Skype spam
Aug 8th, 2007 by Andrew
We are regular Skype users for chatting with family and friends. Not long after moving to China we started getting Skype spam. We have periods where we'll get a few Skype spam messages in a day over a few days and then go for weeks without getting any. The standard procedure is just to block the user that the spam has come from, easy enough to do but annoying none the less.
Here's an example:
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Which when translated becomes:
Skype (skype) [ system news ]
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Skype (skype) network science and technology limited company
August 7, 2007
Honestly, how gullible do they think we are!