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  • first time..

    From August Abolins@2:221/360 to All on Tue May 19 00:33:50 2020
    I think this is the first time I received this foreign language in junk/spam:

    ??????????????????????????? ??????????????????????? ???????????????????????? ????????????? ????????????????? ???????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????? ??????

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  • From Michiel van der Vlist@2:280/5555 to August Abolins on Mon May 18 21:50:46 2020
    Hello August Abolins!

    19 May 20 00:33:50, August Abolins wrote to All:

    I think this is the first time I received this foreign language in junk/spam:

    ??????????????????????????? ??????????????????????? ???????????????????????? ????????????? ????????????????? ???????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????? ??????

    What is it? I see it but I do not recognize it.



    Michiel


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  • From August Abolins@2:221/360 to Michiel van der Vlist on Tue May 19 04:37:32 2020
    On 5/18/2020 2:50 PM, between "Michiel van der Vlist : August Abolins":


    I think this is the first time I received this foreign language in junk/spam:
    ??????????????????????????? ??????????????????????? ???????????????????????? ?????????????
    ????????????????? ???????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????? ??????


    MvdV> What is it? I see it but I do not recognize it.

    Our friend google "detected" it as Thai. Then a wiki on thai script looks the same. So, must be it.

    Plop in the above into google translate. The language is terrible. It's only a snippet from the original, but it looks like it was promoting a gambling site.

    Must be a noob spammer that doesn't know their target.

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  • From Tommi Koivula@2:221/6 to August Abolins on Tue May 19 10:54:00 2020
    On 19.05.2020 4:37, August Abolins - Michiel van der Vlist :

    On 5/18/2020 2:50 PM, between "Michiel van der Vlist : August Abolins":


    AA>> I think this is the first time I received this foreign language in junk/spam:
    AA>> ??????????????????????????? ??????????????????????? ???????????????????????? ?????????????
    AA>> ????????????????? ???????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????? ??????

    MvdV> What is it? I see it but I do not recognize it.

    Our friend google "detected" it as Thai.

    Yes, it did. :)

    "Ei ollenkaan vaikeaa, eiko niin? Mutta niille, jotka eivat ole viela Eika tiennyt sita alkua Vedonlyonti verkossa Mitka ovat vaiheet? Ja kuinka haet jasenyytta Mielenkiintoisia palveluita jalkapallo-vedonlyontiin verkossa."

    Wtf? :D

    'Tommi

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  • From Michael Dukelsky@2:5020/1042.3 to Tommi Koivula on Tue May 19 08:44:58 2020
    Hello Tommi Koivula!

    19 May 20 10:54:00, Tommi Koivula wrote to August Abolins:

    "Ei ollenkaan vaikeaa, eik|| niin? Mutta niille, jotka eiv|?t ole viel|? Eik|? tiennyt sit|? alkua Vedonly||nti verkossa Mitk|? ovat vaiheet? Ja kuinka haet j|?senyytt|? Mielenkiintoisia palveluita jalkapallo-vedonly||ntiin verkossa."

    This is not UTF-8 as it is expected here.

    Michael


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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12 to Michiel van der Vlist on Tue May 19 05:52:18 2020
    Re: first time..
    By: Michiel van der Vlist to August Abolins on Mon May 18 2020 21:50:46


    MvdV> What is it? I see it but I do not recognize it.

    uncle google says it is Thai and translates it to this...

    "Not difficult at all, right? But for those who have not
    yet And didn't know that the beginning Online football
    betting What are the steps? And how to apply for
    membership Interesting services for football betting
    online. There is a website."

    so yeah, online gambling spam looks like to me...


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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12 to August Abolins on Tue May 19 05:53:36 2020
    Re: first time..
    By: August Abolins to Michiel van der Vlist on Tue May 19 2020 04:37:32


    Must be a noob spammer that doesn't know their target.

    their target is anyone who responds... aside from that, "spray and pray" is the technique... remember, barnham was right...


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  • From Tommi Koivula@2:221/6 to Michael Dukelsky on Tue May 19 10:37:10 2020
    Hello Michael Dukelsky!

    19 May 20 08:44:58, Michael Dukelsky wrote to Tommi Koivula:

    Hello Tommi Koivula!

