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majorjoe23
04-13-2012, 01:19 PM
My job requires a lot of networking, so when someone sends me a friend request on Facebook I'll usually say yes as long as we have a few friends in common.

Yesterday I got a request from Josh Collins, who had four friends in common with me. I accepted, and messaged me right away. Things got interesting.

I warn you, this is long:

Josh Collins
good day sir

hello

are you there?


Joe

Sorry about that, I am here.


Josh Collins

okay

how are you doing today sir?


Joe

I'm doing Ok, you?


Josh Collins

am great sir

am josh by name

sir are you there?


Joe

I am still here. Mind if I ask what this is about?


Josh Collins

well

sir have a you heard about the facebook lottery that is going on

?


Joe

Yeah, and it pisses me off. I had that idea first!


Josh Collins

really

have you ever won a lottery before

or you have someone that win the lottery


Joe

I got four out of six numbers on the recent $500 million win. So close!


Josh Collins

really

why the facebook lottery is not a number


Joe

Story of my life. I'm constantly getting close to winning, but I'm never sealing the deal.


Josh Collins

Your name was selected in a raffle that was made yesterday


Joe

Really? I finally won!?!11


Josh Collins

yes

you do

but are you ready to claim your winning

?


Joe

I am very ready.


Josh Collins

okay

so all you need to do now is to give me your private mail


Joe

Private mail like email, or mailing address?


Josh Collins

email


Joe

Will I get a link or some information?


Josh Collins

yes


Joe

I was so excited by winning, I forgot to ask what exactly I won.


Josh Collins

a information will be sent to you

for you to confirm yourself

okay

sir don't you have a mail

?


Joe

How did you get into the Facebook lottery notification business? You're like Ed McMahon!


Josh Collins

no

but am a facebook worker


Joe

Cool, do you know that guy from The Social Network? Jesse Eisenberg?


Josh Collins

yes

i do


Josh Collins

and you?


Joe

We went to the same college, but he never talked to me. He was a big football player, and didn't have time for computer dorks like me.

I always told him, "One day I'm going to hit it big, and you'll be sorry you messed with me!"

So it will feel so sweet to win some money from him.

And then use it to buy a giant robot and crush his house.


Josh Collins

lolz..

are you serious

so wee are you from ?



Joe

Oh yeah, it's been my dream since the day I graduated.

I'm from Chile, originally. But now I live in Tampa.


Josh Collins

okay

so how is tampa

?

sir what about the email


Joe

I've actually been banned from every major email provider... religious persecution. Even AOL won't have me. I use Facebook for my email, could you send me the info through here?


Josh Collins

nop


Joe

Sir seems awfully formal. You can call me duder, or "his dudeness" or duderino.


Josh Collins

you have to open a mail

okay

cos it's important


Joe

Tampa is awesome. You ever been to Ybor City? Cigar capitol of the world!


Josh Collins

nop

have not sir


Joe

I think I would have to give you my grandma's email, and she only lets me use her computer after she goes to bed.


Josh Collins

okay

that nice


Joe

Is one of us a butler? What's with all the sirs? You can call me ninjamaster. Or "My ninja" for short.


Josh Collins

so send the mail now


Joe

My grandma is not in bed. Once she hit me with a switch for using her computer while she was awake.


Josh Collins

okay

so when will you send it?


Joe

She goes to bed for the night in about 20 minutes.


Josh Collins

okay

am waiting


Joe

Cool. So what do you do for fun when you don't work for Facebook. Do you like pizza?

I heard that at Facebook they have a room where all the walls are pizza. Is that true?


Josh Collins

yes


Joe

Crap, I thought grandma was snoring and was ready to jump on. Turns out they were just loud farts.


Josh Collins

so how told you that joe

are you married ?


Joe

Yes, but I'm married to the sea.


Josh Collins

lolz

really

is this your son

with you


Joe

No, that's my grandniece. My family is weird.

Would you like to hear how we're all related?


Josh Collins

yes

continue

am here with you


Joe



Now many many years ago when I was twenty-three

I was married to a widow who was pretty as can be

This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red
My father fell in love with her and soon they too were wed

This made my dad my son-in-law and changed my very life

My daughter was my mother 'cause she was my father's wife

To complicate the matter even though it brought me joy
I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy


My little baby then became a brother-in-law to Dad

And so became my uncle, though it made me very sad

For if he was my uncle, then that also made him br'ther
Of the widow's grown-up daughter who was also my stepmother

Father's wife then had a son who kept them on the run

And he became my grandchild, for he was my daughter's son

My wife is now my mother's mother and it makes me blue
Because altho' she is my wife, she's my grandmother too


Now if my wife is my grandmother, then I'm her grandchild

And every time I think of it, it nearly drives me wild

For now I have become the strangest case I ever saw
As husband of my grandmother, I am my own grandpa


I'm my own granpa

It sounds funny I know,
But it really is so


So how are you related to your grandma?


