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Strange illlegible emails?

Asked by zophu (5711points) April 23rd, 2010

Every few days I get a new email with a long subject line of nothing but random symbols in my junk box on Hotmail. It happened first the day I registered my email address, so it’s nothing that I signed up for. I understand there’s spam and viruses, but don’t those only work if they look like something I would want to open? It’s literally just a bunch of:

#koe#1osla9p8u35089mjacv8vn[ai8#$()l3)034”

I should have saved a few to show an actual example. I don’t remember the addresses they’ve been from. It’s just very odd.

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gemiwing's avatar

Sounds like a mailbot. Just don’t open them. If it bothers you- report it as spam.

wundayatta's avatar

They are messages from the prophets—an invisible race of aliens that lives in the aether around Earth. You should consider yourself lucky to be blessed with such messages. Many want them, few get them. If you can decode them, you might well hold the key to the universe!

zophu's avatar

Yeah, I was just wondering if spam like this was common.

zophu's avatar

Thanks, @wundayatta . . .

I was more worried more about a mass email bot sending out encrypted messages that I don’t want to be associated with.

janbb's avatar

It’s an attempt by the sender to get around the spam filter.

Coloma's avatar

I am single and somehow I have been targeted by a viagrabot.

Jesus…dozens of offers for viagra..WTF? lol

Kayak8's avatar

I am female and have been targeted by the same viagrabot . . .

Neizvestnaya's avatar

Phizer seems to think if they keep discouting penis pills then I’ll order some. I don’t have a penis!

janbb's avatar

@Neizvestnaya That’s why you need a penis pill! :-)

Neizvestnaya's avatar

@janbb
Of course, doh!

jerv's avatar

Well, Viagra does have similar effect on women. I mean, both genders are capable of having physical issues that prevent arousal. It’s just that the effects of increased blood flow are more obvious in men since our genitalia is external.

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