌‌‌n‌‌g ‌t‌‌ho‌s‌‌e‌ ‌‌‌l‌‌o‌‌a‌‌‌ns‌ ‌i‌n‌ ‌‌de‌‌‌f‌a‌ul‌‌t‌‌ ‌‌‌an‌‌d ‌g‌‌‌a‌r‌n‌‌i‌‌sh‌m‌en‌t‌‌‌.‌‌

Good? Still doesn't apply to me.

If‌ ‌‌y‌‌ou‌‌ ‌c‌‌‌ou‌ld‌‌ ‌‌‌‌‌p‌‌l‌‌‌e‌‌as‌‌e‌‌ ‌‌g‌iv‌‌e‌‌‌ ‌y‌ou‌‌r‌‌‌ ‌‌d‌‌e‌‌d‌‌‌ic‌a‌t‌‌ed‌‌‌‌ ‌‌e‌‌lig‌‌i‌‌b‌‌‌i‌‌l‌‌‌‌ity ‌‌l‌‌i‌‌‌n‌e ‌a ‌c‌al‌l‌‌ ‌‌a‌t‌‌‌‌‌‌: 888-7∙∙31∙9065

This is not a number. But it definitely is a scam number.

and‌ we‌ c‌‌an ‌‌h‌a‌‌ve‌‌‌‌ t‌hi‌s appli‌ed ‌im‌m‌‌e‌d‌i‌‌at‌el‌y‌.‌

I doubt this, too.

P‌le‌ase b‌e ‌a‌wa‌re‌ t‌‌‌h‌a‌t‌‌ ‌‌th‌e‌‌se‌ ‌b‌‌‌e‌n‌e‌‌f‌i‌‌ts‌ c‌om‌e ‌o‌‌‌n ‌a ‌f‌irs‌‌t‌ c‌o‌me‌‌ ‌‌fi‌rst ‌s‌e‌rve‌ ‌‌b‌‌‌as‌is‌ ‌tho‌‌u‌g‌h.‌‌

Oh, I'm sure of that. I'm just wondering what the grift is. We call in, and we're told, so sorry, your application didn't go through, it will just be a $50 fee to resubmit?

Ple‌as‌e‌‌‌ ma‌k‌e‌‌ sur‌‌‌‌e t‌‌o‌‌ ‌‌‌p‌‌r‌ov‌ide ‌your p‌erson‌a‌l‌‌ v‌a‌l‌id‌atio‌‌‌n c‌o‌de #‌34‌36‌3.‌

My "personal code"? Oh, you're so gracious.

Ou‌r offi‌c‌‌e‌ h‌o‌u‌‌rs ‌a‌‌r‌‌e‌‌ 8am-‌5p‌m ‌(‌PST) M‌o‌‌nday-‌Fri‌da‌‌y‌.‌ ‌‌T‌h‌‌‌an‌k‌ ‌Y‌‌‌ou, ‌E‌‌th‌el‌‌red‌ ‌‌Deha‌ve‌‌n

‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌And what a name. I'm wondering if a spiderbot just grabbed it from random Google books uploaded to the net.

I‌f y‌ou ‌‌do not ‌h‌ave stude‌n‌‌t l‌oan‌‌s,‌ ‌‌please ‌ign‌ore ‌this me‌ssa‌ge.

Oh, don't worry. I will.

D‌is‌t‌ribu‌te‌d ‌b‌y.‌‌..M‌a‌rket‌i‌‌ng Se‌rv‌ic‌es,‌ PO‌‌‌ B‌‌ox 249 #5‌7‌223,‌ A‌l‌‌‌buq‌‌‌ue‌r‌‌que‌, N‌e‌‌w Mex‌ico ‌8‌‌7‌‌10‌3 ....‌.‌‌..

I doubt that, too, but that does come up on another scam note, so there's that.

w‌e ‌d‌o ‌not pro‌vide‌ any o‌t‌h‌er se‌rv‌‌ic‌e e‌xc‌ept f‌o‌r a‌d‌v‌erti‌s‌i‌ng. If yo‌u ‌ha‌ve‌ a conc‌er‌‌n‌ re‌g‌ardin‌‌g a‌‌‌ pro‌‌‌d‌uct‌ ‌or‌ se‌rvi‌c‌e‌‌ p‌l‌e‌ase ‌co‌nt‌‌a‌ct‌ th‌at compan‌y dir‌e‌ctl‌y u‌sing t‌he‌ phone ‌number ‌ab‌‌o‌‌‌v‌e.‌........... to‌ be‌ ‌remove‌d ‌f‌r‌om fu‌‌t‌ur‌e‌‌ a‌dv‌ertisemen‌‌ts‌ ‌t‌yp‌e ‌i‌n 'no-m‌ore‌-‌a‌ds‌.com' in‌ your br‌owser‌ a‌nd ‌e‌nte‌r your ema‌il‌ a‌‌ddres‌s

Which...would give you the email address as a confirmed active point. Pass.

'‌em‌il‌ly‌.o‌r‌‌r@‌gmail‌.‌‌com‌'.‌.‌‌‌..‌...‌.‌‌....‌‌...‌‌.‌‌....‌...‌...‌‌.‌...‌.....‌..‌.......‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌ZW1pbGx5Lm9yckBnbWFpbC5jb20=

And I have no idea what this last bit means.

But this blog has been in stasis TOO long and that needs to change. That, I do know.

creation comes when you learn to say no

So. I got another email that should have been caught by the spam filter...

Hi there,

...Hi there.

My name is [Lxxxx], I am the main editor at Snoozy Monk ([leaving the name in but not the webpage]).

Okay...and your site has what to do with mine?

While browsing your site, I noticed you have an amazing article from this page:

"Amazing". Really?

http://razorblade-cookies.blogspot.com/2020/11/reputable-profile-my-left-foot.html

And this, Constant Reader, is where the Editrix felt her head tilt nearly all the way off. Because that "article" has NOTHING to do with insomnia. It's all taking on yet another spam letter, prefaced by a quote on D/s I thought relevant at the time.

And it's over a year old!

