Republished with permission from the Daily WTF:
I wouldn’t want to abuse our relationship with the Daily WTF, but this one was too good to pass up.
It seems that these posts regarding trolling gets a lot of laughs, so here goes. At the Faildesk, we get emails like this all the time, but we never go so far as to develop a relationship with the sender of said emails…Alex, on the other hand, had some time.
Read on…
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Like any website with a contact form, The Daily WTF gets its share of spam. In addition to saying the darndest things, spammers will often push SEO services with a message like this.
From: amy.thompson@seosearchresults.net Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 7:03 PM To: Alex Papadimoulis Subject: let's succeed together -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi, My name is Amy Thompson and I would really love to tell you how thedailywtf.com can rank even better in Google. I'm a SEO expert working at SEO Search Results and while doing a research for some of my colleagues I found your email address and decided to contact you immediately. If you are interested I will be happy to send the additional information and all the details needed to make it happen. Thanks a lot, Amy seosearchresults.net
Normally, I’d just ignore these emails. But this time – perhaps because I had one dram of scotch too many – I decided to respond.
From: Alex Papadimoulis Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 7:05 PM To: amy.thompson@seosearchresults.net Subject: RE: let's succeed together -------------------------------------------------------------------- YES!!!!! LET’S SUCCEED TOGETHER!!!!!
I’ll admit, it wasn’t a very creative response, and most people wouldn’t respond to a message like mine. But then again, Amy isn’t like most people.
From: amy.thompson@seosearchresults.net Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 2:00 AM To: Alex Papadimoulis Subject: Hello Alex Re: let's succeed together -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello AlexThank you for getting back to me so fast, I'd like to tell you more about my previous email
![http://www.[redacted].com/](http://img.thedailywtf.com/images/alexp/adsmarty.jpg){kind=link}
If you visit the site Amy linked (don’t worry, it’s just a picture), I’m sure you would have responded exactly like I did.
From: Alex Papadimoulis Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 4:29 PM To: amy.thompson@seosearchresults.net Subject: RE: Hello Alex Re: let's succeed together -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wow, your website http://www.[redacted].com/ is beautiful like you said. Is that you on the photo graph? You're pretty.
Amy replied with this a bit later.
From: amy.thompson@seosearchresults.net Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 1:08 AM To: Alex Papadimoulis Subject: Re: Hello Alex Re: let's succeed togethe r -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello Alex , Thanks for replying. Please make it clear if you would like the article so that I can send it to you asap. Thanks once again.
And to that, I replied with the first thing that came to mind.
From: Alex Papadimoulis Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 10:04 AM To: amy.thompson@seosearchresults.net Subject: RE: Hello Alex Re: let's succeed togethe r -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Amy, It's really hot out today. I'm hoping it rains, though. Alex
I had to wait till the wee hours of the morning for Amy to respond to me again.
From: amy.thompson@seosearchresults.net Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2012 1:23 AM To: Alex Papadimoulis Subject: Re: Hello Alex Re: let's succeed togethe r -------------------------------------------------------------------- hi alex:) a strange reply. kindly let us know if you woudl like to work with us. regards Amy
Did you see that? She used a smiley emoticon!! And directly attached it to a lowercase alex!! Clearly, Amy likes me.
From: Alex Papadimoulis Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 10:40 AM To: amy.thompson@seosearchresults.net Subject: RE: Hello Alex Re: let's succeed togethe r -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dearest Amy, My bad, I meant to send that to another Amy who sent me an email as well. The other Amy's email was about the weather, and I think told her that I'm want to succeed together... which was probably very strange to her. But yes I want to work together. Who should I send an invoice to? Warmest Regards, Alex
I thought it was over, and that I had lost Amy forever. But she wrote back a few days later!
From: amy.thompson@seosearchresults.net Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 6:53 AM To: Alex Papadimoulis Subject: Re: Hello Alex ARTICLE Right Site For Casino Gambling -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi
Unfortunately, Amy’s timing was a bit off.
From: Alex Papadimoulis Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 2:25 AM To: 'amy.thompson@seosearchresults.net' Subject: RE: Hello Alex ARTICLE Right Site For Casi no Gambling -------------------------------------------------------------------- My Dearest Amy, I am glad to see your email again. Actually, I am currently on a camping trip in the great plains near the Kansas-Nebraska border. It's very quiet here, but it's also very pretty (like you), and I wish you were here to see it. Maybe some day. But... I will return home in a few days, and then I can publish the article you had put so much effort into making. I know my readers will love to learn about Casino Gambling! Take care, I will reply to you as soon as I can. Love, Alex
But I just couldn’t stop thinking of her. So I sent her this, with pictures from Welfl@flickr.
From: Alex Papadimoulis Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 11:39 PM To: amy.thompson@seosearchresults.net Subject: RE: Hello Alex ARTICLE Right Site For Casi no Gambling Attachments: for-amy1.jpg, for-amy2.jpg -------------------------------------------------------------------- My Dearest Amy, I'm still on my camping trip in Kansas, but I was thinking about you and took a couple of pictures to show you. See what I mean, how pretty it is?? I'll write again when I get back in town. Love, Alex
Thankfully, it didn’t take her long to write back.
