Silly Emails From Colleagues - General Discussion

Daffodil67 · 05-06-2007, 12:05

Why do I get these? There's people sending them round like wildfire! People, Id usually class as intelligent too!

"Dear All
Marks & Spencers, in conjunction with Persimmon Homes, are giving away free vouchers. Marks & Spencers are trying word-of-mouth advertising to introduce its products and the reward you receive for advertising for them is free non-refundable vouchers to be used in any M&S store. To receive your free vouchers by e-mail all you have to do is to send this email out to 8 people (for £100 of free vouchers) or 20 people (for £500 of free vouchers). Within 2 weeks you will receive an e-mail with your vouchers attached. They will contact you through your e-mail address. Please mark a copy to: *************@persimmonhomes.com "

Collette · 05-06-2007, 12:08

I had that one too - I can't believe people would take stuff like that seriously either...

macca@90 · 05-06-2007, 12:23

My MIL used to send me all that crap. "Cute" pictures of animals or send this to 10 people to help cancer research nonsense.
I blocked her email address. That got shot of her.

PamelaL · 05-06-2007, 12:27

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Originally Posted by macca@90

My MIL used to send me all that crap. "Cute" pictures of animals or send this to 10 people to help cancer research nonsense.
I blocked her email address. That got shot of her.

I get cute pictures of animals from work colleagues all the time, it drives me nuts.

kimindex · 05-06-2007, 12:34

And chain mails - send them on so something good will happen today - yeah, right.

pjb007 · 05-06-2007, 12:36

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Originally Posted by Collette

I had that one too - I can't believe people would take stuff like that seriously either...

I had something like that ages ago some company working with a supermarket.

I reported it to the supermarket that the offer was supposideally with and they replied and said it was geniune.

Didn't bother with the though and never heard from the company running the offer again.

toastie · 05-06-2007, 12:58

I hate it when someone sends me something and says "this is hilarious" because I just know it won't be.

Mexie · 05-06-2007, 13:04

These emails can be used to collect addresses for spammers. It really annoys me that my friends are sending out my email address without asking me. If they insist on sending these emails, they should at least bcc all the addresses.

Millie Muppet · 05-06-2007, 13:04

Thank God, I thought I was the only person who hated supposed e-mail 'funnies'.

It's very very rare that I've come across a good one. The only witty ones I've enjoyed are Higher Maths Exam for Glasgwegian Students V Higher Maths Exam for Edinburgh Students and You Know You're Glaswegian If...

Most of them get binned without being read. I particularly hate the guilt-trippy ones about cancer, or being riddled with bad luck, or- sorry- a certain missing four year-old.

I can't understand why seemingly intelligent people expend the energy on forwarding these to a distribution list.

sarum · 05-06-2007, 13:04

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Originally Posted by PamelaL

I get cute pictures of animals from work colleagues all the time, it drives me nuts.

I'm guilty of that ....I send 'aaawww' emails to most of my friends...

But to be fair, they do reciprocate...

Purity · 05-06-2007, 13:05

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Originally Posted by PamelaL

I get cute pictures of animals from work colleagues all the time, it drives me nuts.

Just for you Pam:

http://www.thecatgallery.com/cute_kittens.html

UKMikey · 05-06-2007, 14:11

The best part of some chain emails is the disclaimer that tells us that if we don't send the email to 50,000 of our friends and coleagues, then someone close to us will suffer a fate horrifically worse than having to read thousands of spoof pictures and unfunny jokes.

PamelaL · 05-06-2007, 14:13

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Originally Posted by Purity

Just for you Pam:

http://www.thecatgallery.com/cute_kittens.html

Bloody cats.

dancing lady · 05-06-2007, 14:15

Chain emails - I once returned a chain email to a constant offender asking her politely not to include me. She got the message and I never heard from her again - result

Purity · 05-06-2007, 14:16

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Originally Posted by PamelaL

Bloody cats.

ItsMyLife · 05-06-2007, 14:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by macca@90

My MIL used to send me all that crap. "Cute" pictures of animals or send this to 10 people to help cancer research nonsense.
I blocked her email address. That got shot of her.