Josh Collins

lolz


Joe

Are you laughing at my family?


Josh Collins

nop


Josh Collins

it's just funny

that why


Joe

I'm hurt. I'm not sure I want to share my email with someone who hurts my feelings.


Josh Collins

okay

am sorry about that okay


Joe

You should apologize. And possibly offer me candy.


Josh Collins

okay

i will


Joe

Well, do it.


Josh Collins

what about your grandma

now


Joe

What kind of candy do you have?


Josh Collins

sugar candy

do you want that


Joe

Sugar candy! That's the worst kind. This business transaction is over!


Josh Collins

i don't think you are serious at all

you know i love your chat

you are too funny

okay


Joe

I have my doubts about you as well.

I'm going to enter the MySpace lottery instead. They only want my beeper number.


Josh Collins

you don't need to doubt anythin

aoky

okay

if that is what you want


Joe

What's your email? I can send you an email directly.


Josh Collins

you don't have to do that

send it here now

okay

jeo your fast response so that we can proceed with the delivery of your fund

joe


Joe

You got my email?


Josh Collins

nop

i have not


Joe

I'll send it again.


Josh Collins

send it now


Joe

OK, here it is: @hotmail.com.

Did you get that?


Josh Collins

what about the name


Joe

Oh, @gmail.com. It's @gmail.com@hotmail.com


Josh Collins

why are you so funny


Joe

There may be a .edu or .org in there somewhere. I don't get how email works sometimes.

I did go to clown college. Well, clown community college.


Josh Collins

ones more

are you really ready to claim your winning again

?


Joe

It's a lot of responsibility. What sort of tax implications will there be?


Josh Collins

cos i don't think yopu know what we are talking about

at all


Joe

So is it not money I'm winning?


Josh Collins

yes


Joe

Yes it's not money?


Josh Collins

it's a money


Joe

A money? Just one?


Josh Collins

nop


Joe

Two monies?

Am I getting warmer? I'm going to throw out some numbers, you let me know when I get close.

Four moneys


Josh Collins

we are talk about $500,000


Joe

I wasn't even close! I would have settled for five monies!


Josh Collins

okay

i have to go now


Joe

You might be giving away too much. People really need monies, you could probably get away with $10,000.

Wait!

I'm so lonely. Tell me a story.


Josh Collins

because you are not serious


Joe

It should have a dragon. Named Joe. And a magical kingdom, named Josh Collins.

I'm super cereal.


Josh Collins

may be the winning should be giving to aorder preson


Joe

I'm aorder person.


Josh Collins

why are you so playful

?


Joe

Brain damage.


Josh Collins

i mean someone else

bye


Joe

I can be someone else! I can change, Josh Collins.

If I tell you some of my grandma's credit card numbers would that make you feel better?

They're like little Facebook lotteries she keeps tucked into her bra at bingo.

Oh, I remembered a working email!

customerservice@amazon.com

So you get my email and then our friendship ends?

capntightpants
04-13-2012, 01:31 PM
You should format it so it's easier to read.

majorjoe23
04-13-2012, 01:33 PM
Hmm, let me see what I can do.

The Dean
04-13-2012, 01:53 PM
Congrats! That's fun. I messed with a guy trying to steal my password on AOL when I was in high school.

Kedd
04-13-2012, 01:56 PM
@gmail.com@hotmail.com

:rofl:

Dr. Chaos
04-13-2012, 01:57 PM
okay

so how is tampa

?

sir what about the email
Started laughing there and it only gets better.

Solid gold.

LordKinbote
04-13-2012, 02:04 PM
The funniest part is that I was the next person he talked to, and I actually received the 500,000 monies. Joke's on you!

majorjoe23
04-13-2012, 02:09 PM
The funniest part is that I was the next person he talked to, and I actually received the 500,000 monies. Joke's on you!

Damn it! Use that money to buy a robot and destroy Jessie Eisenberg's house!

capntightpants
04-13-2012, 02:17 PM
Thanks for making it easier to read Joe. That was hella funny. I hope you reported him, though.

majorjoe23
04-13-2012, 03:06 PM
I did, but he doesn't seem to have been banned yet. He messaged me again this morning.

Kelly Tindall
04-13-2012, 05:20 PM
Man, that's great. Good work, you.

russw
04-13-2012, 05:27 PM
my guess is that you were talking to 'bot

majorjoe23
04-13-2012, 06:07 PM
I don't think so. If it was it was an oddly advanced, yet surprisingly stupid bot.

Ryan_ZOOM_Turner
04-13-2012, 07:46 PM
I already said this, but that is amazing.

gibbEy
04-13-2012, 08:26 PM
Well done!









it's a money

Twelvecents
04-14-2012, 07:35 AM
my guess is that you were talking to 'bot
Yup. Reminded me of the old AI program Liza.

Caley Tibbittz
04-14-2012, 03:37 PM
Transcendent. Glorious. Superlative.