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And i thought it was only me getting much more spam recently.
Hearing from a lot of new friends lately? You know, the ones that write ?It?s me, Esmeralda,? and tip you off to an obscure stock that is ?poised to explode? or a great deal on prescription drugs.

You?re not the only one. Spam is back ? in e-mail in-boxes and on everyone?s minds. In the last six months, the problem has gotten measurably worse. Worldwide spam volumes have doubled from last year, according to Ironport, a spam filtering firm, and unsolicited junk mail now accounts for more than 9 of every 10 e-mail messages sent over the Internet.
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damn bastids :x i, like you, are getting approx. 5 a day to my guru4u addy telling me I have a small penis, how they found out is what I'd like to know :deize:
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im getting more than that :arse:
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I get about 3 where i left my email in my themes :x. Could always block all messages to that email and create a new one for themes so isn't too bad :)
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I get about 40 to 50 spam messages a day :para: on all my email accounts combined.

I too seem to be in the possession of a penis, albeit a small one that requires plenty of enlargement pills and other crap, I have not yet been able to actually locate it on my body though. Would seem I am still a girl, no matter what they say. I have also been offered a deal on the worlds supply of viagra it would seem. And great tips on which stock to buy, where to leave my exact bank details (*mostly from 'banks' I don't actually have accounts with or have never heard from..... and then there's the old scam of NIgerians or otherwise that wish to leave me millions and millions of dollars :x
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and people actually buy that stuff, baffles me :roll:
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lol someone i know through the post got a letter saying they have won the euro millions. All you need to do is give them your bank details.

Firstly, how do they know you bought the ticket? Secondly, i doubt they would want to say if they owed you money that you never claim and thirdly there is a section on the lotto site saying about unclaimed tickets and what area they're from...they wouldn't need this if they knew who's the ticket was :P
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through the post, wow :o
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Yeah i know, where they got the details from :o
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fac51 wrote:and people actually buy that stuff, baffles me :roll:
I bought all my xmas presents from spam i got sent...
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:lol:

shame on you mixy, for encouraging them to send out even more spam :roll:


(and thank fook I'm not on mixin's X mas list...! :lol: )
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all your friends got toothpick size penises then mixin?
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I hope they have, else their presents are kinda pointless.
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