Accord64 2,191 Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 I received probably the most hilarious spam email I've never opened. It's (allegedly) from Amazon, and the title reads: You got (1) package pending for delivery - Use your code to track and receive it on 6/1/1990. Wow!! That must be one special code. I can get this package delivered 30 years ago! 11 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ky_GirlatHeart 586 Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 XD Wow! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sarah Daffy 4,197 Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Instead of Back to the Future, it's Back to the Past! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lynnmosher 7,408 Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 LOL Oh, that's too funny! Clearly reading is not one of this person's more developed skills! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wes B 475 Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 This could be important stuff... Find out if they can send a package to you in 1990, then tell yourself to buy bitcoin, and stock in Apple, Amazon, and Facebook! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Amosathar 257 Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 I think the funniest spam emails are the ones that look like they came from yourself... do they really think I'm that stupid? Anyway viewing the message headers on emails even if the address is spoofed should reveal the real address it came from 99% of the time because they can't hide the mail server that sent it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BattleTheStorm 18 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 On 11/25/2020 at 11:31 PM, Accord64 said: I received probably the most hilarious spam email I've never opened. It's (allegedly) from Amazon, and the title reads: You got (1) package pending for delivery - Use your code to track and receive it on 6/1/1990. Wow!! That must be one special code. I can get this package delivered 30 years ago! Just before I was born! I guess that means right now I shouldn't be existing yet. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
suspensewriter 4,944 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 You know, that has to be one weird email! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lynnmosher 7,408 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 LOL Here's one even weirder that I got this morning. The subject line: Looking advancing to sightedness you! 88857689759476698 9318.84“Withal, if we arabesque fructify Of course, I mentation my kinship with John actually was utter this clock time - until he messaged leash months by and by and asked me verboten contrariwise.Flavor probationary and wary of John’s motivations, I decided non compos mentis to enounce yes-man right away and kinda enquire wherefore he treasured to see to it me abaft cheerio.Subscriber, he ghosted me LOL Uh, say what??? 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
suspensewriter 4,944 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Oh boy, Lynn--that one really takes the cake! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lynnmosher 7,408 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 LOL I don't think English is anywhere near their known languages! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Accord64 2,191 Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 47 minutes ago, lynnmosher said: The subject line: Looking advancing to sightedness you! 88857689759476698 9318.84“Withal, if we arabesque fructify Of course, I mentation my kinship with John actually was utter this clock time - until he messaged leash months by and by and asked me verboten contrariwise.Flavor probationary and wary of John’s motivations, I decided non compos mentis to enounce yes-man right away and kinda enquire wherefore he treasured to see to it me abaft cheerio.Subscriber, he ghosted me Not even Google translate is that bad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lynnmosher 7,408 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 LOL That's for sure! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sarah Daffy 4,197 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Was Amazon even around in 1990? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Accord64 2,191 Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 15 minutes ago, Sarah Daffy said: Was Amazon even around in 1990? Nope, they were founded in 1994. But as they apparently broke the space/time continuum, they don't need to be around in 1990 to deliver packages. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wes B 475 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Amazon started out a little after 1990, and pretty much only an online bookstore. I bought a lot of books from them, back in their early days... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ky_GirlatHeart 586 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 @lynnmosher Haha, are we sure that Google Translate isn't as bad as that?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lynnmosher 7,408 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 LOL Who knows? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carolinamtne 4,290 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 7 hours ago, lynnmosher said: if we arabesque fructify From Merriam-Webster online arabesque noun ar·a·besque | \ ˌa-rə-ˈbesk , ˌer-ə \ Definition of arabesque (Entry 1 of 2) 1: an ornament or style that employs flower, foliage, or fruit and sometimes animal and figural outlines to produce an intricate pattern of interlaced lines 2: a posture (as in ballet) in which the body is bent forward from the hip on one leg with one arm extended forward and the other arm and leg backward 3: an elaborate or intricate pattern … richly pierced by an arabesque of wormholes.— John Chasean arabesque of vines and leaves fructify verb fruc·ti·fy | \ ˈfrək-tə-ˌfī , ˈfru̇k- \ fructified; fructifying Definition of fructify intransitive verb : to bear fruit its seeds shall fructify— Amy Lowellno partnership can fructify without candor on both sides— D. M. Ogilvy transitive verb : to make fruitful or productive (I know "if" and "we." The rest looks like random words pulled out of the dictionary by a not-well-trained monkey.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wes B 475 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 So perhaps in the original language, it was expressing, "If we make something useful/meaningful out of the thing that was complex/intricate." The original language had specific words for the two concepts, and the translation selected some sloppy, rough, and rarely used English synonyms. I don't have exact samples available, but I remember reading amusing examples from very old language translation software projects, maybe 20-30 years ago. Our language is startlingly rich in metaphor, and they were particularly hilarious when they bumped into them. (I remember "The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak," translating to something like, the vodka is available, but the meat is rotten.) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lynnmosher 7,408 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 LOL Too bad they didn't look up the words, Carolina! 8 minutes ago, Wes B said: translating to something like, the vodka is available, but the meat is rotten LOL Oh, too funny! Thanks for the great morning giggle, Wes! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
William D'Andrea 609 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Quote You got (1) package pending for delivery - Use your code to track and receive it on 6/1/1990. Maybe you should look in your closets or storage areas, where you've got old boxes in which many things have been stored and forgotten, for years. Who knows what you may discover? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Accord64 2,191 Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 5 hours ago, William D'Andrea said: Maybe you should look in your closets or storage areas, where you've got old boxes in which many things have been stored and forgotten, for years. Who knows what you may discover? My manuscripts about the rise of the internet, 9-11, and the COVID-19 pandemic never turned up back then, or I would've been a best-selling prophet by now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PenName 1,581 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 On 12/1/2020 at 11:54 AM, lynnmosher said: Subscriber, he ghosted me I'm getting weird flashbacks to the end of Jane Eyre. "Reader, I married him." 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yawarakai 379 Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 The gibberish emails are to confuse the spam filters and help the address get past with real spams. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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