You know you’re famous when your AdSense…
I’m in serious thought about this one, and I’m not hiding the e-mail for a reason…
— Sent by qeo.50000@yahoo.com —
This is a warning and if you don’t pay attention to it you will suffer from bad turns.
All your income is through Google Adsense and if you do not cooperate with us we will stop this income source.
We would like you to pay us the total amount of USD 1000 each month.
This small amount could be considered as nothing compared to your earnings from Adsense.
If you do not pay this amount we will have to close your account by the help of special robots & spaming & …
I am not happy to do this but I have to as there is no way out of it and I trust if you were me you would also have to do the same.
I am an inventor and I have recently innovated a new design which will be accepted by scientific societies only if I can present a model in advance; and making the model takes money. They will register my new design only after they have checked all aspects of the same.
My theory is changing the power into energy. If I succeed many big problems will be solved.
All my design specification could be viewed in the following web log:
http://magnetic-machine.blogspot.com/
The magnets will be bought in installments and the amount you pay is to be paid monthly for the same.
After the registration of my design, the entire amount which I received from you will be paid back.
If you collaborate with me, you have helped to the science.
And if not, I will have to close your Google Adsense account.
I seek your help for the sake of the Science and if you are not prepared to collaborate I will have to close your Google Adsense account
Waiting for your reply…..
— Sent by David Wilkinson —
Dang. What can I say? You’ve got me in a tight corner. My $0 per month AdSense income (I stopped using it in February, see) is all yours.
— Sent by qeo.50000@yahoo.com —
i spam your adsense code to 100.000.000 email address
you earn 1000000 click from yahoo mail and Google close your account
plz wait until closing…!
— Sent by David Wilkinson —
Nah… You serious? The fact I know Google AdWords Optimization Specialists and a tonne of other Google employees is going to change nothin, I’m sure.
— Sent by qeo.50000@yahoo.com —
i spam your adsense code to 100.000.000 email address
you earn 1000000 click from yahoo mail and Google close your account
plz wait until closing…!
— Sent by David Wilkinson —
You mentioned that… Please, go ahead. I’ve been sorta watching my AdSense account nervously for fear of being assasinated.
Sorta makes you wonder what lows people will stoop to over the net. I dub it Blackmail 2.0. (Look ma, a new buzzword!)
















August 21st, 2007 at 10:10 pm
Dude, you don’t want to help to the science?!
August 21st, 2007 at 10:49 pm
Heh… You mean the fake sketches of two magnets attracted to each other? Hah!
August 21st, 2007 at 10:15 pm
100,000,000 email addresses? Isn’t that a bit excessive? I mean, 1/3 of the United States?
Note to spammers: If you’re going to pretend to be evil, extorting scientists, at least use proper English.
August 21st, 2007 at 10:48 pm
Heh… If you think 100,000,000 is bad, it’s nothing. I know ‘blackhat’ guys with over 800,000,000.
August 21st, 2007 at 10:40 pm
Ok… lol… But I agree with Brennan… 100,000,000 Email adressess… Come on lol.
August 21st, 2007 at 10:57 pm
On a serious note, when something like that happens - do you just report it instantly to Google?
August 21st, 2007 at 11:01 pm
Put simply - yes.
August 22nd, 2007 at 12:51 pm
Uh oh David, you’re in trouble now. Mr Qeo sounds really dangerous and threatening.
August 22nd, 2007 at 3:54 pm
Those freakin mad scientists are going to ruin the interwebs for all of us.
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:05 pm
LMAO! You guys crack me up.
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:05 pm
If things go further, I’ll be hiring a private bodyguard to protect me.
August 22nd, 2007 at 5:35 pm
Your last email to the guy should have said, “All your magnet are belong to us .. plz wait until closing!”
August 22nd, 2007 at 9:09 pm
LOL! I’m officialy adopting that as my new tagline. You don’t mind, do you?
August 22nd, 2007 at 9:14 pm
Haha that is one fine tagline.
August 22nd, 2007 at 8:38 pm
Not a new story btw.
This already happened to several famous people including shawn of DP.
August 22nd, 2007 at 9:03 pm
Really? Was it random targetting? Must ‘ave been if I got one…
September 2nd, 2007 at 8:05 pm
Heh: Even I got one, and I’ve never used Adsense on my wp blog
But, technically speaking, a vast, distributed network of bots operating from spyware infested Windows PCs could be very easily used to do what he thinks he wants to do. Technically, that is
Rock on Dave!