Thursday, January 08, 2009

unwanted electronic correspondence

i have officially received my very first real spam email in my regular inbox. somehow it managed to bypass my alcatraz-like security measures. i was always under the impression that spam was most effective when it tricks the reader into divulging a sliver of personal information, or downloading a file, or clicking a link, or even just opening the message at all. this email message has failed at the most basic level of spamming, although it succeeds in provoking explosive bouts of laughter.

the email showed its ugly mug at approximately 4:52pm eastern standard time. it was sent by a kind and gently soul with a west asian name i can neither pronounce outloud nor reproduce using my american keyboard. this was the first sign of trouble.

usually an email begins with a coherent subject, but the phrase "especialy any kind of roleplay :))" immediately betrays my trust in several ways.
besides the fact that this email subject is less than half of a typical english sentence, spelling errors are a big hint that i should discard a message without reading it. normally when one sees the word roleplay followed by a freakishly deformed smiley face, one can assume it is a message from a close friend or lover, but i'm not really into that kind of thing.
keep your costumes, toys and odd voices to yourself.

next on the list of internet blunders is the beginning of the message body, which gmail was kind enough to preview for me. it reads "all i can say im a 51% angel anf 49% bitch but 100% shemale" and i am grateful that google's preview of the email coincided perfectly with where i was ready to stop reading. again with the spelling and grammar problems.
there seems to be some sort of communication barrier here, which is perfectly fine with me, thank you.

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