Spammer's Porsche Up For Grabs

Spammer's Porsche Up For Grabs 232

Posted by timothy on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @09:12AM from the please-go-with-the-house-ideas dept.

gaurab writes "Anti-Spammers would love this. In this news piece, the BBC reports that AOL is putting up a Porsche it seized from a spammer last year in a sweepstakes. What next -- 'Spammer's House' in another sweepstakes? Is this the sign of things to come? From the story: 'Internet giant AOL has ratcheted up the war against unsolicited e-mail with a publicity-grabbing coup -- an online raffle of a spammer's seized Porsche. AOL won the car -- a $47,000 Boxster S -- as part of a court settlement against an unnamed e-mailer last year.'"

Spammer's Porsche Up For Grabs

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Does it come with a CD Multiplayer? (Score:5, Funny)

by Claws Of Doom ( 721684 ) writes: on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @09:13AM (#8712857)

And any guesses what they'll fill it with?

Re:Does it come with a CD Multiplayer? (Score:4, Funny)

by nathanhart ( 754532 ) writes: <virusfarm@gmail.com> on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @09:14AM (#8712867) Homepage

AOL CD's no doubt

What about the registration plate (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @09:15AM (#8712879)

Do you have to keep SPMNG CNT, or are you allowed to change it?

Re:hmm (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @09:16AM (#8712886)

Who cares, I'm already planning my customized license plate for it: INBOXSTR

It just works on so many levels.

Better News: (Score:5, Funny)

by hplasm ( 576983 ) writes: on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @09:17AM (#8712888) Journal

Spammer's Balls Up For Grabs

I can see it already in my inbox... (Score:5, Funny)

by mrselfdestrukt ( 149193 ) writes: <nollie_A7_firstcounsel_com> on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @09:17AM (#8712891) Homepage Journal

Order v14gra now and get chance to win a p0r5che b0xt3r from A07.

Can't just join? (Score:3, Funny)

by p_millipede ( 714918 ) writes: on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @09:17AM (#8712895)

The Porsche sweepstake lasts until 8 April, and will be open only to those who were AOL members when it was first announced.

Damn, so I can't just join now, win a car, and then terminate the account?

Allow me to be the first to say ..... (Score:4, Funny)

by Alranor ( 472986 ) writes: on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @09:18AM (#8712897)

<Nelson>
Ha. Ha.
</Nelson>

Screw the Car... (Score:5, Funny)

by Spencerian ( 465343 ) writes: on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @09:18AM (#8712898) Homepage Journal

...I want that spammer's ball sac for a potpourri-filled an air freshener.

Yeah, pal, I got your "male enhancement" right HERE...

Funny... (Score:5, Funny)

by hookedup ( 630460 ) writes: on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @09:18AM (#8712899)

Seems this spammer bought one of the most expensive penis enhancement products you can get..

Number 2 (Score:3, Funny)

by bbrazil ( 729534 ) writes: <brian.brazil@gmail.com> on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @09:18AM (#8712906)

you're telling me the spammer made $1mm+

Not exaclty great growth potential...

No.... (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @09:20AM (#8712919)

you're thinking of the trunk.

Porsche? (Score:3, Funny)

by CleverNickedName ( 644160 ) writes: on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @09:20AM (#8712921) Journal

Clearly he was responsible for those "Increase the site of your penis" mails.

Nice car, but... (Score:2, Funny)

by Paddyish ( 612430 ) writes: on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @09:23AM (#8712940)

I only want it if the spammer's gonads are hanging from the mirror like a pair of fuzzy dice.

Promo for this competition... (Score:5, Funny)

by irokie ( 697424 ) writes: on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @09:23AM (#8712942) Homepage

Hi Sam,
youu may already have w0n b1g!!!
genuinne P0RSCHE!

click here to seee how to claim your pr1ze http://www.23fwdnvsoadaldsd%3ejdbf.com/

Love,
Sam

xcoiifidnbbibobdoodofn---

So next week (Score:5, Funny)

by redcaboodle ( 622288 ) writes: on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @09:24AM (#8712946)

the RIAA auctions P2P users iPods?

I want... (Score:2, Funny)

by Bilange ( 237074 ) writes: <<moc.liamtoh> <ta> <egnalib>> on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @09:26AM (#8712959) Journal

Spammer's e-mail adress. >:)

in the words of Cartman... (Score:1, Funny)

by bsDaemon ( 87307 ) writes: on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @09:26AM (#8712963)

...sweeeeeeeeet....

Does it come with a years supply of Viagra? (Score:3, Funny)

by MrIrwin ( 761231 ) writes: on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @09:38AM (#8713032) Journal

Or has it been re-morgated several times at an interesting rate?
BTW, rumor has it that the GPS system auto-navigates to hot young sticky.......

Re:Funny, but it makes an interesting point (Score:3, Funny)

by jadenyk ( 764614 ) writes: on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @09:38AM (#8713035)

I wonder if the spammer is entered into the contest to win it back???

I wouldn't want that porsche. (Score:3, Funny)

by ajutla ( 720182 ) writes: <ajutla at gmail dot com> on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @09:38AM (#8713037) Homepage

Not in a million years. It'd give me bad karma. Think of it, it used to belong to a spammer? It'd be like, every day when I'd get into that car I'd feel the aura of that spammer's presence in there. As I'd be trying to drive I'd be interrupted by random flashes in my mind, flashes of male enhancement, low mortgages, and free pornography. It'd be a nightmare. The car would haunt me for as long as I drove it. I'd be terrified to drive it but would have to. Friends would say, "hey, nice porsche." I, however, would think, "gods, you have NO idea what it's like...it's not easy having a porsche...that was once owned by a spammer."