    19 May 20 10:54:00, Tommi Koivula wrote to August Abolins:

    "Ei ollenkaan vaikeaa, eik|| niin? Mutta niille, jotka eiv|?t ole viel|? Eik|? tiennyt sit|? alkua Vedonly||nti verkossa Mitk|? ovat vaiheet? Ja kuinka haet j|?senyytt|? Mielenkiintoisia palveluita jalkapallo-vedonly||ntiin verkossa."

    This is not UTF-8 as it is expected here.

    My text looks fine to me in this gossipEd.

    Your quoted text does not.

    Hmm...

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    'Tommi

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/360 to Tommi Koivula on Tue May 19 18:28:44 2020
    On 19/05/2020 3:54 a.m., Tommi Koivula : August Abolins wrote:

    AA>>> I think this is the first time I received this foreign language in junk/spam:
    AA>>> ??????????????????????????? ??????????????????????? ???????????????????????? ?????????????
    AA>>> ????????????????? ???????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????
    ???????? ??????

    Our friend google "detected" it as Thai.

    Yes, it did. :)

    "Ei ollenkaan vaikeaa, eiko niin? Mutta niille, jotka eivat ole
    viela Eika tiennyt sita alkua Vedonlyonti verkossa Mitka ovat
    vaiheet? Ja kuinka haet jasenyytta Mielenkiintoisia palveluita jalkapallo-vedonlyontiin verkossa."

    Wtf? :D

    Does G translate maintain the essence of the message in Finnish?

    From Thai to Latvian.. it's pretty bad.

    The original is probably seeded with gibberish to try and thwart the spam detectors.

    Lately, I've been getting a handful of spam everyday from the .icu TLD.

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  • From Tommi Koivula@2:221/360 to August Abolins on Wed May 20 09:19:49 2020
    On 19.05.2020 18:28, August Abolins : Tommi Koivula :

    ??????????????????????????? ??????????????????????? ?????????? ?????? ???????? ????????????? AA>>> ????????????????? ?????????????? ????? ????????????? ???????????????????????????????

    Our friend google "detected" it as Thai.

    Yes, it did. :)

    "Ei ollenkaan vaikeaa, eiko niin? Mutta niille, jotka eivat ole
    viela Eika tiennyt sita alkua Vedonlyonti verkossa Mitka ovat
    vaiheet? Ja kuinka haet jasenyytta Mielenkiintoisia palveluita jalkapallo-vedonlyontiin verkossa."

    Is this what you saw in my message? Or did you manually 'fix' the scandinavian characters (oaa) ?

    Does G translate maintain the essence of the message in Finnish?

    The translation is awful, but it is possible to guess the idea.

    'Tommi

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/360 to Tommi Koivula on Wed May 20 17:25:37 2020
    On 5/20/2020 2:19 AM, between "Tommi Koivula : August Abolins":

    "Ei ollenkaan vaikeaa, eiko niin? Mutta niille, jotka eivat ole
    viela Eika tiennyt sita alkua Vedonlyonti verkossa Mitka ovat
    vaiheet? Ja kuinka haet jasenyytta Mielenkiintoisia palveluita
    jalkapallo-vedonlyontiin verkossa."

    Is this what you saw in my message? Or did you manually 'fix' the scandinavian characters (oaa) ?

    Whoops. The original in my reply/edit window included all the chars. Here they are quoted by Thunderbird only:

    "Ei ollenkaan vaikeaa, eiko niin? Mutta niille, jotka eivat ole
    viela Eika tiennyt sita alkua Vedonlyonti verkossa Mitka ovat
    vaiheet? Ja kuinka haet jasenyytta Mielenkiintoisia palveluita
    jalkapallo-vedonlyontiin verkossa."

    BUT, Reformator/Quoter didn't handle the a+dots and the o+dots. :(
    Sorry, I didn't notice that.

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  • From Kinji Kameda@1:103/705 to Tommi Koivula on Fri May 22 22:58:00 2020
    Tommi Koivula wrote to Michael Dukelsky <=-

    "Ei ollenkaan vaikeaa, eik|| niin? Mutta niille, jotka eiv|?t ole viel|?

    ik|? tiennyt sit|? alkua Vedonly||nti verkossa Mitk|? ovat vaiheet? Ja kuinka haet j|?senyytt|? Mielenkiintoisia palveluita jalkapallo-vedonly||ntiin verkossa."

    Noi ei kylla toimi minulla. ArcaOS heittaa jotain omiaan. Mikahan on.
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