From: amy.thompson@seosearchresults.net Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 4:16 AM To: Alex Papadimoulis Subject: Re: Hello Alex ARTICLE Right Site For Casino Gambling -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Alex
I felt bad for my dear Amy, getting hassled by her webmaster like that. But I had bigger problems on my plate… err, off it.
From: Alex Papadimoulis Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 10:48 AM To: amy.thompson@seosearchresults.net Subject: RE: Hello Alex ARTICLE Right Site For Casi no Gambling -------------------------------------------------------------------- My-Dearest-Amy, I-have-finally-returned-from-my-camping-trip,-but-I-discovered-that-my-keyboard-has broken,,,,,----I-spilled-some-maple-syrup-on-my-keys,-and-among-other-keys,-the-space bar,-the-ecks-key,-and-the-dot-key-are-not-working,,,--and-my-password-has-these characters-so-I-cannot-log-on,,,,---but-please-give-me-one-more-day-or-two,,,---and-I will-post-this-wonderful-article-that-you-have-written-for-me,,,,---- I-hope-you-are-doing-well,,,---I-missed-you,-and-thought-about-you-on-my-trip,,, Love, Ale[cks]
Thankfully, My Dearest Amy didn’t forget about me and replied a few days later.
From: amy.thompson@seosearchresults.net Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 7:52 AM To: Alex Papadimoulis Subject: Re: Hello Alex ARTICLE Right Site For Casi no Gambling -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi
I could tell things were heating up. Note the TWO distinct smiley emoticons.
From: Alex Papadimoulis Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 10:04 AM To: amy.thompson@seosearchresults.net Subject: RE: Hello Alex ARTICLE Right Site For Casi no Gambling -------------------------------------------------------------------- My Dearest Amy, Thank you for writing again!!!After my maple syrup incident, I had to get a whole new computer. Before I threw away my old computer, I wrote down your email address... but I must have written it as ".com" not as ".net". So when I emailed you, it came back as "address not found" or some strange error. That made me sad. I thought you didn't want to be my friend any more, or maybe you went and got a restraining order on me. But you're here now, so we can put that behind us!! So can you please once again send me this article? I wanted to post already, but it was on my old computer which is covered in syrup and won't turn on anymore. Love, Alex
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From: amy.thompson@seosearchresults.net Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 1:42 AM To: Alex Papadimoulis Subject: Re: Hello Alex ARTICLE Right Site For Casi no Gambling Attachments: article.rtf-------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Alex:) Glad to hear form you. Here is the article and please publish it asap as it is already delayed. thanks for your time and cooperation.
Finally, I could help my dear Amy!
From: Alex Papadimoulis (WTF) Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 4:39 PM To: amy.thompson@seosearchresults.net Subject: RE: Hello Alex ARTICLE Right Site For Casi no Gambling -------------------------------------------------------------------- My Dearest Amy,http://img.thedailywtf.com/images/alexp/for-amy.rtf I am sorry this took such a long time, but I'm excited it is finally done! Now, as you promised, could you please send a picture of yourself to me? Preferably, in an outdoor location with trees and/or grass. Love, Alex
I’m sure that you can imagine my excitement when I received a reply back later that evening.
From: amy.thompson@seosearchresults.net Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 1:15 AM To: Alex Papadimoulis Subject: Re: Hello Alex ARTICLE Right Site For Casi no Gambling -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Alex:) Great to see that you published our article. but if you visit the page, you can see that the code is not working. <a href =”http://www.premiere-casinos.com/”> top recommended casinos online.</a> It has to be pasted in the html code to make the link work. could you please see to it? will send you a pic as soon as I have one Regards:)
But wait… no attachment!? Nothing, none? Maybe if I upload the article, she’ll finally send it as she promised…
From: Alex Papadimoulis Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 12:06 AM To: amy.thompson@seosearchresults.net Subject: RE: Hello Alex ARTICLE Right Site For Casi no Gambling -------------------------------------------------------------------- My Dearest Amy, I am still waiting on a picture from youYou said that if I posted this article for you, then you would send me a picture. It is OK if you don't have one of you standing in front of some trees, but maybe one of you standing by an indoor plant would be nice. Or even a painting of a plant. I did correct the article, it is posted over here: http://thedaily wtf.com/Articles/Re-Hello-Alex-ARTICLE-Right-Site-For-Casi-no-Ga mbling.aspx Please my dear Amy, I really need the picture of you. I have been waiting so long now. Love, Alex
When I received a reply and didn’t see the paperclip attachment, I knew things weren’t looking good for Amy and I.
From: amy.thompson@seosearchresults.net Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 1:21 AM To: Alex Papadimoulis Subject: Re: Hello Alex ARTICLE Right Site For Casi no Gambling -------------------------------------------------------------------- hi Alex sorry but our article seems to be in a mess. You see it takes effort to write an article.Kindly correct it. Regards amy
And like that, I was left with no choice but to move on.
From: Alex Papadimoulis Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 11:35 AM To: 'amy.thompson@seosearchresults.net' Subject: RE: Hello Alex
To this day, I still think of the fond times that My Dearest Amy and I had together.
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