Re:wrong message (Score:3, Funny)

by Spacejock ( 727523 ) writes: on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @09:39AM (#8713045)

1. Find lots and lots of email addresses 2. Learn to spell common words really, really badly 3. ??? 4. Cl~!ck this l!nk and Pr0fit!!!

Porsche (Score:5, Funny)

by black mariah ( 654971 ) writes: on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @09:39AM (#8713046)
This car comes complete with...
- Plenty of insurance
- An elnarged... uh... 'exhaust'
- A Nigerian bank account
- A screensaver
- A trunk full of Viagra
- A low mortgage rate
Re:Funny, but it makes an interesting point (Score:5, Funny)

by fredrikj ( 629833 ) writes: on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @09:40AM (#8713056) Homepage

the ex -executive branch of Enron, the CEO of SCO, Hitler, Stalin, Amelia Marcos, the list goes on

Hitler really doesn't deserve being listed next to McBride. Don't be such a troll.

i'd rather buy... (Score:2, Funny)

by hot_Karls_bad_cavern ( 759797 ) writes: on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @09:43AM (#8713073) Journal

...his testicles, for keeping.

Spammers (Score:4, Funny)

by panxerox ( 575545 ) * writes: on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @09:44AM (#8713080)

As anyone can now be listed as a spammer by some aol customer clicking the wrong radio button, when will we see my 1977 Toyota up for auction.

what they don't tell you (Score:2, Funny)

by Karem Lore ( 649920 ) writes: on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @09:48AM (#8713105)

is that it comes with financing that still needs to be payed...In fact, the trunk contains a briefcase that contains a list of AOL email addresses to help with the financing of the car...

Re:Can't just join? (Score:2, Funny)

by Orgazmus ( 761208 ) writes: on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @10:01AM (#8713169)

Terminate your account?
What world are you from?

I'm sorry... (Score:1, Funny)

by chjones ( 610558 ) writes: <[chjones] [at] [aleph0.com]> on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @10:22AM (#8713404) Homepage Journal

Internet giant AOL has ratcheted up the war against unsolicited e-mail with a publicity-grabbing coup...

Shouldn't that be 'a publicity-grabbing coupe'?

Re:Does it come with a CD Multiplayer? (Score:3, Funny)

by b0r0din ( 304712 ) writes: on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @10:27AM (#8713472)

I feel like a song:

Particle Man, Particle Man
Doing the things a particle can,
20" INCH COCK AND FREE WHORES IN JAPAN!,
Particle Man.

Is he a dot or is he a speck,
He signs all his emails, 'I'LL GET YOU WET'
Or does the water get him instead,
Nobody knows, Particle Man.

Triangle Man, Triangle Man
Triangle man hates Particle man,
They have a lawsuit, Triangle wins,
Triangle Man.

so does it come equiped with... (Score:5, Funny)

by clarkc3 ( 574410 ) writes: on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @10:31AM (#8713513)

Does the porsche come equiped with AOL's top speed technology?

Re:Funny, but it makes an interesting point (Score:5, Funny)

by Smallpond ( 221300 ) writes: on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @10:46AM (#8713660) Homepage Journal

Yes. In fact he sent in 10,000,000 entries.

Re:Funny, but it makes an interesting point (Score:3, Funny)

by aminorex ( 141494 ) writes: on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @11:49AM (#8714397) Homepage Journal

McBride has never made a train run on time.

(Om Mani Padme.... 20 seconds! SUBMIT!)

Re:Screw the Car... (Score:2, Funny)

by Endive4Ever ( 742304 ) writes: on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @12:35PM (#8714968)

So, you're saying that a Corvette is the equivalent of a low-end Porche?

GROWBIG (Score:3, Funny)

by www.sorehands.com ( 142825 ) writes: on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @01:06PM (#8715382) Homepage

Or was it ICANSPAM?

Re:mark my words (Score:4, Funny)

by DonGar ( 204570 ) writes: on Tuesday March 30, 2004 @02:37PM (#8716766) Homepage

One difference. Spammers are making money, and so have nice stuff.

The real pirates (selling illegal copies) are also making money, but that's not who the RIAA/MPAA is chasing. So how exciting is it going to be when they raffle off a "1987 Toyota with only 3 rust spots and 120k miles"?

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Does it come with a CD Multiplayer? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Does it come with a CD Multiplayer? (Score:4, Funny)

What about the registration plate (Score:5, Funny)

Re:hmm (Score:5, Funny)

Better News: (Score:5, Funny)

I can see it already in my inbox... (Score:5, Funny)

Can't just join? (Score:3, Funny)

Allow me to be the first to say ..... (Score:4, Funny)

Screw the Car... (Score:5, Funny)

Funny... (Score:5, Funny)

Number 2 (Score:3, Funny)

No.... (Score:2, Funny)

Porsche? (Score:3, Funny)

Nice car, but... (Score:2, Funny)

Promo for this competition... (Score:5, Funny)

So next week (Score:5, Funny)

I want... (Score:2, Funny)

in the words of Cartman... (Score:1, Funny)

Does it come with a years supply of Viagra? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Funny, but it makes an interesting point (Score:3, Funny)

I wouldn't want that porsche. (Score:3, Funny)

Re:wrong message (Score:3, Funny)

Porsche (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Funny, but it makes an interesting point (Score:5, Funny)

i'd rather buy... (Score:2, Funny)

Spammers (Score:4, Funny)

what they don't tell you (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Can't just join? (Score:2, Funny)

I'm sorry... (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Does it come with a CD Multiplayer? (Score:3, Funny)

so does it come equiped with... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Funny, but it makes an interesting point (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Funny, but it makes an interesting point (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Screw the Car... (Score:2, Funny)

GROWBIG (Score:3, Funny)

Re:mark my words (Score:4, Funny)

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