Weird IM Exchanges

I've been around the Internet since the very early days, and I've never really been one afraid of privacy issues.  I have created accounts on most of the social networks and instant message clients around.   I also ran a live webcam for years.  You could say I'm online and out there more then the average user.

As a webmaster of the Frogstar.com web site, I often get strange instant messages pop up on my screen.  My chat ID's are publicly available online in a number of places, and sometimes people just want to say Hi.  I like the occasional fan mail, or thank you, but every once in a while a strange message appears.  Usually rude, and poorly structured with more anger than grammar.  I'm especially fond of the ones that start with "WHO IS THIS" at the first introductory message.  I have archived a few for public laughter.  I will admit that I try hard to make it interesting.  Some people play along, some don't.

More recently, the messages that amuse me most are from Nigerians or other foreign scammers looking to fool me into spending money or worse.  Playing along with these is quite a skill.

Some of the IM handles have been changed.  Some I left the same.