Someone made a mistake.

Published on March 2, 2005 By dharmagrl In Life Journals

I got a lot of spam in my lunchtime emails today.

Someone has decided to be pathetically childish and sign me up for a bunch of newletters and free trials of this that and the other.

It was kind of silly for them to do that, especially from my home email address....because there are only a handful of people who have it. Most people have my gmail or our family yahoo adresses.

They also made a mistake when they signed me up for a free trial version of something - because when I went to cancel it, I found that because I didn't have the user name and ended up having to call the company. I explained to them that I didn't sign up for it, and asked if they could tell me the IP address and location of whoever did sign me up for it.

They can.

So, now I'm going to call and email the rest of the companies who I got spam from today and see if they can provide me with the same information.

It's going to be interesting to see where these fraudulent applications have come from (and yes, they are fraudulent).

Anyone else have an idea who could be doing this? I think that we ought to start taking bets as to which city and state the IP address will show up as originating in....

Comments (Page 3)

Bichur

on Mar 02, 2005

Bichur

on Mar 02, 2005

Barnacles, that just looks ugly. I'm sorry.

Just a thought. Of the 3, no 4 (possibly 5?)... Any of them been hacked? Any have kids? Do you? I ask that because it so, it may not be one of your friends, but somebody ticked off at one of their kids or yours. Kinda makes sense to me if it's not somebody who has your addy. Billy ticks me off, why screw with Billy? To obvious and will come back to me. Billy's mom or dad? Drive'em nuts and they have no reason to suspect me.

Shrunk? I don't need no stinkin' Shrunk. No comments on my spelling, grammar, syntax, verbiage, or structure will be considered?

WOWfactor.555.

on Mar 03, 2005

Well If my mis-spelling of your name irritates you imagine how the rest of us feel by reading your posts.

It Doesnt Bug Me At All. Call Me Anything You Like. And As For "The Rest" Of The People In This Thread, Well Umm, Only You've Mentioned It So Far And We're Already At Post #32.

And if you type that way because of syntax than you need to go back to school and learn proper syntax.

It's Just a Habit. I Didn't Type My Bankruptcy Letter Like This

. Perhaps You Should Go Back To School To Actually Learn The Distinction Between Syntax & Grammar.

Since You're Not Making a Thread, I'll Consider The Matter Closed - Wether You Come Back For The Last Word Or Not. Or Untill We Meet Again In Another Thread And You Have The Urge To Say "Eww WOW Thats Annoying!!"

My Apologies Again DarmaG ..

"now i got to getz me outta dis forum an' in2 mah bed fo sum sleep"

kona0197

on Mar 03, 2005

"shakes head"

Feels like I'm talking to a brick wall...

on Mar 03, 2005

Oh man! That sucks. You still has that URL I gave you a while ago, one that shows you the address of either home or ISP the IP is from?

Have fun.

As usual, people with non-standard capitalization pattern is ignored.

on Mar 03, 2005

http://www.geobytes.com/IpLocator.htm

Just in case you lost it.

WOWfactor.555.

on Mar 03, 2005

And People Who Use Single Verbs For Plural Nouns Are Always a Source Of Entertainment And Should Never Be Ignored.

Insomnia Sucks.

on Mar 03, 2005

In least I have a excuse.. My native language don't use much, if any verbs.

kona0197

on Mar 03, 2005

Had to interject this:

http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/capitals.htm

Boss019

on Mar 03, 2005

This whole thread sux

InBloom

on Mar 03, 2005

I don't like to takes sides of things I am not personally involved in...but I really do hope that things settle down so that you can continue to blog with enjoyment instead of worrying about what bad things will happen next.

WOWfactor.555.

on Mar 03, 2005

It's Not Your Native Tongue ? 3 Words For You : Pot Kettle And Black.
And Kona, You've Lost The Plot Of Your Own Whining. I Never Said My Style Of Typing Was Correct. So That Link While Useful, Really Has No Bearing. My Point Was And Always Has Been : This Is The Way I Write, If You Don't Like It, Tough. I Don't Comment On Alot Of Mistakes People Make When Typing - And Some Of It Annoys Me. But That's Life.
Now If You Have Any More Links That You've Googled To Post, Do It In a Seperate Thread. We've Both Broken Our Word Not To Crap In This Thread And It Really Should Stop.

Gene Nash

on Mar 03, 2005

This whole thread sux

And look at how you single-handedly raised the quality of the entire discourse, Mr. Ebert. Truly remarkable.

Seriously, I will never understand messages such as that one. Just keep on walking, folks.

on Mar 03, 2005

It's Not Your Native Tongue ?

What tongue? My native language don't use spoken sounds.

I know, I know, I'm just being ironic.

3 Words For You : Pot Kettle And Black.

Hmm so english is not your native language either? Still no excuse, however.

WOWfactor.555.

on Mar 03, 2005

#44 Read Post #43 As For Your Post, Well Umm, Have No Clue What You're Trying To Say.

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