My team actually just published a comprehensive article on "Everything You Need To Know About Insomnia" which I think your visitors would truly appreciate and add value to your awesome article.

I doubt that, but...

You can check it out here: https://www.snoozymonk.com/blogs/news/everything-you-need-to-know-about-insomnia

And this one I did leave in, even though it is clearly intended as spamvertising. I skimmed it, and...I mean, it does contain information that might help, but it's also the same information a five-minute search of Google would turn up. I am deeply confused.

If you were willing to add our link to that page, I would be more than happy to share it to my social followers to help you gain some visibility in exchange.

Not a chance in anything.

Let me know what you think and thank you for your consideration!

I plan to let you know by clicking the 'remove my name from your list' button.

Cheers,

Sure, merry whatever...

Lxxxx Mxxxx

Right. Couldn't even wait until the year rolled around to 2022 to hit me with "Hi, I got your name from a random bot search, you might be gullible enough to pimp us!". Honestly.

and passive scenes so pathetic

I present to you in its entirety, the new form of Kevin:

[12:51] llandsberg (nasya002): Hey hey

I need help, I need money for my studies, my relatives do not have it, so I have to somehow get out of it.

I need $1600 on this, but not just like that, on loan
I don't know who to turn to anymore, so I ask you
if you need to give something as a pledge-no problem

I'm asking very much, please
[12:52] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
[12:52] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Go away, Kevin.

This scammer's been on the grid for seven years, OR hacked the account of the actual nasya, but either way, it's worth the warning. Block and report if seen.

Some people. Sheesh.

I reported her for fraud and blocked her. If you see her pop up, I suggest you do the same.

this is not the way into my heart, into my head

Out of the blue in a store group--a store group of a skin designer, no less:

[11:32] Sxxxxxxxx: 􀀀
.❀**•.¸.❀**•.¸.❀****•.¸.❀**•.¸.❀**•
♥ Diamond Sexy Girls♥

And really, do you need more than that to know it was posted in the wrong place? But I'm including the rest anyway, because I get to badly translate it through Google Translate:

Приглашаем вас 22.05.....в 21.00 ...на вечеринку в восточном стиле!!!
Лёгкая музыка в арабском стиле!!!
красивые девочки в костюмах востока
Открытый голосовой канал !!!
Просто кинуть зад на кресла расслабиться !!! !
Отдохни от мира уйди в нирвану !!!
Самая Строптивая DJ
..❀**•.¸.❀**•.¸.❀****•.¸.❀**•.¸.❀**•.¸
¸. 􀀁

Which roughly means...

We invite you on 05.22 ..... at 21.00 ... for a party in oriental style !!!
Light music in Arabic style !!!
beautiful girls in oriental costumes
Open voice channel !!!
Just throw your ass on the chairs to relax !!! !
Take a break from the world and go to nirvana !!!
The Obstinate DJ

So...it's a...dance??

[11:32] Sxxxx Mxxxxxxxx: )
[11:32] Sxxxx Mxxxxxxxx: а нах ты сюда кидаешь [[And why are you throwing it here?]]
[11:32] Sxxxx Mxxxxxxxx: тут запрещено кидать русскую рекламу [[It is forbidden to throw Russian ads here]]

Yeah, I'm with Mr. M, here.

[11:32] Sxxxxxxxx: [location of said whatever]
[11:33] Sxxxxxxxx: ок
[11:33] Sxxxx Mxxxxxxxx: дура сука пхаха [[stupid {b*tch} hahaha]]
[11:33] Sxxxx Mxxxxxxxx: тебя щас забанят [[you will be banned right now]]

Don't I wish.

[11:33] Sxxxxxxxx: да они надоели уже со своей рекламой [[yes they are already tired of their advertising]]

Wait, who's tired? Ms. S. is tired? We're ALL tired of Ms. S. spewing this nonsense in the group, but--that phrasing is odd, even through GT.

[11:33] Sxxxxxxxx: Привет Вов [[Hi Vov]]

Who's Vov?

[11:33] Sxxxx Mxxxxxxxx: нахуй мне твой привет? [[F*ck me your hello]]

So, Ms. S. thinks Mr. M is Vov??

[11:33] Sxxxx Mxxxxxxxx: я не забываю хуеты [[I don't forget f+cking]]

Well, who does, really, but--rude.

[11:33] Sxxxxxxxx: )))) [[???]]
[11:34] Sxxxxxxxx: повопи какой ты несчастный [[cry how unhappy you are]]

Wau, what a troll.

[11:34] Sxxxxxxxx: поной [[well]]
[11:34] Sxxxx Mxxxxxxxx: слейся кикимора ты старая [[go kikimora you are old]]

This one I had to look up. Apparently a Kikimora is a hag spirit in Russian folklore?

[11:34] Sxxxx Mxxxxxxxx: на твой голос даже дрочить стремно [[even jerking off to your voice is dumb]]

Ooh, snap.

[11:34] Sxxxxxxxx: школота)))) [[She's basically calling him a child]]
[11:35] Sxxxx Mxxxxxxxx: ну да [[well yes]]
[11:35] Sxxxx Mxxxxxxxx: мне не 60 [[I'm not sixty]]
[11:35] Sxxxx Mxxxxxxxx: как те старая пизда [[like those old...uh, let's just say 'women']]
[11:35] Sxxxxxxxx: ммм. как прикольно.. 60 тебе? и ты девочка? [[mmm. how cool .. 60 for you? and are you a girl?]]

I don't even get this one. So he just said, fine, call me a schoolboy, I'm not an old git, and she's saying...so you're a 60-year-old-girl? That was the best insult she could come up with? What is she, five?

[11:40] Pxxx Fxxxxx: This is not the group for it [Sxxxxxxxx]

Damn straight it's not.

[11:41] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Wow, I see someone getting kicked out of the group in future...

And apparently, she was summarily kicked, because group chat fell silent.


And everybody clapped. Probably literally.

the world will stain us with a scarlet cross

All right, I've had it. NO more tolerance.



Remember the idiot I spoke of a few entries back? Well, this is him.

