Gmail has been doing that for some of my messages coming from Sunbelt for a while now. I adjusted the filter to account for it (filters now have an option to never mark something coming from a source as SPAM).
On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 12:32 PM, James Rankin <kz2...@googlemail.com>wrote: > Amusingly, GMail marked my message as spam. I have unmarked it but wonder > if I am now going to get a load of mails from Patsy Mark of HSBC. > > > On 22 March 2012 14:45, James Rankin <kz2...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> That sounds like some spammers/scammers have a sense of humour. >> Admittedly, it's quite funny - if you're not the idiot who's bank account >> is being emptied. >> >> >> On 22 March 2012 14:42, Jonathan Link <jonathan.l...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Patsy Mark? >>> YGtBFKM. >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Ralph Smith >>> <m...@gatewayindustries.org>wrote: >>> >>>> I recently missed an opportunity to obtain a 45 million dollar >>>> inheritance that was being held for me in an “ESCROW account with the HSBC >>>> Bank in **** >>>> >>>> London by order of the African DevelopmentBank”. My dithering over the >>>> uncertainty of replying with to the email with my name, SSN, bank account >>>> and routing information likely cost me dearly.**** >>>> >>>> ** ** >>>> >>>> I don’t know why I was hesitant, after all how could I doubt a message >>>> signed by “Dr Patsy Mark”?**** >>>> >>>> ** ** >>>> >>>> *From:* Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] >>>> *Sent:* Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:37 AM >>>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >>>> *Subject:* Re: OT: Utterly convincing spam**** >>>> >>>> ** ** >>>> >>>> do NOT fall for it ! Doctor Peter McWealth is related to Scrooge >>>> McDuck , and you know how fickle and nefarious those cartoon animals can be >>>> !**** >>>> >>>> On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 6:54 AM, James Rankin <kz2...@googlemail.com> >>>> wrote:**** >>>> >>>> I just received an email from the "World Fund For Unclaimed Lottery >>>> Prizes", signed in the glorious name of Doctor Peter McWealth. I am >>>> thoroughly convinced of its authenticity, having read that name. >>>> >>>> The fact that the World Fund For Unclaimed Lottery Prizes' esteemed >>>> Doctor of Riches uses a Yahoo.com email address as well only makes me more >>>> determined to give them my bank details. >>>> >>>> The sad thing is, for this approach to have made it out there, means it >>>> must have worked at some point? Surely not? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk<http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk/> >>>> >>>> IMPORTANT INFORMATION/DISCLAIMER >>>> >>>> I certainly don't have time to monitor the content of e-mail sent and >>>> received via this account for the purposes of ensuring compliance with >>>> anyone's policies and procedures. I am pretty sure that somewhere in UK >>>> legislation there is some politically-correct drivel that stipulates I must >>>> never send or store e-mails or attachments that are obscene, indecent, >>>> sexist, racist, defamatory, abusive, in breach of copyright, encrypted, >>>> amusing, overly long, slightly opinionated, anonymous, likely to harm >>>> animals or hurt the feelings of an as-yet-unspecified or as-yet-nonexistent >>>> minority (such as extraterrestrial eggplants). Emails of this nature sent >>>> in or out of this account may be intercepted and stopped by the system, but >>>> it's a long shot. This being the UK, even if I was prosecuted for breach of >>>> said email guidelines, I'd probably walk with a suspended sentence anyway, >>>> but if I'd forgotten to pay my car insurance, I'd most certainly be hung, >>>> drawn and quartered. >>>> >>>> I am not responsible for any changes made to the message after it has >>>> been sent, in more or less the same way that cyclozine manufacturers aren't >>>> responsible for drug addicts mixing it with methadone and overdosing, so >>>> I'm glad I cleared the confusion up there nice and early. Where opinions >>>> are expressed, they are not necessarily mine. However, I don't make a habit >>>> of expressing other people's opinions for them, so you shouldn't take that >>>> statement as an indication that I am in the business of providing an >>>> opinion-expressing service. In the event that I did, this discourse would >>>> provide no guarantee that I would do it anyway, but I don't, so I won't. >>>> >>>> This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and >>>> intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are >>>> addressed. If you are not the intended addressee, or the person responsible >>>> for delivering it to them, aside from the fact that you've clearly got some >>>> level of unauthorised access to their account or are at least engaged in >>>> some sort of fraud, I'm obliged to tell you that may not copy, forward >>>> disclose or otherwise use it or any part of it in any way. To do so may be >>>> unlawful, and as you're already breaking the law, I am sure that bombshell >>>> makes you quake in your boots and turn yourself over to law enforcement >>>> immediately. If you receive this e-mail by mistake, please advise the >>>> sender immediately. That would be me, and as I am clearly prone to sending >>>> emails to completely the wrong person, I should instantly be stripped of my >>>> status as a technical consultant and sent to do something more becoming of >>>> my stupidity, such as appearing on Big Brother, the X Factor or "insert >>>> country name here"'s Got Talent.**** >>>> >>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>>> ~ >>>> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/<http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>> >>>> ~ >>>> >>>> --- >>>> To manage subscriptions click here: >>>> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/<http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/> >>>> or send an email to >>>> listmanager@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> >>>> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** >>>> >>>> ** ** >>>> >>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>>> ~ >>>> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/<http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>> >>>> ~ >>>> >>>> --- >>>> To manage subscriptions click here: >>>> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/<http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/> >>>> or send an email to >>>> listmanager@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> >>>> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** >>>> >>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>>> ~ >>>> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/<http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>> >>>> ~ >>>> >>>> --- >>>> To manage subscriptions click here: >>>> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/<http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/> >>>> or send an email to >>>> listmanager@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> >>>> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >>>> >>> >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>> ~ >>> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/<http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>> >>> ~ >>> >>> --- >>> To manage subscriptions click here: >>> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/<http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/> >>> or send an email to >>> listmanager@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> >>> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk<http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk> >> >> IMPORTANT INFORMATION/DISCLAIMER >> >> I certainly don't have time to monitor the content of e-mail sent and >> received via this account for the purposes of ensuring compliance with >> anyone's policies and procedures. I am pretty sure that somewhere in UK >> legislation there is some politically-correct drivel that stipulates I must >> never send or store e-mails or attachments that are obscene, indecent, >> sexist, racist, defamatory, abusive, in breach of copyright, encrypted, >> amusing, overly long, slightly opinionated, anonymous, likely to harm >> animals or hurt the feelings of an as-yet-unspecified or as-yet-nonexistent >> minority (such as extraterrestrial eggplants). Emails of this nature sent >> in or out of this account may be intercepted and stopped by the system, but >> it's a long shot. This being the UK, even if I was prosecuted for breach of >> said email guidelines, I'd probably walk with a suspended sentence anyway, >> but if I'd forgotten to pay my car insurance, I'd most certainly be hung, >> drawn and quartered. >> >> I am not responsible for any changes made to the message after it has >> been sent, in more or less the same way that cyclozine manufacturers aren't >> responsible for drug addicts mixing it with methadone and overdosing, so >> I'm glad I cleared the confusion up there nice and early. Where opinions >> are expressed, they are not necessarily mine. However, I don't make a habit >> of expressing other people's opinions for them, so you shouldn't take that >> statement as an indication that I am in the business of providing an >> opinion-expressing service. In the event that I did, this discourse would >> provide no guarantee that I would do it anyway, but I don't, so I won't. >> >> This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and >> intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are >> addressed. If you are not the intended addressee, or the person responsible >> for delivering it to them, aside from the fact that you've clearly got some >> level of unauthorised access to their account or are at least engaged in >> some sort of fraud, I'm obliged to tell you that may not copy, forward >> disclose or otherwise use it or any part of it in any way. To do so may be >> unlawful, and as you're already breaking the law, I am sure that bombshell >> makes you quake in your boots and turn yourself over to law enforcement >> immediately. If you receive this e-mail by mistake, please advise the >> sender immediately. That would be me, and as I am clearly prone to sending >> emails to completely the wrong person, I should instantly be stripped of my >> status as a technical consultant and sent to do something more becoming of >> my stupidity, such as appearing on Big Brother, the X Factor or "insert >> country name here"'s Got Talent. >> >> > > > -- > http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk > > IMPORTANT INFORMATION/DISCLAIMER > > I certainly don't have time to monitor the content of e-mail sent and > received via this account for the purposes of ensuring compliance with > anyone's policies and procedures. I am pretty sure that somewhere in UK > legislation there is some politically-correct drivel that stipulates I must > never send or store e-mails or attachments that are obscene, indecent, > sexist, racist, defamatory, abusive, in breach of copyright, encrypted, > amusing, overly long, slightly opinionated, anonymous, likely to harm > animals or hurt the feelings of an as-yet-unspecified or as-yet-nonexistent > minority (such as extraterrestrial eggplants). Emails of this nature sent > in or out of this account may be intercepted and stopped by the system, but > it's a long shot. This being the UK, even if I was prosecuted for breach of > said email guidelines, I'd probably walk with a suspended sentence anyway, > but if I'd forgotten to pay my car insurance, I'd most certainly be hung, > drawn and quartered. > > I am not responsible for any changes made to the message after it has been > sent, in more or less the same way that cyclozine manufacturers aren't > responsible for drug addicts mixing it with methadone and overdosing, so > I'm glad I cleared the confusion up there nice and early. Where opinions > are expressed, they are not necessarily mine. However, I don't make a habit > of expressing other people's opinions for them, so you shouldn't take that > statement as an indication that I am in the business of providing an > opinion-expressing service. In the event that I did, this discourse would > provide no guarantee that I would do it anyway, but I don't, so I won't. > > This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are > addressed. If you are not the intended addressee, or the person responsible > for delivering it to them, aside from the fact that you've clearly got some > level of unauthorised access to their account or are at least engaged in > some sort of fraud, I'm obliged to tell you that may not copy, forward > disclose or otherwise use it or any part of it in any way. To do so may be > unlawful, and as you're already breaking the law, I am sure that bombshell > makes you quake in your boots and turn yourself over to law enforcement > immediately. If you receive this e-mail by mistake, please advise the > sender immediately. That would be me, and as I am clearly prone to sending > emails to completely the wrong person, I should instantly be stripped of my > status as a technical consultant and sent to do something more becoming of > my stupidity, such as appearing on Big Brother, the X Factor or "insert > country name here"'s Got Talent. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