I always send it 10 times to whoever sent it in the first place .

occasional post · 05-06-2007, 14:55

No one sends them to me - they all know I'm a miserable old git when it comes to this sort of stuff

scoobyju1 · 05-06-2007, 15:22

My mum always thinks it's funny to send crap emails, I swear she has nothing better to do

PIDGAS · 05-06-2007, 15:28

A colleague rang me today to say she'd got that email from her sister and what did I think. I'm always getting hoax virus emals from her and the first thing I do is search it and then send her a link to something that confirms it as a hoax.

I agree that supposedly intelligent people should know better. My first question to her was 'How would M&S know that you had sent it to 20 people?'

She uses the internet a lot but had no idea that you can simply type 'M&S Voucher hoax' into google and find out all about the scam.

05-06-2007, 15:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daffodil67

Why do I get these? There's people sending them round like wildfire! People, Id usually class as intelligent too!

"Dear All
Marks & Spencers, in conjunction with Persimmon Homes, are giving away free vouchers. Marks & Spencers are trying word-of-mouth advertising to introduce its products and the reward you receive for advertising for them is free non-refundable vouchers to be used in any M&S store. To receive your free vouchers by e-mail all you have to do is to send this email out to 8 people (for £100 of free vouchers) or 20 people (for £500 of free vouchers). Within 2 weeks you will receive an e-mail with your vouchers attached. They will contact you through your e-mail address. Please mark a copy to: *************@persimmonhomes.com "

I got that stupid e-mail today. How on earth do people actually think it's going to work?

05-06-2007, 15:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daffodil67

Why do I get these? There's people sending them round like wildfire! People, Id usually class as intelligent too!

"Dear All
Marks & Spencers, in conjunction with Persimmon Homes, are giving away free vouchers. Marks & Spencers are trying word-of-mouth advertising to introduce its products and the reward you receive for advertising for them is free non-refundable vouchers to be used in any M&S store. To receive your free vouchers by e-mail all you have to do is to send this email out to 8 people (for £100 of free vouchers) or 20 people (for £500 of free vouchers). Within 2 weeks you will receive an e-mail with your vouchers attached. They will contact you through your e-mail address. Please mark a copy to: *************@persimmonhomes.com "

I just read this thread, rolleyed my eyes, and thanked my lucky stars that I don't know anyone silly enough to believe it and send it on.

Then I checked my emails. Apparently I do. I had the exact same bloody email waiting for me.

That'll teach me to be smug about my friends I suppose...

Hathor · 05-06-2007, 16:12

Just report them to management for wasting company time and resources.

RAINBOWGIRL22 · 05-06-2007, 16:18

Slightly off topic but a colleague of mine replied to an email earlier that I has sent in May....2006

lemoncurd · 05-06-2007, 16:48

If colleagues ever sent me crap like that, I'd send an email abuse report to IT. It's totally wrong to use employer's IT facilities for personal stuff (unless it's access the DS forums).

blueblade · 05-06-2007, 16:59

It all falls into the province of what I call "work spam". Includes stuff that hasn't the slightest remotest relevance to your role in the company, anything containing more than two attachments, anything with files/links that won't open, stuff about quizzes and trips out from the Social Club, jokey stuff with silly pictures, anything about colleagues retiring, ill, dying, getting married, having a baby etc.

They all get deleted immediately so they're not clogging up my in box.

05-06-2007, 12:05	#1
Daffodil67 Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Wales Services: Many And Varied Posts: 1,548	Silly Emails From Colleagues Why do I get these? There's people sending them round like wildfire! People, Id usually class as intelligent too! "Dear All Marks & Spencers, in conjunction with Persimmon Homes, are giving away free vouchers. Marks & Spencers are trying word-of-mouth advertising to introduce its products and the reward you receive for advertising for them is free non-refundable vouchers to be used in any M&S store. To receive your free vouchers by e-mail all you have to do is to send this email out to 8 people (for £100 of free vouchers) or 20 people (for £500 of free vouchers). Within 2 weeks you will receive an e-mail with your vouchers attached. They will contact you through your e-mail address. Please mark a copy to: *************@persimmonhomes.com "

05-06-2007, 12:08	#2
Collette Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Schmocation Posts: 3,777	I had that one too - I can't believe people would take stuff like that seriously either...