He's been yammering at me since December, and I've asked him multiple times what the hell he wants, and he never answers, and I have had it.

[17:26] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Какого черта ты хочешь? (What the hell do you want?)
[17:26] :::::::ANGELSSS KING::::::: (sicilijano.sosa): Hello lovly human romance sweet soul I need Uregnt 88 linden GOD bless your life steps.A thanks love.

Oh, THAT he answers!

[17:27] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Oh my gods
[17:27] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Long walk, short pier, go hang, take your pick, scram, beat it, leave me alone.
[17:27] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Долгая прогулка, короткий пирс, иди, повесь, забери, возьми, удари, оставь меня в покое (The above but in Russian)

After this, I reported him to the Lindens and blocked him, and YES I am very much leaving his name CLEARLY VISIBLE because the fraud attempt is now known. Guard yourselves, block if you see him, report him and maybe the account will die off.

I don't know you in those clothes, I don't know you with that hair

Actually leaving this one mostly intact:

[21:04] Mr. Randolph (larryrandolph): Looking for asian/latina/ebony girls doing lingerie modeling pictures for Elle et Lui Modeling Magazine 2021 spring lingerie special edition. Pls contact me if you are interested, thanks!

This is in the Saturday Sale Shoppers group. A SALES EVENT. Dude, NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR ETHNIC FETISH This is not the first time he's posted something like this in this or other groups, either.

[21:05] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): why here?
[21:09] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): whyyyyyy heeeeeere

Seriously. WHY in a sales event group?

[21:06] dxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: what size?

Do NOT encourage this nimrod.

[21:07] gxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: oh, he made a new account after getting blocked in every group, persistent lol

Yeah, but he's still friggin' Larry! Nearly every alt this moron's ever made has been "larry[othername]".

[21:08] Bxxxxxx Lxxxx: Taking care of it
[21:08] axxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Uh oh, why did he get blocked lol
[21:09] Bxxxxxx Lxxxx: Well, from what we were told previously and in personal experience, it is not modeling if you get my drift.
[21:09] dxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: o.0
[21:09] Bxxxxxx Lxxxx: not my own personal experience - someone else's
[21:09] dxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: oh damn nvm i asked then
[21:09] axxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Lol, it never is
[21:09] mxxx Rxxxxxxx: LOL
[21:10] hxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: omg..

Yeah. Not even convinced there's an actual magazine, even one just in SL.

[21:10] Mxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Do you have to interview on a couch first? XD

I suspect that's the entire point, start to finish.

[21:10] Dxx Gxxxxxxx: LOL
[21:11] Rxxx Mxxxxxx: XD
[21:11] oxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: so...if its not modelling...what is it? *blinks innocently*
[21:11] axxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Cake decorating

Oh yeah, baby, bring me one of your Russian flower tips, do me like a frosting rose...

[21:11] Mxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I love cake decorating!
[21:12] Bxxxxx Cxxxxxx: benchwarming
[21:12] txxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Oh o LOVE cake!
[21:12] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): I have no idea, but this idiot has hit every single sales group I'm in

SEVERAL. TIMES.

[21:12] Mxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: under water basket weaving
[21:12] Bxxxxxx Lxxxx: baking?
[21:12] rxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lol
[21:12] Jxxxx Gxxxxx: An exercise in tedium.

That too.

[21:12] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Not the adult groups, where it would be appropriate, NO, just the freebie and the sales ones
[21:12] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Yeah
[21:12] bxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: v camming
[21:12] dxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lmaooo
[21:12] Bxxxxxx Lxxxx: lol glad we al lhave a sense of humor here

It helps.

[21:12] oxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: well THATS a rip off
[21:12] Pxxxxxx Gxxxxxx: I love cake eating
[21:13] Txxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Dang Telemarketers!
[21:13] oxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: :D
[21:13] Mxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i wish someone would eat my cake
[21:13] Bxxxxx Cxxxxxx: what is this sense of humor you speak of?
[21:13] txxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: where is THE CAKE!
[21:13] xxxxx Rxxxxxxx: looking for the naive ones :P
[21:13] Bxxxxx Cxxxxxx: the cake is a lie!!!!!

And that iteration of Larry got blocked soon after, but he'll probably be back. Man's an idiot, but he's a driven one.

they got a name for the winners in the world, I want a name when I lose

Dropped into the middle of, of all things, a texture group chat:

[14:00] DSR5O: DJ Stix (stixguy.nightfire) Your young ladies order are ready sir ^^

The what now?

[14:00] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Pardon?
[14:01] sxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ?
[14:01] Sxxxxx Oxxxxxx thinks that was a miss-group
[14:02] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): I...hope so, but I admit I am intrigued!

I am. I mean, it seems pretty clear to me, but...

[14:02] pxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Laughs
[14:02] Sxxxxx Oxxxxxx: yea... no comment.. *giggles and keeps working on the Pirate Jail*
[14:03] pxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: loves wrong chat hiccups sometimes
[14:03] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Just for providing girls? Harsh, [Sxxxxx]!

Does seem a bit of overkill.

[14:04] pxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ha ha but if selling then not good .an actually profile is 3 days old .
[14:04] dxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: cafreful, [sxxxxx] might toss em in jail lol
[14:04] pxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: so dont click
[14:04] pxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: be wary block ..
[14:05] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Wau, three days in world and already thriving in the black market. That's ambition.
[14:05] dxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: LOL

So, I was curious and pulled the profile. Yep, just three days old. His total SL bio?

"Welcome to the DSR Family and BDSM Community 5k ph IM me for times and availability."

Riiiight.

[14:05] pxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lol .. i am trying to get enough to tip DJs after 5 years ...
[14:06] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Laudable

But then, later...

[14:13] DSR5O: Kasey Korvin You two ladies order is ready for you ^^
[14:15] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Okay, I JUST saw something like this in another group. What gives?

It's the same guy! What the...

[14:16] lxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lol 3 days old. its alt and scam
[14:17] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Yeah, but what scam is it FOR? It's not asking for money, it's not asking for us to pay rent, WTH, dude....
[14:17] mxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Attention!

Ugh.

[14:17] Bxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Is it Kevin?

