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message 1: by Scott, Fabled Reviewer o' Tales! (new)

Scott (bookblogger) | 1316 comments Mod
This morning I got a message that I hadn't expected. I am now being stalked by people claiming to be hot women who think there is something special about me on a site dedicated to books. It's like MySpace all over again.

Anyway I thought you guys might find this as amusing as I did so here is a copy of the message I got today trying to entice me to do...something.

Hello dear,
My name is soniya,am a decent girl with love and honest,please i will like you to contact me through my email address(removed for posting)so that i can tell you more about me with pictures of me, thanks
yours love,
soniya,


message 2: by Jeffrey, Lentarian Fire Thrower (new)

Jeffrey Poole (authorjmpoole) | 2287 comments Mod
You sly devil... :)

The grammar is so spotty I'd say it had to be written poorly on purpose. What won't they think of next?

The only thing I have are trolls who constantly force me to keep my security levels up on my blog. I'm hoping they'd have given up by now but clearly thy haven't. *sigh*


message 3: by J.H. (new)

J.H. Sked (jhsked) | 115 comments Oh, my - who'd've thought? Goodreads, the new porn portal. Bwahahaha! Sorry Scott - couldn't resist. Then again, so far I haven't had anyone try to sell me viagra on here. Give it time.


message 4: by Eric (new)

Eric Quinn (eqknowles) I've had a few of those messages myself. It's nuts.


message 5: by A.L. (new)

A.L. Butcher (alb2012) | 1013 comments Lol used to get a lot of those on authonomy.


message 6: by Kevin (new)

Kevin Mullikin | 56 comments I get messages like this at least twice a week on my email.


message 7: by Frank (new)

Frank Hofer Just to save you all some trouble, don't bother sending the Nigerian any bank account information so you can split the fortune. Already taken care of.


message 8: by A.L. (new)

A.L. Butcher (alb2012) | 1013 comments We had someone on Authonomy doing the "luvulongtime" type. One of the older male authors had great fun with "her".


message 9: by A.K. (new)

A.K. (akbutler) | 43 comments I'm a girl and I get those all the time. Mostly from large chested women (I can tell from the stock image in their profile pic they pulled off google) claiming to be "team bi". Like, Team Jacob? Team Edward? Sexuality has teams, now, I guess? Ahh, internet. Thanks. Thanks for that.


message 10: by A.L. (new)

A.L. Butcher (alb2012) | 1013 comments Lol, shouldn't laugh really but it amazes me people have nothing better to do with their time. Sometimes the anonymity of the internet has its downsides.


message 11: by Tim (new)

Tim | 44 comments I've had friend requests from a bunch of these "people" as well as messages. Good job I don't just say yes to anyone who asks.


message 12: by R.A. (new)

R.A. White (rawhite) | 131 comments Awesome, something to look forward to!


message 13: by A.K. (new)

A.K. (akbutler) | 43 comments A.K. wrote: " it amazes me people have nothing better to do with their time. "

They make a substantial income off it, enough to very much make it worth their time. Unfortunately.


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