Comments on: ICQ Spam http://nslog.com/2006/01/23/icq_spam The Weblog of Erik J. Barzeski Wed, 23 May 2012 23:05:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: richard http://nslog.com/2006/01/23/icq_spam#comment-18146 richard Wed, 25 Jan 2006 15:21:43 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/01/23/icq_spam/#comment-18146 I've been getting German spam too, from some girl I do not know (the only reason I know "she's a girl" is because I looked up her profile... she's probably not a girl either, for all I know.) I dropped the text into babelfish the other night after recognizing it was german and it said something like, "hey 'my last name', why don't you want to talk to me? Don't you like me anymore? Don't you remember me?" Seriously, what the heck? I've been getting German spam too, from some girl I do not know (the only reason I know "she's a girl" is because I looked up her profile... she's probably not a girl either, for all I know.) I dropped the text into babelfish the other night after recognizing it was german and it said something like, "hey 'my last name', why don't you want to talk to me? Don't you like me anymore? Don't you remember me?"

Seriously, what the heck?

]]> By: Derek http://nslog.com/2006/01/23/icq_spam#comment-18145 Derek Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:22:58 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/01/23/icq_spam/#comment-18145 Fire can block them. Good to know it's German. Fire can block them. Good to know it's German.

]]> By: MatzeLoCal http://nslog.com/2006/01/23/icq_spam#comment-18144 MatzeLoCal Tue, 24 Jan 2006 07:32:46 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/01/23/icq_spam/#comment-18144 Jup, have the same "problems", but as I'm german and those nags are chicks, it's okie for me. But I'm also wondering why there are so many german girls a searching icq list... maybe some chat-service is using ICQ.. dunno.. Jup, have the same "problems", but as I'm german and those nags are chicks, it's okie for me. But I'm also wondering why there are so many german girls a searching icq list... maybe some chat-service is using ICQ.. dunno..

]]> By: Erik J. Barzeski http://nslog.com/2006/01/23/icq_spam#comment-18143 Erik J. Barzeski Mon, 23 Jan 2006 20:24:10 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/01/23/icq_spam/#comment-18143 Yeah, very funny AJM. :-P Yeah, very funny AJM. :-P

]]> By: Adam Jacob Muller http://nslog.com/2006/01/23/icq_spam#comment-18142 Adam Jacob Muller Mon, 23 Jan 2006 19:45:37 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/01/23/icq_spam/#comment-18142 Wait, you don't speak German? I have been trying to contact you for the past week. no wonder.....:P Wait, you don't speak German? I have been trying to contact you for the past week. no wonder.....:P

]]> By: Frode Danielsen http://nslog.com/2006/01/23/icq_spam#comment-18141 Frode Danielsen Mon, 23 Jan 2006 19:32:24 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/01/23/icq_spam/#comment-18141 I don't use ICQ much anymore, but I've used Skype for the past few months and I've already had quite a few total strangers add me to their list and start talking to me. Obviously, I could just deny their request for adding me, but I get curious as to who the f*** they are, and mostly they stop after finding me non-interesting the first time. I've even had some person from Africa start talking to me, and wanting to do voice-chat just seconds after adding me - do I smell a new scam-trend coming? If e-mails are personal, how 'bout talking to someone over Skype voice-chat, heh.. And then I've had a 40+ year old woman from Norway (where I live) add me... Um... I'm 22, and it says so in my Skype profile. But it hasn't become that annoying to me.. yet.. I don't use ICQ much anymore, but I've used Skype for the past few months and I've already had quite a few total strangers add me to their list and start talking to me. Obviously, I could just deny their request for adding me, but I get curious as to who the f*** they are, and mostly they stop after finding me non-interesting the first time.

I've even had some person from Africa start talking to me, and wanting to do voice-chat just seconds after adding me - do I smell a new scam-trend coming? If e-mails are personal, how 'bout talking to someone over Skype voice-chat, heh..

And then I've had a 40+ year old woman from Norway (where I live) add me... Um... I'm 22, and it says so in my Skype profile.

But it hasn't become that annoying to me.. yet..

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