We have a running joke in this particular group about that name, because an avatar named Kevin kept showing up at the group events, and standing around and begging for Lindens.

[14:17] lxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: yup
[14:17] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Well, it's Korvin. Does that count?
[14:17] Bxxxx Rxxxxxxx: close enough

Yeah, probably. Total waste of oxygen, again.

And THEN:

[14:20] DSR5O: Kasey Korvin You two ladies order is ready for you ^^

It's the EXACT SAME GUY! Something is up.

[14:20] DSR5O: Kasey Korvin You two ladies order is ready for you ^^

WE KNOW, SHUT UP!

[14:20] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ?
[14:20] Rxxx Gxxxxx: doubly you tea eff
[14:21] Bxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: bet wrong group ?
[14:21] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): IT'S THE SAME IDIOT
[14:21] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): He's hitting all the groups

So I pulled his profile again to have a closer look. He's actually in a group called "!_@ SPAMMMM @_!". I don't even want to know.

He's also in a group called "I Mute Stupid People", there's some irony for you, and as for the rest of his profile--the only picture for the front is two hands holding a black leather ball gag, no picks, and on his FL page, it says

Italian, Pansexual i like it both ways ^^
What I'm doing today I'm absolutely doing again tomorrow :D

So he's going to spam people out of existence tomorrow? Fabulous.

I reported him. So did a bunch of other people. I hope he loses the account.

you thought fame could outrun fear

Well, this was brief, but fun:

[11:31] Shanel 5 (misscocco): Available Skybox with luxury villas of 4092 MQS, 200 Prims and 300 Lindens Week, Im me if you are interested

Meet Ms. Shanel. She doesn't get anonymized, because she's deliberately stupid.

[11:31] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Uh, was that meant for this group?

I pulled her profile, in case she was a secret mod for Blueberry. Turns out no--she's apparently a French DJ who is all about raising her toddler, and is otherwise mostly in fashion and sales groups. Weird.

[11:31] axxxxx Rxxxxxxx: not something ou should send in this groupy
[11:32] Sxxxxxxx Mxxxxxxxx: Yes... just spam a group you don't own

I know, right?

[11:32] Jxxxxxxx Ixxxx: Blueberry is selling skyboxes??

Nope.

[11:32] gxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: That is a no no
[11:32] kxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx agrees
[11:32] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): I didn't think so
[11:32] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Bad form, Shanel, no biscuit
[11:32] ixxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I want people to stop posting in this group because I keep getting prompts which make me think that I've gotten an IM

That's a separate issue, and your best way around that is to close the group, because group chat is treated the same as person-to-person: they all come in as IMs.

[11:32] ixxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: it's disappointing
[11:32] Sxxxxxxx Mxxxxxxxx: Well if there is a mod in here that see that. She won't be in the group for long.
[11:33] Rxxxxxx Wxxxxxxxx: they hit the zooby baby group too.

Which tells me the 'deliberately stupid' thing. See below.

[11:33] Sxxxxxxx Mxxxxxxxx: So that says it was on purpose. Using others groups to advertise.

Yep, and that they don't care.

[11:33] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Doesn't look like any mods are on, and the same exact message?
[11:33] Rxxxxxx Wxxxxxxxx: same one in the zooby group yeah.
[11:34] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): So well deserving of a block for idiocy, got it

I did think about it, and decided no, I should still reserve blocks and mutes for the big stuph--griefers, major life annoyances, stalkers. Not idiots who spam groups randomly.

[11:34] Іxxxxxxx Rxxxxxx: what happened?
[11:34] kxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i put them on block
[11:36] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Shanel 5 (misscocco) has hit a few groups spamming for her skybox rentals
[11:37] gxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Thats 1 way to get banned

Yep.

[11:38] kxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Thanks Berries, Sadly none of us Staff saw chat, but we take care of the situation ♥

Which tells me she was bounced out on her tiny pointy head.

[11:38] Jxxxxxxx Ixxxx: She doesn't care. She'll just join other groups.
[11:39] gxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: her loss

Yeah. But ah, well. Can't stop people doing dumb things. They seem determined.

wonder how you sleep

From a random profile:

"Dominance is a whisper.
It doesn't have to push, it coaxes addiction.
Dominance is patient.
Knowing the value of what it seeks, it is not rushed.
Dominance is not brash.
It is a smile, not a smirk. It is honesty not excuses.
Dominance is resolute.
It does not sway or collapse when tested.
Dominance is steady.
Like a mountain, it does not bend to the wind, or move for the climber.
Dominance is rare.
Those who crave it the most, have it the least."

A muchness of truth there.

At any rate, something struck me going through my spam folder today:

From: BANK (info @ nocpayment.com)
To: Emilly Orr

Hello,

I reviewed your reputable profile

This made me laugh out loud.

which gives me the intuition that you will be a potential business partner in a crude oil venture of two million barrels monthly involving the National Oil Corporation of Libya (NOC) and Singapore Refining Company Pte (SRC).

Boy, are you barking up the wrong investment tree.

This crude oil venture will gain commissions up to the value of $10 Million

Of course it will.

in revenue approximately per trade with the NOC and I will present you with more entails of this venture subsequent to your response.

"Entails"?

Regards,

Long walk, short pier,

Kevin Wong

Not your real name.

Procurement Department
Singapore Refining Company
Email: info_dept @ execs.com

So, strangely, execs.com is registered in New Jersey of all places, Bedminster to be specific. Even odder, nocpayment.com seems to trace to North Oklahoma College. I was expecting this to be Ukraine or Chinese in derivation, but could this possibly be a local attempt at scamming? Why pretend to be in Libya or Singapore, though? It's very odd.

There is a National Oil Corporation of Libya, as well as a Singapore Petroleum Company, which is the main corporate name of Singapore Refining Company. But SRC is owned by a Chinese concern, PetroChina, with Chevron owning a minor sharehold. But Chevron's corporate headquarters are in California, not New Jersey. Nothing about this makes sense. It's not even a good attempt at grifting.

stop me if you've heard this one before: a man walks into a bar and leaves before his ashes hit the floor

Rosewood Hills is here...and if you really want to see it for yourself, well...don't say you weren't warned.

