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If you're gonna spam me, can you please use English?

By Jeremy Wrenn

Home Builder with Winslow Homes

September 02, 2011 05:26 AM

Spam. From a canned meat to unwanted emails. Either way, it's not a positive image for me.

And we get it all the time. I know you do, if you have an email address.

But this is something I've never seen. Uusually there is the urgent plea for money to help them to put all their money in my bank account, or some products dealing with the more intimate details of what goes on in the dark.

But this one, well, I don't know what it's about. BECAUSE I CAN'T READ IT! It's in another language!

I assume Chinese, so let me know if you can translate it for me. I can tell it's about some SEO stuff, but that's it.

And of course, don't click on any links contained in the spam. I'm not sure if they're edible or not.

International spam, the best flavor

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Stephen Proski

Real Estate Kailua Kona, Hawaii - Kailua-Kona, HI

Real Estate Kailua Kona Hawaii

Jeremy, now that is a good topic for discussion, spam. Yes we all get spamed, however should we even be concerned about it or just ignore and delete? If I don't know you and you send me something to read via email, I probably will not even give it a look because it is probably spam.

Sep 02, 2011 05:30 AM

Julia Maher

Nestings: Connecticut Home Staging and Model Homes - Fairfield, CT

Connecticut Home Stager

Good one, Jeremy! My first clue something's Spam? "Dear one..." or "Dearest..."

Sep 02, 2011 05:32 AM

Diane McDermott

Realtor®, GRI, Landis e2 Real Estate, LLC - Charlotte, NC

Charlotte NC Real Estate Market

Spam in any language is still spam, though maybe a little more exotic and amusing before hitting delete!

Sep 02, 2011 05:33 AM

Jeremy Wrenn

Winslow Homes - Youngsville, NC

VP of Finance, Winslow Homes

Stephen, I usually just give a quick glance to make sure a customer's email isn't in the spam folder. But certainly not long looks. This one caught my eye, because even the title isn't in English! :)

Julia, exactly. If they don't know my name, they don't know me! Thanks for stopping by!

Sep 02, 2011 05:34 AM

Diane, exactly! Google did recognize it as spam, and it was a little amusing before I sent it to the trash. :)

Sep 02, 2011 05:37 AM

Bryan Robertson

Los Altos, CA

I've been hunting a lot of SPAM lately and have yet to see that. You're right, of course, if you're gonna try to sucker me into buying something, make sure I can read it!

Sep 02, 2011 05:39 AM

Bryan, exactly! I guess they're looking specifically to snooker only people in the US that can read Chinese. That's certainly limiting your ability to hook someone in! :)

Sep 02, 2011 05:45 AM

Pamela Lauridsen-Bache

Century 21 Beachside, Mission Viejo Ca - Laguna Niguel, CA

This made me laugh, I get alot of Spam but I have not had it in another language.

Pamela Lauridsen Bache

Sep 02, 2011 05:58 AM

Pamela, I'm glad it did! It was a first for me as well.

Sep 02, 2011 06:02 AM

Dick Greenberg

New Paradigm Partners LLC - Fort Collins, CO

Northern Colorado Residential Real Estate

Hi Jeremy - you might want to check that one out before you delete it - if I remember my Chinese correctly, you may have come into quite a bit of money.

Sep 02, 2011 11:25 AM

Donald Hester

NCW Home Inspections, LLC - Wenatchee, WA

NCW Home Inspections, LLC

Jeremy,

I get spam daily in Chinese, along with help me move money from Africa.

Sep 02, 2011 11:26 AM

Debbie Gartner

The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY

The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

OmG that is so crazy.

Sep 02, 2011 01:58 PM

Robert Rucker III

Fairbanks, AK

Hello Jeremy,

Thanks for the post. Very Enjoyable headline:) Like Donald #11, I too have received this type of spam a few times in the past. Not very much... about 2 times a year. The messages that I have received seem to come from overseas. I basically delete and move on.

Sep 03, 2011 02:08 AM

Phil Leng

Retired - Kirkland, WA

Phil Leng - Retired

Hi Jeremy, My last name is Leng, so I get Chinese spam quite regularly. I should learn Mandarin. Maybe I am being offered something valuable? Maybe someone died and left me a fortune? Thanks Phil

Sep 03, 2011 10:30 PM

Dick, too late, I deleted it! But I'll sure know better next time. :)

Donald, I don't get them daily, but I was getting the Africa money requests before. They seem to have given up on me though.

Isn't it, Debbie?

Robert, I think we all must at some point or another.

Dave, thanks for chiming in. It's always good to have a local friend provide me with a great spam example. :)

Phil, all of that is possible in the world of spam! It's up to you to find out what it can do for you! :D

Even more ironic is that my anti-spam graphic is "quandong". Sounds like a mix of Chinese, no?

Sep 04, 2011 01:04 AM

Mona Gersky

MoonDancer Realty, Dillsboro,NC - Sylva, NC

GRI,IMSD-Taking the mystery out of real estate.

Okay, now I'm in the know and glad I read this. I've never gotten the Chinese spam, but we used to get instruction sheets in the camping equipment which had obviously been translated badly from the Chinese.

Sep 09, 2011 03:56 PM

Mona, glad to do my public service announcement to help.

And bad translations, I call that "Engrish". I think there are websites dedicated to that term, that show some of the funny translations.

Sep 10, 2011 02:20 AM

If you're gonna spam me, can you please use English?

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