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Ok i got this dodgy mail ... plz tell me what u make of it :S
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Hi - [My mail addy here]

Sent from Gemma Brown.

I recently received a chain letter (A piece of mail that had been forwarded to me) that had your e-mail address in it along with several other peoples.

I thought that as your mail address was on one of these chain letters (forwards) you may have others that you would be willing to send to me. I know that this might sound like a daft request but I can assure you that this is a serious request. I am involved in a university project that is based over a year and we are analysing Internet mail, we are trying to ascertain trends and patterns to come up with some fairly accurate statistics regarding the type of mail that circulates around the internet, we know that 70% of all mail is spam but what we don’t know is what percentage of that spam accounts for chain mail (forwards of any type, something that has been forwarded to you, a piece of mail that has formed part of a chain).

Please send absolutely anything and everything that remotely resembles chain mail, forwards of any type (even the rude ones). My project is based over a year and I need one million forwards for this project to be a success, so please keep them coming and don’t worry I have some pretty huge mail boxes.

I would be grateful if you would be kind enough to forward this piece of mail to all your friends as I need as much help as I can get.

Please send all chain mail (forwards) to the following address.  gemma9@research-project.org

Everyone that helps will receive a copy of our results and findings in January of next year so please help if you can.

Thanks

Gemma

Reference No - (DINVNLTQL7Q)

You will only receive this mail the once, it will not be sent to you again and your e-mail address will not be passed on, however to conform to the law we must give you the opportunity to have your e-mail removed from our list. Please reply with the word delete to have your address removed.
Subject is: This is a reply to the mail you sent me.
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RE: WTF is this mail :|
i got this...


classed it as spam.
06-02-2005 07:21 PM
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RE: WTF is this mail :|
lol a new breed of chain e-mails :P or is real :S
06-02-2005 07:22 PM
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thing is, i got 2 at the same time that were similer so i duno..
06-02-2005 07:25 PM
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Originally posted by Stigmata
i got this...
classed it as spam.
Me too :cheesy:
Is that a coincidence :S
I only take part in National forward ie stuff that is based on my country  so no one else would have got it .... :-/ Hence i told gmail to spam mark it :grin:

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chain e-mails or is real
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Originally posted by Absorbation
lol a new breed of spam chain e-mails :P or is real :S

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or is real
Thats the question .... now that i know someone else got it too ... it aint real :P
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RE: WTF is this mail :|
http://www.research-project.org/ says "under construction", so I wouldn't trust it for a second
06-02-2005 07:35 PM
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Originally posted by Millenium_edition
http://www.research-project.org/ says "under construction", so I wouldn't trust it for a second
Oh yeah i didnt try that but thx for saying :)
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RE: WTF is this mail :|
and for those who might say: "blah, can't hurt anyone if I just send it or play along"...

Yes it does hurt everybody. Sending such crap or "playing along" only puts more strain on various mailservers, making other legit mails going slower and slower...
.-= A 'frrrrrrrituurrr' for Wacky =-.
06-02-2005 09:17 PM
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Originally posted by CookieRevised

and for those who might say: "blah, can't hurt anyone if I just send it or play along"...

Yes it does hurt everybody. Sending such crap or "playing along" only puts more strain on various mailservers, making other legit mails going slower and slower...
So infact this mail was spam :dodgy:
But how did that person get my addy cause ....
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I only take part in National forward ie stuff that is based on my country  so no one else would have got it ....
And that was a personal addy that only the my close friends (those i know personally have) :-/
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RE: WTF is this mail :|
Hey who wants to spam the shit out of there inbox with there own message and see if we can fill it? :D

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EDIT:

I did a little search on gemma9 this is what I've found out:

Background

   Nationality Spain

   Residence Tralee, Ireland
» see where I've been

Education

   Home University Universitat d'Alacant, Spain
   Area of Study Business Studies
   Graduation Date September 2003
   Host University Institute of Technology Tralee, Ireland
   Start Date January 2004
   End Date June 2004

Language Skills

  Spanish (native)
English (intermediate)
» read my forum posts 

Work Experience

   Company/Organisation Styl Models
   Job Industry Tourism / Hotel management
   Job Function Sales
   Country Spain
   Period November 2003 - January 2004

This is from: http://profiles.iagora.com/gemma9/bio.html

Dodgy Google images of gemma9:
http://images.google.ca/images?q=gemma9&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=wi
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http://www.orange-blossom-special.de/photos/obs1_6/pages/gemma9.html

This post was edited on 06-02-2005 at 09:34 PM by DJeX.
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