Speaking of madness, the Mad Circus is in town, and for once, it's not ours.



No, this is the Mad Circus sales event, where nearly every booth has a L$10 special gift, most have gachas for those interested, and the theme is decidedly bigtop macabre.

And the people are...strange...

[11:18] Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: XXX Grams MAX of sugar A day, fights sexual addiction. There also Tetris effect Google it, 30 grams of sugar for 30 min of Gameplay but i go for 45 min. it cure it
[11:18] Second Life: Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx has given you this texture: Sexual Rage2!!!!!!

I discarded the texture, preparing to walk into the event--I hadn't even walked through the gates yet!--when it happened again:

[11:18] Second Life: Txxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx has given you this texture: Sexual Rage2!!!!!!
[11:18] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Excuse me?

He didn't answer, so I pulled the profile as I wandered in. Apparently Mr. T has this as the sum total of his SL bio:

love to use sleep fan App....


the socal bullying hasn't quiet stop tatolly for years



The Gays are handycap

Oh, a troll, then. Blocked and muted.

In other news, the Dark Style Fair is open, and oh, man, is it good. SO much arcane goodness packed into one cracked, lava-fissured landscape.

But that's not why I'm mentioning it. The Hotdog store has an attachment there called "Gutted"



This retails for L$350, if I recall correctly, and there's some up and down here. First, no alpha included, though most people with mesh bodies won't have an issue. It's also built to be unisex, which is awesome.

But...the viscera don't move. Alas. So I'm going to have to keep plugging away at figuring out mesh and animation to rebuild my Eviscera skirt. Still. One step closer!

you were in my dream last night, but your face was someone else's

Oh, not this again.

[20:42] bxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Hi Everyone! New here, love to meet new people. Would any lady like to chat/talk?

We've heard this before.

[20:42] Emilly Orr: One day old, soliciting in a store group. Good luck with that.

Pulled his profile, shook my head, because seriously--one day old, he's jumping into store groups with a 'ladies hit me up' line? Come on, now. Does that ever work?

[20:43] Axxxxx Cxxxx: come party woth us
[20:43] bxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: where at?

They don't say it here, but I know from the conversation at the end of this--someone far more patient than I am ported him in to her club. Didn't...work out.

[20:43] Cxxxxxxx Gxxxxxxxx: right emilly
[20:43] Cxxxxxxx Gxxxxxxxx: XD
[20:43] Emilly Orr: Honestly, doesn't even phase me any more.
[20:43] Txx Axxxx: read profule, same as [Bxxxx] from before, lol

Cue aaaagh, because that particular individual haunted the group through several iterations of "please let me be your doormat", to the point that it became a running joke.

[20:43] Txx Axxxx: bless
[20:44] Emilly Orr: Oh, no, really?
[20:44] Emilly Orr: That's very nearly an insta-block
[20:44] Emilly Orr: I stopped at one day old, no SL pic
[20:44] Txx Axxxx: He is just looking in the wrong places

Well, hasn't everyone at least once? But this does go a tad far.

[20:45] Emilly Orr: Truth
[20:45] Emilly Orr: Like, possibly-[Bxxxx] [bxxxxxxxxx] person: Try, y'know, looking in femdom groups? Just as a suggestion?
[20:50] Exxxxxxxxxx Mxxxx: lol Emily, I brought him over to my event at a Femdom and he left

This would be the lass I mentioned above, who decided to help him out. Only...

[20:50] Zxxx Wxxxxxxx: lol
[20:50] bxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i am trying to get a better avi
[20:51] Axxxxxxx Vxxxxxxx: lol
[20:51] Emilly Orr: Oh, don't EVEN

Because if I'm fed up with guys seeking girls in all the wrong places, I'm past done with guys scamming for Lindens. Not only no, but hell no.

[20:51] bxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: why not?
[20:51] Zxxx Wxxxxxxx: guess him claiming being submissive, was #fake too lol

Probably.

[20:51] Emilly Orr: Do NOT beg in here
[20:51] bxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i'm not fake..was trying to get a avi
[20:51] Emilly Orr: Uh-huh

That's what they all say...

Conversation stalled there, but my IMs pinged, so I clicked over a tab. This was the lass that ported him to her club:

[20:54] Exxxxxxxxxx Mxxxx: lol he said I was rude and uncool and insulted him in that group
[20:54] Emilly Orr: How?
[20:54] Exxxxxxxxxx Mxxxx: evidently because I said I tp'd him here and he left
[20:54] Emilly Orr facepalms

Of, fer gossakes. How can someone be rude by trying to give you what you want? That makes zero sense.

[20:55] Exxxxxxxxxx Mxxxx: I told him that wasn't rude, He's in for a rude awakening around this place if he thinks that's rude
[20:55] Emilly Orr: Yeah, really. Poor delicate flower.

I mean, sure, he's one day old, assuming he's not a new face for an old spammer, but...seriously?

[20:55] Exxxxxxxxxx Mxxxx: yeah, he's not got the stuff to be a sub
[20:56] Emilly Orr: Tch. Sounded like that was what he wanted. Go figure.
[20:57] Exxxxxxxxxx Mxxxx: it really did didn't it. I have been djing at this femdom for 11+ years on friday nights. Figured I'd hook him up.
[20:58] Emilly Orr just shakes her head
[20:58] Emilly Orr: Even with help, some people.
[20:58] Exxxxxxxxxx Mxxxx: That's true. And I tried to tell him he's not going to get another avi for free. He said he didn't want to hear it from me because I insulted him, was rude and uncool. Oh well. I TRY to help noobs. He's beyond it
[20:59] Exxxxxxxxxx Mxxxx: anyway, thought I'd tell ya I tried
[20:59] Emilly Orr: Well, more power to you!

I feel for her. She's just trying to be nice to some poor little subby boy, and what does he do? Call her rude and storm off because she won't buy him an avatar. The nerve of some people.

spammers and self-reflection

This is impressive, sweeping, and nearly brought me to tears.

