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What would you do if someone signed you up to spam email?

  • 10-08-2012 11:14pm
    #1
    coleria
    Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭


    Long story short, did work for someone, job done,, then they changed their mind, then they were calling every 30 mins wanting to change this, change that, even though it was exactly as requested... etc...etc...
    So I said NO, I'm done, I've done what was asked, and delivered, so after a hissy fit they said fine..... 30 mins later, begging to do a bit more... etc...
    So the next day I receive 100's of spam email (I never sign up to anything, or give my email address away willy nilly etc), and have yet to receive a penny/cent.

    So, what's the best After Hours Revenge for such passive aggressive behaviour?


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  • #2
    marshbaboon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,184 ✭✭✭marshbaboon


    Seal a dead animal in a plastic bag, roadkill is perfect.

    Leave it out in the sun for 6 weeks.

    Post it to him.


  • #3
    supernova84
    Closed Accounts Posts: 972 ✭✭✭supernova84


    Hire a hitman


  • #4
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    Well, when i received the first spam mail, I'd mark it 'spam' and never again think of it.

    It'd hardly ruin my life if I'm to be honest.


  • #5
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    Take them to a bridge and see if they can fly


  • #6
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,104 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    coleria wrote: »
    So, what's the best After Hours Revenge for such passive aggressive behaviour?
    delete the emails

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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  • #7
    Yakult
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 7,941 Mod ✭✭✭✭Yakult


    Id click the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the spam mail.


  • #8
    El Guapo!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,438 ✭✭✭✭El Guapo!


    Shít in their letterbox. See how they like it.


  • #9
    Martyn1989
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,561 ✭✭✭Martyn1989


    Win a free iPad, that'll show em


  • #10
    jimthemental
    Registered Users Posts: 2,004 ✭✭✭jimthemental


    I'd have a twelve inch willy and a capital venture company with a nigerian prince.


  • #11
    Praetorian Saighdiuir
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,968 ✭✭✭✭Praetorian Saighdiuir


    Keep sending them poo in the post


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  • #12
    Where To
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭Where To


    I'd read every single last one of them.

    Reverse revenge rocks.


  • #13
    1ZRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,293 ✭✭✭1ZRed


    Sign them up to the sleaziest and nastiest pornsites and let the flood of Viagra (among others:D) emails flood his inbox.

    That's how real men do it.


  • #14
    kerry4sam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,127 ✭✭✭✭kerry4sam


    Ghandee wrote: »
    Well, when i received the first spam mail, I'd mark it 'spam' and never again think of it.

    It'd hardly ruin my life if I'm to be honest.
    Yakult wrote: »
    Id click the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the spam mail.
    mango salsa wrote: »
    delete the emails


    ^^^
    I would do all of the above here :)


  • #15
    who_me
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,669 ✭✭✭who_me


    Using their email address, sign them up on a dating website, using a (female) model's photo. Bonus points if it's an S&M site.


  • #16
    LETHAL LADY
    Registered Users Posts: 3,145 ✭✭✭LETHAL LADY


    I enjoy a bit of spam me, that and a bit of luncheon.


  • #17
    Vicar in a tutu
    Registered Users Posts: 901 ✭✭✭Vicar in a tutu


    Make a series of gay profiles on dating sites for them:cool:


  • #18
    coleria
    Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭coleria


    Ghandee wrote: »
    Well, when i received the first spam mail, I'd mark it 'spam' and never again think of it.

    It'd hardly ruin my life if I'm to be honest.

    They signed me up to a spam site that passes on my email to 100's of other spam, so if deleting 100,s of emails everyday is your thing, will you spend a few hours everyday deleting them for me?


  • #19
    Keith186
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,213 ✭✭✭Keith186


    coleria wrote: »
    Long story short, did work for someone, job done,, then they changed their mind, then they were calling every 30 mins wanting to change this, change that, even though it was exactly as requested... etc...etc...
    So I said NO, I'm done, I've done what was asked, and delivered, so after a hissy fit they said fine..... 30 mins later, begging to do a bit more... etc...
    So the next day I receive 100's of spam email (I never sign up to anything, or give my email address away willy nilly etc), and have yet to receive a penny/cent.

    So, what's the best After Hours Revenge for such passive aggressive behaviour?

    Set up a fake duplicate Facebook account as them add their friends and act the maggot posting the spam emails he signed you up to.


  • #20
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,104 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    coleria wrote: »
    They signed me up to a spam site that passes on my email to 100's of other spam, so if deleting 100,s of emails everyday is your thing, will you spend a few hours everyday deleting them for me?

    It's not that difficult to keep marking them as spam and then delete 50 at a time.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #21
    coleria
    Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭coleria


    kerry4sam wrote: »
    Ghandee wrote: »
    Well, when i received the first spam mail, I'd mark it 'spam' and never again think of it.

    It'd hardly ruin my life if I'm to be honest.
    Yakult wrote: »
    Id click the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the spam mail.
    mango salsa wrote: »
    delete the emails


    ^^^
    I would do all of the above here :)

    Would you do it 100's times every day, to your main email address?


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  • #22
    1ZRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,293 ✭✭✭1ZRed


    Vicar in a tutu wrote: »
    Make a series of gay profiles on dating sites for them:cool:

    And why the fuck didn't I think of this?