05-06-2007, 12:23	#3
macca@90 Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,346	My MIL used to send me all that crap. "Cute" pictures of animals or send this to 10 people to help cancer research nonsense. I blocked her email address. That got shot of her.

05-06-2007, 12:34	#5
kimindex Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Cornwall (ex-London) Posts: 40,033	And chain mails - send them on so something good will happen today - yeah, right.

05-06-2007, 12:58	#7
toastie Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,716	I hate it when someone sends me something and says "this is hilarious" because I just know it won't be.

05-06-2007, 13:04	#8
Mexie Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Wakefield/Leeds Posts: 557	These emails can be used to collect addresses for spammers. It really annoys me that my friends are sending out my email address without asking me. If they insist on sending these emails, they should at least bcc all the addresses.

05-06-2007, 13:04	#9
Millie Muppet Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Hamstery Services: Agustin Calleri's sex slave Posts: 3,472 Blog Entries: 7	Thank God, I thought I was the only person who hated supposed e-mail 'funnies'. It's very very rare that I've come across a good one. The only witty ones I've enjoyed are Higher Maths Exam for Glasgwegian Students V Higher Maths Exam for Edinburgh Students and You Know You're Glaswegian If... Most of them get binned without being read. I particularly hate the guilt-trippy ones about cancer, or being riddled with bad luck, or- sorry- a certain missing four year-old. I can't understand why seemingly intelligent people expend the energy on forwarding these to a distribution list.

05-06-2007, 14:11	#12
UKMikey Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: West Drayton, Middlesex Services: 22 miles (Little Chef) Posts: 9,417	The best part of some chain emails is the disclaimer that tells us that if we don't send the email to 50,000 of our friends and coleagues, then someone close to us will suffer a fate horrifically worse than having to read thousands of spoof pictures and unfunny jokes.

05-06-2007, 14:15	#14
dancing lady Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 359	Chain emails - I once returned a chain email to a constant offender asking her politely not to include me. She got the message and I never heard from her again - result

05-06-2007, 14:55	#17
occasional post Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: here again! Posts: 3,261	No one sends them to me - they all know I'm a miserable old git when it comes to this sort of stuff

05-06-2007, 15:22	#18
scoobyju1 Forum Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,380	My mum always thinks it's funny to send crap emails, I swear she has nothing better to do

05-06-2007, 15:28	#19
PIDGAS Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 3,432	A colleague rang me today to say she'd got that email from her sister and what did I think. I'm always getting hoax virus emals from her and the first thing I do is search it and then send her a link to something that confirms it as a hoax. I agree that supposedly intelligent people should know better. My first question to her was 'How would M&S know that you had sent it to 20 people?' She uses the internet a lot but had no idea that you can simply type 'M&S Voucher hoax' into google and find out all about the scam.

05-06-2007, 16:12	#22
Hathor Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Babylon and Ting Services: I reject your reality, and substitute my own! Posts: 8,949	Just report them to management for wasting company time and resources.

05-06-2007, 16:18	#23
RAINBOWGIRL22 Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 11,986	Slightly off topic but a colleague of mine replied to an email earlier that I has sent in May....2006

05-06-2007, 16:48	#24
lemoncurd Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Gender: Male Location: Bristol Services: Freeview (Fusion FVRT200 DVR); BeUnlimited 8Mb Posts: 23,314 Blog Entries: 1	If colleagues ever sent me crap like that, I'd send an email abuse report to IT. It's totally wrong to use employer's IT facilities for personal stuff (unless it's access the DS forums).

05-06-2007, 16:59	#25
blueblade Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Gender: Male Location: Chelmsford, Essex Services: Sky HD, VM broadband Posts: 37,377	It all falls into the province of what I call "work spam". Includes stuff that hasn't the slightest remotest relevance to your role in the company, anything containing more than two attachments, anything with files/links that won't open, stuff about quizzes and trips out from the Social Club, jokey stuff with silly pictures, anything about colleagues retiring, ill, dying, getting married, having a baby etc. They all get deleted immediately so they're not clogging up my in box.