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Re: More spam (Was: VERY CHEAP SPACE SETS!)
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lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Fri, 12 May 2000 12:19:32 GMT
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In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Geoffrey Hyde writes:
> Yeah, I wouldn't mind LEGO advertising spam half as much as some of the ads
> I get here.  From fastcash scammers (Make money fast always seems to be in
> these somewhere, or in similar wording.) to people claiming to know what I
> want, (yeah, right) I've seen them all!  Amazingly, I don't seem to get that
> many, I always ignore any request to unsubscribe by sending an email to
> blah@wherever.net (please don't click on that) and don't receive any
> follow-up emails, except from a few rather determined ones that seem to try
> to spam my inbox monthly with some pathetic ad campaign.


I got one the other day from a seller telling me a cd which had 100000 e-mail
addresses on it. I assume I was one of them.

Scott A

> 
> Of course, there is the possibility that they may pick up on the fact that
> some people are LEGOfans, and might try spamming us with that kind of
> email - anyone finding that kind of trash is encouraged to report it not
> only to the spammer's ISP, but also to here, maybe Todd can create a
> newsgroup specifically for that purpose if he finds he needs to!  <g>
> 
> 
> --
> Cheers ...
> 
> 
> Geoffrey Hyde
> 
> --
> www.fastinternet.net.au/~ghyde
> --
> 
> DBR <assman@finalfrontier.com> wrote in message
> news:FuFyIG.4D0@lugnet.com...
> > 
> > Sproaticus wrote in message ...
> > > I just can't believe it.  Just after this recent debacle, someone else • drops
> > > this into my in-box, AS WELL AS posting it on LUGNET.  Again, from a • LUGNET
> > > regular.
> > > 
> > > I will refrain from spewing insulting judgements towards this guy's • morals
> > and
> > > intelligence, but this is quickly getting tiresome.  This is not • acceptable; I
> > > will just have get more agressive.
> > > 
> > > Todd, what policies are you considering?
> > > 
> > > Cheers,
> > > - jsproat
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > Personally, I wouldn't mind being spammed with cheap Lego ads *cough,
> > cough*. Much better than "make money over night" or "send this email to 10
> > people and win $1000" and "Reverse the aging process with so-and-so's
> > whatshamawhozit"...
> > 
> > Always lookin' for a bargain...
> > 
> > Opinionatedly,
> >                 DBR
> > 
> > --
> > "To infinity and beyond!"
> > 
> > 



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Yeah, I wouldn't mind LEGO advertising spam half as much as some of the ads I get here. From fastcash scammers (Make money fast always seems to be in these somewhere, or in similar wording.) to people claiming to know what I want, (yeah, right) I've (...) (26 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)

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