• Colin 't Hart (unregistered)

    That's just mean.

    :-)

  • bored_again (unregistered)

    The best WTF article ever!

  • Pampers Hasher (unregistered)

    I keep getting form submissions (complete with captcha) like this for a site that is clearly non commercial and is running quite well thank you very much (second in Google for the main keyword)

    Normally they get deleted... maybe not the next one!

  • JW (unregistered)

    That felt a bit like reading one of David Thorne's ( 27bslash6.com ) stories. Although he is even meaner. :)

  • Dave (unregistered)

    The Real WTF is "asdfasdfasd".

  • Rafael (unregistered)

    My favorite is still the http://www.419eater.com/

    :)

  • - (unregistered)

    50 shades of Amy

  • Danielle (unregistered)

    WOW! Best spam reply ever! How many times have I wanted to reply to a spam but never did it!

  • (cs)

    I don't get it. Is the WTF that Alex spent so much time trolling/flirting with a spammer that most likely looks nothing like that picture?

  • Brian (unregistered)

    Alex, your the beast. butt so men two amy to. OAMLFTOR.

  • Smug Unix User (unregistered)

    It's a shame you couldn't succeed with Amy.

  • Optimizer (unregistered)

    What I can't understand, is why anyone looking for Search Engine Optimization wouldn't just Google "Search Engine Optimization"!? Clearly if you can get to the top results for that, you're good at what you do and have no need to send spam to drum up business. Anyone else is just crappy in comparison.

    So next time someone tries to sell you SEO, ask them where they rank when you search Google for "Search Engine Optimization". If its not on the first page, they obviously suck at what they do!

  • (cs)
    Smug Unix User:
    It's a shame you couldn't succeed with Amy.
    Not so fast. There's no guarantee that she looks like the picture. In fact, there's no guarantee that her real name's not Ralph.
  • (cs) in reply to Rafael
    Rafael:
    My favorite is still the http://www.419eater.com/

    :)

    I was about to post that...

  • Jan (unregistered)

    Dear Amy :-)

    Now that you've broken up with Alex I would like to succeed with you together.

    Please send me your picture to get started.

    Thanks a lot,

    ;-#

    Jan.

  • Andrei Rinea (unregistered)

    Trolling like a pro!

  • Abico (unregistered) in reply to PedanticCurmudgeon

    No guarantee it's not Ralph, but not likely.

  • Garrison Fiord (unregistered)

    Hey, Alex. I found a picture of Amy on another site.

    [image]
  • Garrison Fiord (unregistered)

    Would the cherry on top be to send "Amy" a link to this article?

  • (cs)

    I call shenanigans. The specifics are different, but this has been done before. No one here caught this?

  • AGray (unregistered)

    TRWTF is PHP.

    (I guess)

  • Craig (unregistered)

    You seriously need a share button. Would be fun to post this on my facebook easily.

  • asdf (unregistered)

    If I understand this correctly, Amy is now available?

  • Seul (unregistered)

    Ralph? linkedin.com/pub/amy-thompson/51/124/965

  • WhoMe (unregistered)

    I run a small web development company, designing and building websites... I just got an email from a local company telling me that my website is lacking many features that will help SEO, specifcally meta tag information.

    Reply?

    CAPTCHA: abigo. abigo-ing now

  • Amy (unregistered)

    Dear Alex:)

    Could you please publish the article asap? The webmaster is all over me for this. Please correct the error asap.

    Best regards, Amy

  • (cs) in reply to Abico
    Abico:
    No guarantee it's not Ralph, but not likely.

    That's a pretty small sample size though. 789 penpals. And one of them calls himself CYBORG.

  • (cs) in reply to Seul
    Seul:
    Ralph? linkedin.com/pub/amy-thompson/51/124/965

    Why would you give up being an Advanced PHP dev to do that crummy job. It's like trading a Mercedes for a Honda Civic.

  • NaN (Not a Name) (unregistered) in reply to Seul
    Seul:
    Ralph? linkedin.com/pub/amy-thompson/51/124/965

    Now I actually feel bad for her.

  • lulz (unregistered) in reply to Seul
    Seul:
    Ralph? linkedin.com/pub/amy-thompson/51/124/965
    annnnnnnnd it just got real.
  • (cs) in reply to Helix
    Helix:
    Seul:
    Ralph? linkedin.com/pub/amy-thompson/51/124/965

    Why would you give up being an Advanced PHP dev to do that crummy job. It's like trading a Mercedes for a Honda Civic.

    Well her listed skills include "Working in a manner that prevents injury to self and others," so I'm guessing there's a story there. I bet her PHP code horribly disfigured someone and she just couldn't do it anymore.

  • Garrison Fiord (unregistered) in reply to NaN (Not a Name)
    NaN (Not a Name):
    Seul:
    Ralph? linkedin.com/pub/amy-thompson/51/124/965

    Now I actually feel bad for her.

    Why? Do you make your living on link farms and spam factories? These people are the lowest form of human life.

  • Seul (unregistered) in reply to Garrison Fiord
    Garrison Fiord:
    NaN (Not a Name):
    Seul:
    Ralph? linkedin.com/pub/amy-thompson/51/124/965

    Now I actually feel bad for her.

    Why? Do you make your living on link farms and spam factories? These people are the lowest form of human life.

    No they're not and you know it. They might rather have that job to pay their debt than none.

  • just stop it (unregistered) in reply to PedanticCurmudgeon
    PedanticCurmudgeon:
    that most likely looks nothing like that picture?