"'To thine own self be true.' Not sure how to do that? Make sure your actions back up your words. Manifest yourself through the things you say (no matter who you're saying them to) and the choices you make. Your actions prove your words to be true or false. If you can't be honest with yourself, how can you be honest with anybody else?" (Aisha Zamin)

There's truth in that. Nobody ever said we couldn't lie to ourselves, but we don't have to make it habitual.

Speaking of which...what have we learned from this latest exercise in self-indulgence?

Getting involved with people sucks. No, that's not it.

Trusting people sucks. That's not it, either.

Pretty boys are dangerous. Pish, that goes without saying.

People can be really stupid. Well, who doesn't know that?

I'll let you know when I figure it out. All I know is my gullibility meter is still way up there, and after all this time, it really shouldn't be.

Okay, okay, I might get the headpat thing now.

Meanwhile, in email hilarity...

Hello, I am John White of the U.S Army force

Of course you are. Do go on.

and one of the Commanding officers of the U.S Central Command here in Syria.

Am I wrong? Didn't the US pull out of Syria?

Please I urgently need you to help me safeguard the amount of money I have here in my possession which is worth the sum of eleven million five hundred thousand US Dollars (11.5 Million).

But of course you do. Interestingly, his email account is based off of eircom.net, which is an Irish email service. Running not a bad deal at the moment--thirty Euros a month gets you a full-access email account and hosting for a webpage. Such a deal.

I came across this mega cash while on the operation, as we were on the massive attack against the ISIS terrorist group

*cackles* "The massive attack". Suuuure.

and has made a private investigation and found out the money was left by the runaway terrorists so I decided to keep the money in my possession, but minding how horrible and risky it is here in this military camp, I deemed it necessary to look out for a trusted fellow whom would assist me in safeguarding the cash until I get out of this horrible zone.

Oh, honey. If you're looking for a guy you have come to the wrong place.

It was on this effect that I started search here online for an honest person whom I can trust to help me safeguard the cash and I came across your mail address and I want to know if you are willing to help me do this.

Short answer: no. Longer answer: Hell no, die on fire. But more pertinent, I'm now wondering which company sold a list to spammers that included my email address.

I want you to know that I am willing to offer you 35%-Percent of the total amount if you do help me safeguard this money and get it out of here Syria.

So generous. Gosh, thirty-five percent percent sounds like a lot. Also note "and get it out of here Syria". This is either a non-native English speaker, which with the name "John White" is somewhat surprising, or a spammer who's just really stupid.

I will email you the details on how I plan of moving the cash out of this place as soon as I receive your response

You'll be waiting a very long time.

Please get back to me ASAP

Not a chance in hell.

Thanks,

For nothing,

John White

I'll give him points for not being an African prince, but seriously, dude. Does this ever work on people?

Scenes from a Chat: Spamming Sub edition

[14:06] Axxxxxx Sxxxxxx: seeking a Mistress

No, really, that's how this nonsense started. In a sale group. One that doesn't even allow Adult listings, even.

[14:07] Fxxx Mxxxxxxxx: Not sure this is the right place for that
[14:07] Txxxxxx Hxxxxx: you didn't say that

Oh yes, yes, she did.

[14:07] Jxxxxx Dxxxxx: pretty sure no Mistress would see spamming groups as a desirable behaviour in anyone......

Oh, I'm sure she could find a wannabe with this approach, but no serious practitioner of consensual BDSM would TOUCH her with this act.

[14:08] Txxxxxx Hxxxxx: Oh, [Axxxxxx], are YOU in the wrong place. There are groups for that. This is not one of them.
[14:08] Jxxxxx Dxxxxx: yus
[14:08] Jxxxxx Dxxxxx: hahaha
[14:08] Txxxxxx Hxxxxx: Somebody spank this girl
[14:08] Emilly Orr: I wouldn't. That's what she wants.
[14:08] Jxxxxx Dxxxxx: exactly
[14:08] bxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lmao she will enjoy it
[14:08] Txxxxxx Hxxxxx: I am so proud of you
[14:08] Fxxx Mxxxxxxxx: better to punish her to not spank her, not give her what she wants
[14:08] Emilly Orr: Mmhmm.
[14:09] Jxxxxx Dxxxxx: ignoring is usually a good punishment :D
[14:09] Sxxxxx Oxxxxxx: I would not spank her that is what she wants

Perplexing, but chat moved on. Then, in another group:

[14:25] Axxxxxx Sxxxxxx: seeking a MIstress

SAME DAMN PHRASE. What is she, defective?

[14:25] Lxxx Hxxxxx: Here????????? Spam!!!

Yep.

[14:26] sxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: oo thats gonna get your butt in trouble
[14:26] Lxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: check the pet adoption center
[14:26] rxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: You can't afford me and you are in the wrong chat group for that kind of stuff

That's a good answer.

[14:26] txxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: LOL
[14:26] Lxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: hehehhe
[14:26] xxxx Rxxxxxxx: lol me too lol
[14:27] Lxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: SL is a nice world :)
[14:27] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: she is going to every group
[14:27] dxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: or he i guess
[14:28] Lxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: maybe someone should pick it up her ;) uhauhauah

Even when I was more on the dominant end of the spectrum, I wouldn't have answered behavior like this. This is the worst example of childish, bratty, uncaring, demanding, topping-from-the-bottom sub behavior. Doesn't care where she posts, doesn't care who she annoys, doesn't care how many groups bounce her out on her pointy little head, as long as she gets attention. Of any kind. 

No, far better to just walk away.

[14:29] xxxx Rxxxxxxx: I dont get the whole thing mistress and crap wtf

I wasn't about to break it down for Ms. Z, in yet another weekly sales group, but...I wrote the original annoyance:

[14:34] Emilly Orr: [Axxxxxx], seriously, this is a good way to get blackballed by members of the BDSM community. You're being an irritant.
[14:35] Axxxxxx Sxxxxxx: your moms an irritant
[14:35] Emilly Orr: Oh, I see. A troll. Goodbye.