    Throw me the email and I'll set it up no bother!

    Everyone loves a submissive power bottom on manhunt... :pac:


  • #23
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,104 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    coleria wrote: »
    Would you do it 100's times every day, to your main email address?

    Yes

    Keep clicking on mark as spam and then bulk delete from the spam folder

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #24
    coleria
    Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭coleria


    mango salsa wrote: »
    coleria wrote: »
    They signed me up to a spam site that passes on my email to 100's of other spam, so if deleting 100,s of emails everyday is your thing, will you spend a few hours everyday deleting them for me?

    It's not that difficult to keep marking them as spam and then delete 50 at a time.

    It is when you have to enter your email everytime and most of the sites when you try to unsubscribe come up 404


  • #25
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,104 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Go get some grass seeds and plant them in the carpet then.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #26
    coleria
    Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭coleria


    mango salsa wrote: »
    Go get some grass seeds and plant them in the carpet then.

    Breaking and entering isn't really my thing, but thanks anyways


  • #27
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Yakult wrote: »
    Id click the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the spam mail.

    This can sometimes just verify the email address is a valid one and and signs you up for more spam


  • #28
    kerry4sam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,127 ✭✭✭✭kerry4sam


    coleria wrote: »
    Would you do it 100's times every day, to your main email address?
    mango salsa wrote: »
    Yes

    Keep clicking on mark as spam and then bulk delete from the spam folder

    yes!

    Fortunately I don't have people doing that to me so it is easy for me to say yes. It might be different though if my patience ran out :pac:


  • #29
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    Register interest with the Jehovah Witnesses

    They might send around some people to convert him


  • #30
    Raiser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,929 ✭✭✭Raiser


    This reminds me, I once was having a very bad day and replied to the king of Nigeria with a page full of the worst and most offensive language, insults and threats I could pound on my keyboard.

    - The amount of spam I've received since has been monumental.

    All I have to show for it since are my fake Harvard Phd, 14 inch cock, 1,000,000,000,000 Zimbabwean dollars, guaranteed knicker dropping pheromones, and that one funny little trick to make me lose 14 pounds - I get the local Limwreck housewives who are mad for sex in my area to manage my day to day goings on now too...........


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  • #31
    Evidemment
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭Evidemment


    Phone them back tell them youve had a change of heart and youll do some adjustments. once there you have the choice of trashing the place. or leaving a secret dump. or talking to them about why you cant be friends.


  • #32
    jurahnimoh
    Registered Users Posts: 129 ✭✭jurahnimoh


    fight fire with fire and write their phone number on every cubicle you visit


  • #33
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    coleria wrote: »
    They signed me up to a spam site that passes on my email to 100's of other spam, so if deleting 100,s of emails everyday is your thing, will you spend a few hours everyday deleting them for me?

    Sure i will.

    Pm me your email sign in and password details.


  • #34
    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,700 ✭✭✭tricky D


    coleria wrote: »
    Would you do it 100's times every day, to your main email address?
    coleria wrote: »
    They signed me up to a spam site that passes on my email to 100's of other spam, so if deleting 100,s of emails everyday is your thing, will you spend a few hours everyday deleting them for me?

    I used to run the main contact addresses for a large company. We'd get hundreds, sometimes in the thousands of spams a day. It took less than 5 minutes every day to put them through the filter.
    coleria wrote: »
    It is when you have to enter your email everytime and most of the sites when you try to unsubscribe come up 404

    Don't unsubscribe from them, it only serves to confirm your address is live so it's a waste of time and only encourages more spam.


  • #35
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Seeth quietly about it for years and then punch someone in the face randomly on a night out?


  • #36
    paddy147
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 15,858 ✭✭✭✭paddy147


    I keep getting emails from some lady called "Joan" who wants me to buy steel pipe from China.


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  • #37
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    paddy147 wrote: »
    I keep getting emails from some lady called "Joan" who wants me to buy steel pipe from China.

    Forward them to me please. I got hooked on that stuff in Nam and haven't been able to find any since I got home.


  • #38
    ilovesleep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,619 ✭✭✭ilovesleep


    coleria wrote: »
    Long story short, did work for someone, job done,, then they changed their mind, then they were calling every 30 mins wanting to change this, change that, even though it was exactly as requested... etc...etc...
    So I said NO, I'm done, I've done what was asked, and delivered, so after a hissy fit they said fine..... 30 mins later, begging to do a bit more... etc...
    So the next day I receive 100's of spam email (I never sign up to anything, or give my email address away willy nilly etc), and have yet to receive a penny/cent.

    So, what's the best After Hours Revenge for such passive aggressive behaviour?

    How do you know he/she signed you up to spam?


  • #39
    djdunny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭djdunny


    Put a car for sale in Donedeal. Make sure its a good one but price it ridiculously low. Put his number as the contact number. Sit back and enjoy the fact that every gob****e in Ireland will ring him at any hour of the day.


  • #40
    Helix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,661 ✭✭✭✭Helix


    coleria wrote: »
    It is when you have to enter your email everytime and most of the sites when you try to unsubscribe come up 404

    you need to learn about the magic of mail filter rules


  • #41
    the groutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    OP, ever heard of spam filters?


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  • #42
    deconduo
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 4,281 Mod ✭✭✭✭deconduo


    Set up a filter that redirects all the spam to their email address.


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