    What?!? Are you trying to say that stock photos on web sites do not represent the people that are communicating directly with you? Next you're going to say that "Amy" is a dude in a foreign country, or some other asinine remark.

  • Anoldhacker (unregistered) in reply to Seul

    Be nice. She's an expert at being punctual!

  • (cs) in reply to Seul
    Seul:
    Garrison Fiord:
    NaN (Not a Name):
    Seul:
    Ralph? linkedin.com/pub/amy-thompson/51/124/965

    Now I actually feel bad for her.

    Why? Do you make your living on link farms and spam factories? These people are the lowest form of human life.

    No they're not and you know it. They might rather have that job to pay their debt than none.

    Same with hookers. But at least they can provide a genuine service. (So I've heard . . .)

  • NaN (Not a Name) (unregistered) in reply to Garrison Fiord
    Garrison Fiord:
    NaN (Not a Name):
    Seul:
    Ralph? linkedin.com/pub/amy-thompson/51/124/965

    Now I actually feel bad for her.

    Why? Do you make your living on link farms and spam factories? These people are the lowest form of human life.

    Attractive young woman, community college, 2 years of PHP, and then SEO cold calls/emails. Obviously, she is taking the best thing available.

  • divgd (unregistered) in reply to dgvid
    dgvid:
    I bet her PHP code horribly disfigured someone and she just couldn't do it anymore.

    Most PHP code makes me feel like I'm going to be disfigured by it. That, or Perl :P

    captcha: similis - they are like similies. But not.

  • (cs) in reply to Garrison Fiord
    Garrison Fiord:
    NaN (Not a Name):
    Seul:
    Ralph? linkedin.com/pub/amy-thompson/51/124/965

    Now I actually feel bad for her.

    Why? Do you make your living on link farms and spam factories? These people are the lowest form of human life.
    Low yes, but spamming headhunters are, IMHO, much lower.

  • divgd (unregistered) in reply to divgd
    divgd:
    dgvid:
    I bet her PHP code horribly disfigured someone and she just couldn't do it anymore.

    Most PHP code makes me feel like I'm going to be disfigured by it. That, or Perl :P

    captcha: similis - they are like similies. But not.

    It would also be nice if I spelled "similes" correctly

  • (cs) in reply to WhoMe
    WhoMe:
    I run a small web development company, designing and building websites... I just got an email from a local company telling me that my website is lacking many features that will help SEO, specifcally meta tag information.

    Reply?

    CAPTCHA: abigo. abigo-ing now

    Dear xxxx, Thank you for this most intriguing opportunity to increase my business. I would very much like to lern more about your wise knowledge. Can you please send me examples of your werk so that I can see the kind of werk you do so that I may know that it will be good doing business with you.

    I look forward to this exciting opportunity to make my website better.

    Please reply soonest!

  • Mea (unregistered)

    tl;dr

    (Akismet can suck my ballz.)

  • TheDude (unregistered) in reply to NaN (Not a Name)

    Six years of high school? Wow...

  • Bas (unregistered)

    LOL

    Thank you!

  • (cs) in reply to just stop it
    just stop it:
    PedanticCurmudgeon:
    that most likely looks nothing like that picture?

    What?!? Are you trying to say that stock photos on web sites do not represent the people that are communicating directly with you? Next you're going to say that "Amy" is a dude in a foreign country, or some other asinine remark.

    Doesn't anyone read the whole thread before posting any more?

    PedanticCurmudgeon:
    In fact, there's no guarantee that her real name's not Ralph.
  • Garrison Fiord (unregistered) in reply to snoofle
    snoofle:
    Garrison Fiord:
    NaN (Not a Name):
    Seul:
    Ralph? linkedin.com/pub/amy-thompson/51/124/965

    Now I actually feel bad for her.

    Why? Do you make your living on link farms and spam factories? These people are the lowest form of human life.
    Low yes, but spamming headhunters are, IMHO, much lower.
    I think they are all going to be in the same ring of hell, along with telemarketers and bulk mailers.

  • (cs) in reply to NaN (Not a Name)
    NaN (Not a Name):
    Seul:
    Ralph? linkedin.com/pub/amy-thompson/51/124/965

    Now I actually feel bad for her.

    You should. Given that stories here are usually anonymized, it's a safe bet she had nothing to do with any of this.

  • Andrew (unregistered) in reply to Seul
    Seul:
    Ralph? linkedin.com/pub/amy-thompson/51/124/965

    It's good to know that her top skill is "working in a manner that prevents injury to self and others". Wouldn't want to hurt anyone with all that optimization.

  • (cs) in reply to TheDude
    TheDude:
    Six years of high school? Wow...
    If you go to a 4 year high school, and you count the two years that you spent at junior high school before that, there's your six.

    'Course it's cheating, but we are talking about SEO spammers, so that's about expected, right?

    (Yes, I know I'm the Englishman who lives in France. I also spent a number of years in the US, and for three of those years I was in high school.)

  • Nemo (unregistered) in reply to Steve The Cynic
    Steve The Cynic:
    TheDude:
    Six years of high school? Wow...
    If you go to a 4 year high school, and you count the two years that you spent at junior high school before that, there's your six.

    'Course it's cheating, but we are talking about SEO spammers, so that's about expected, right?

    (Yes, I know I'm the Englishman who lives in France. I also spent a number of years in the US, and for three of those years I was in high school.)

    Blutarski: Seven years of college. Down the drain.

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