She's NINE YEARS OLD. Nine years old, and no picks, no BDSM groups (just store ones), no FL info. Pretty blank profile overall. In fact, the only thing that mentions BDSM in ANY way is this line from her SL bio:

"[Axxxxxx]!, submissive, female, unowned"

Great. What an idiot.

Then, later still:

[14:26] Axxxxxx Sxxxxxx: seeking a MIstress
[14:27] axxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Wrong chat, [Axxxxxx]
[14:28] txxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: she's posting it in multiple groups
[14:28] txxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I'm in the MP and it's working
[14:28] xxxx Rxxxxxxx: nah its spamming

Yeah, it is.

[14:42] txxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Let's stick to PG topics [Axxxxxx]
[14:48] Emilly Orr: Plus, that's the third group I'm in you've hit with this inanity, so take the hint and STOP.
[14:54] Rxxxxx Mxxxxxxx: seeking a bat to hit her with
[14:54] Emilly Orr: Might help.

Void stars, she's annoying.

I anonymized her in actual chat mentions, as is tradition, but because I think she's someone who should be watched carefully, or greatly avoided, feel free to NOT involve yourselves with Artelia Seaside. She should definitely know better, and she absolutely does not care who she irritates in her goal to get under someone's thumb again (and likely boss them around). I'd also go out on that limb and say she's likely a Velcro collar type. Avoid her like she bears actual plague.

Some people should come with warning signs. I think she's one.

every time you turn around you wear another face

Why are people still reading old blog entries of mine? No clue, but someone did, so I looked into their contribution, and added it to the, so far, sole autism page on this entire blog. Yay?

In the meantime, this was mildly amusing. I got this error searching for a link on Marketplace:



So I copied that string of numbers and searched for it:



And we have Numberwang! Seriously, Google gave me the error number, and now they can't find that error? Are you feeling okay, Google? Need a bit of a lie-down, or a spot of tea?

Meanwhile, a bit of chat nonsense:

[21:43] txxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: [paid job] looking for asian/latina/ebony girls doing lingerie modeling pictures for Elle et Lui Modeling Magazine 2020 spring lingerie special edition. (pls contact me if you are interested, thanks.)

Now, a note. This is our spammer. I am leaving his name out, but the "magazine" he supposedly works for in, because if they don't know he's going around to dozens of groups and spamming them with unwanted "paid job" requests, then they should, and at the very least, slap his hand for doing so.

[21:43] Dxxxxxx Sxxxxxxx: ewwwwwww
[21:44] Exxxx Vxxx: he is still on tour with that xD
[21:44] Dxxxxxx Sxxxxxxx: yep highly doubtful and very suspect
[21:44] cxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Scam again... Before happened at Fameshed group... :(

Yeah, he's been quite the busy little bee. Join ten groups, spam ten groups, leave ten groups. Rinse, repeat, burn.

[21:44] gxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: are there any active modeling agency even on sl anymore?

There are, actually. It's not as wide ranging a field as it was, but there are still active agencies. There's one agency that Zibska exclusively works with, or that agency exclusively works for Zibska, one of those. And there are a few others.

[21:44] Exxxx Vxxx: he does that post over and over in many groups...
[21:46] pxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: what happened at Fameshed?
[21:47] cxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: The same scam... a group scam tour... oO
[21:48] pxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: no but like what is the scam
[21:49] pxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: did he not pay the models or smth?

To be fair, I don't think anyone's been stupid enough to contact him, so I'm not sure. But from his scattershot bursts of advertising, I'd say, likely not a paid gig, likely not a real job, possibly looking for a porn shoot. I have nothing against virtual pornography, but seriously, dude, advertise in the proper groups at least.

they isn't wonderin' why mama got mad, 'cause papa didn't bring no coffee home

Oh my sweet gods, Anife wrote back AGAIN.

So here's the breakdown. In that linked post, I responded on the blog, but not to her via email, because that lack of reply seriously dissuades 80% of the idiots who write me wanting collaborations for things my blog has NEVER done. But yesterday, she wrote back:

Good day, Emilly!

Not as long as you're in my inbox, it isn't.

Haven ' t heard from you,

There's a good reason for that, and it's "Haven't".

Do you have any questions regarding the proposal?

None at all, not interested.

I can help you with the answers)

I really doubt you can.

Or we can discuss details of our proposal over the phone,

Bite me,

Which one is more suitable for you?

D, none of the above.

Onward,

You have to be kidding. And she sent her complete contact info, plus the business web search site's complete link AND their physical address, PLUS her phone number. My gods, give up.

I wrote her back yesterday, when the above came in:

All right, so not responding didn't make you go away. Let's try this.

What can you possibly do for a blog that has one (and ONLY one) writer, NO advertising, NO ad banner, NO need for a job search service, and NO idea what you could want beyond that? If you come up with something, let me know. I am all a-twitter with anticipation.

And she wrote back to THAT.

Wow,
Thank you for the reply, Emilly,

No problem. Now will you go away?

I understand what you mean, having nothing uncommon how we can actually help each other by partnering,

Good that you see that, and you mean "nothing in common".

But basically all websites have something very important really happy to multiply,
It’s traffic,

I get enough.

And let me explain my offer here, as it’s a barter type of collabing, no cost, at all,

It's not the cost, or lack thereof, that's making me uninterested.

it’s not about job posting, is about offering you is a free of charge banner of your website displayed on relevant [spammer's web site] pages.

...Wait. You think MAKING ME an ad banner for my blog will HELP? Wow, are you barking up the wrong tree.

On [spammer's web site] search result pages. So, its 100% targeted ad,

Don't care,

People will be redirected to the website by clicking on the banner.

DON'T. CARE.

It will help to increase your brand awareness as well.

I have a brand? Since when?

we believe that your content will be more than just useful to some of our targeted users.

I wholly disagree.

We will use special keywords due to your banner. So we can make sure that you will be getting your target audience going to your webpage.

SERIOUSLY uninterested.

Also, we would be happy if you could feature us with a relevant text link on your website.

Never going to happen.

Please, let me know what you think abou the proposal, Emilly,

It's "about", and still not interested.

It entails no money liabilities,

STILL DON'T CAAAAARE.

