Apparently it was one report away from disappearing. Was the spam made when it was still the top thread? The slower speed of the in-topic spam makes me wonder if they're having to do it manually now.

Here's hoping that's the case and it involves hours of tedious clicking. That would be wonderfully karmic.

hopefully hours of tedious GOGbears as well!

No posts in 24+ hours. It hasn't been that quiet here for quite some time.

Seems like a good thing, although i've seen a few gogbears from time to time...

Somebody cleaned up http://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/vampire_the_masquerade_bloodlines but the war with the undead isn't over; it got a fresh piece of vampire scam spam today.

That's a legit testimony.

:)

Really? Seriously?

People are pretending to be vampires to scam people, that's a thing?

Some day I want to meet the people who fall for these things... and steal all their money by telling them I'm a Nigerian Prince.

As a Nigerian vampire prince, I find that very offensive.

Give me your bank details. I need to send you all my money. :P

Looks more like an Ad for a RPG Pen&Paper game they want to start...

And there are real vampires, they just don't have any physical enhancements, if i recall right it's a defect where they can't get certain nutrients from food normally and have to get it directly from blood... Or the vampire bats...

Course i'm recalling half of this from watching CSI which is heavily based on real science and CSI; Except of course the time frame is heavily sped up... So maybe i'm misinformed...

I'm telling you, she's a very good vampire friend of mine, jenniferrox. That's her actual name, by the way, she was baptized a Nicknamian Orthodox. And now she has double the money of the half that she spent becoming a vampire, so she's good at math too, obviously, so you cannot doubt her financial gain.

Interesting....

although i clicked on the testimony link and got a 'you got hacked' message...

Website stamped? Is this some sort of weird cyber bureaucrat attack?

You want to read a really weird scam? This is something I received back in 2009, just few weeks after NASA lost control of the Spirit Rover. Copying it word for word as I received it:

Hello

I pray that this email reaches you in the best of health. This letter may come to you as a surprise due to the fact that we have not yet met. The message could be strange but it's real and you will realise this if you pay some attention to it. I want to notify you about it at least for the sake of your integrity.

My name is Major Simon timothy, a direct and only remaining member of the wealthy Timothy's family. I am an astronaut with the Burkina Faso Air Force and on loan to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

In 2003 I left earth aboard the Mars Rover, Spirit. Seven months later I arrived on Mars. Prior to departing earth, I deposited the amount of US$ 11,600,000 (Eleven million, six hundred thousand United States dollars) in four safety galvanized boxes in a European financial institution which will be disclosed to you upon your acceptance of my proposal.

Last year, during the course of my research on Mars, I was ambushed by a group of analdwelling rebel Martians who inflicted great torturous pain upon my body with anal probes. After a few weeks of enduring the physical pain, they released me. As a direct result of this cruelty, I am now very ill with a ruptured uterus that has defiled all forms of medical treatment and which has been deemed to be inoperable by my Martian surgeons. I am writing this mail to you on a laptop from my hospital bed in the Martian capitol of Zhwrong.

I now have but a few weeks to live and I am far too ill to endure the long and arduous journey back to my Burkina Faso home. Therefore I have decided to donate the bulk of my fortune to a church or charitable organisation that will utilize this money in the manner which I shall impart to you later. In return for your assistance, I shall authorise you to keep 30% of this fund for your trouble and aggravation plus an additional 10% to cover your expenses.

You should contact my attorney in Ouagadougou immediately with your address and
Telephone number and he will give you his full contact information and guidance so that we can make arrangements as soon as possible.

CONTACT ADDRESS OF THE
ATTORNEY.HON. BARRISTER AKPARA KADIOGO.OFAKPARA
CHAMBERS.TELPHONE: +22678235021
FAX: + (226) 50014470
E-MAIL: akparaassociatechambers2@yahoo.com

SINCERELY YOURS,
MAJOR SIMON TIMOTHY,
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
ELYSIUM VETERINARY INFIRMARY
ZHWRONG, MARS
NANO

I HATE IT WHEN THAT HAPPENS. Goddamn Martian rebels and their unhealthy fascination with anal probes. This must be stopped.