Best,

Swallow a dead frog,

[the complete web site/title/telephone/web site closing again]

I just sent back "I'm not interested." Hopefully, that will make her leave me alone.

Honestly, if she writes back? I'm just marking her email as spam.

misguided, high-minded, I'm missing the train

This made my brain snicker briefly:

[22:12] Sxxxxx Jxxxxxx: can anyone tell me where was the Jenny located?
[22:13] sxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxxx: in my lap...
[22:13] Sxxxxx Jxxxxxx: that's nice..but not the Jenny I'm looking for I'm sure
[22:14] mxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: no forests jenny .....lol
[22:14] Sxxxxx Jxxxxxx: lol
[22:14] mxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: is the one he has
[22:15] Mxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: wanna get the jenny ?

It's starting to sound like the "Who's on First?" routine.

[22:18] jxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: wow! Everybody wants me? :)

I have to slightly de-anonymize this one to make her answer make sense; her first name was Jenny.

[22:19] Mxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ohh
[22:20] Sxxxxx Jxxxxxx: lmao

In other news...more spam from my inbox.

Hi Emily,

The name has two L's.

I'm Anife, representing [another useless search engine mill] the #2 job search engine in the world.

I guess you gotta be proud of something.

As we are having our network base getting bigger we would like to offer you a partnership with any hidden cost or meaning,

Which is it? A hidden cost, or a hidden meaning?

The idea consists of placing a banner ad (shown on the image attached) of the services you r offering on our high traffic page, starting off our barter type of cooperation with asking you to indicate [the search engine mill] as a job partner on your page.

That should be "you are offering", but near as I can make out on the enclosed image, they're going to somehow list my blog's banner (which, uh, I don't have) alongside their ad banner? How does that even work? How is that profitable for them?

Let's discuss the details,

No.

Onward

Go away.

across the open prairie and the drifting snow, cold as the cold wind blows

Someone always has to beg...

[10:18] gxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: can someone help me with 30L

First: no. Second: no. Third: go away.

[10:18] Emilly Orr: Yes. Open in-world search. Type in 'Employment'.
[10:20] Lxxx Cxxxxxxx: You can get 30L by adding 10L to 20L or 15L to 15L. I hope that was illuminating.
[10:20] Emilly Orr: That also works.
[10:20] dxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: that was harsh
[10:20] Emilly Orr: But deserved.
[10:20] hxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxx: I gave her 30L

Well, that was dumb.

[10"21] Emilly Orr: Never encourage the beggars.
[10:21] mxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: more fool you [rxxxxx], i bet they have asked at least another 30 people

If not far more.

[10:22] sxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: sorry i don't have water right now

I hear you. Kind of in that state myself.

[10:22] sxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i seen a lot of those in the past week

They're a perpetual hazard.

[10:22] hxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxx: Well... if so there richer then me but 30L to help someone buy somthing at least she can get something

See, I get that you're naive, alarmingly so for SL in the age of Linden spammers, but even with that supposedly genuine desire to help, you're not being smart. If you *really* wanted to help her out, then IM her, ask what she needs. Buy that on MP and send it to her. That way, you're not giving a direct Linden gift, and if you find out her motivations. Because if she says 'Oh, no, I really don't need that dress/pixel baby food/car I told you I needed, I just want the 30L"...then you know you're being scammed. End of conversation.

This one didn't even bother to coach it in an "I need a thing" format. She just baldly asked for 30L. No reason given. Most definitely a spammer.

[10:22] Ixxxxx Bxxxxxx: No one needs to ask for 30l, Governor Linden will give it to you for playing games, feeding someone begging alt doesn't help anyone
[10:23] mxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: a week old avatar begging for money .. nah dont think so

Yeah, I'm very dubious as well.

[10:23] Emilly Orr: Nah, it's a spammer.
[10:23] sxxxxx Hxxxxxxxxx: its a bot
[10:23] gxxxxxx Rxxxxxxxx: And with lots of groups where to beg
[10:23] mxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: of course it is
[10:23] xxxxx Hxxxxxxxxx: true
[10:23] Ixxxxx Bxxxxxx: and sadly, in 2019, someone still fell for it and gave them 30cents

No one ever said people weren't allowed to be dumb on the internet.

[10:23] Ixxxxx Bxxxxxx: this is why it keeps happening

Yep.

[10:23] Kxxxxx Mxxxxxxx: if i wanted to borrow money it would be from a friend...not spam a group for it
[10:24] kxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: a bad troll attempt. Have to come up with something better then that line.
[10:25] Dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: @ [Rxxxxx]: Well i am sure you have a kinded heart and you did it because you are nice and want everyone around you to be happy. but i am afraid too, it was just a money caller to get some other alts richer.. anyway.. thank you for your nice giving

Nope. She doesn't get credit for being nice here. She fell for it. She's not helping anyone but whatever group of bots and hacked accounts in China or Ukraine is running this week, trying various angles to get Lindens.

Maybe this is why Tilia's here. To cut down on Linden spammers, due to the inflexible rules of having to give RL info and/or banking info if an avatar is pulling funds from Second Life.

And note: I'm not saying no one should help anyone, ever. I'm really not. Someone genuinely needs our help, and we can give that help, we should. It's a big world, but we learn more from it with open hearts and extended hands. But. If it acts like a spammer, reads like a spammer, and begs like a spammer? It's a spammer. Ignore them and move on.

[10:29] Mxxxxxxxxx Nxxx: I think it's the rare one isn't it?

I mean, you'd think people would know by now not to give in. It's not a real person, Ms. R, it's a bot or a spammer in some dingy cubicle farm hitting thousands of groups at a time. Don't encourage them.

Later...

[14:54] Mxxxxxxx Txxxxxxx: Anyone willing to help find a [sh*t]? I contacted the owner of the hair but it might (if ever) take them a while to respond.
[14:55] Pxxxx Hxxxxxxxxxxx: a what?
[14:55] Fxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: find what?
[14:57] Emilly Orr: Beg pardon?
[14:58] Mxxxxxxx Txxxxxxx: a shirt
[14:59] Exxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Whew... I was worried there for a minute...

Me too.