Unsolicited LLM emails

[onehitwanda]

Oh God... Now that I read it again...

Someone, somewhere in the world, is now using AI to generate dick pics to send them through email... adding also a text that's also been generated by an LLM.

I suddenly have a small business idea.

"Mail you friends clitters"

 

[StillStunned]

"Mail you friends clitters"

"Collect the whole set - if you can find them!"

 

[TheLobster]

"Collect the whole set - if you can find them!"

"Be on the lookout for a limited-time G-spot edition!"

 

[onehitwanda]

"Be on the lookout for a limited-time G-spot edition!"

"New, special edition - camouflage, so they don't see the you coming!"

 

[Bramblethorn]

Recently, I've started receiving unsolicited emails that claim to be from fellow authors who are interested in talking about writing. To my shame, I actually fell for it the first time. The emails all follow the same pattern (here's my bibliography, I'm really interested in talking about writing, what is your journey?). After reading a couple of them, the bland and generic writing style becomes obvious. They are from an LLM, no human involved.

Is anyone else receiving these? What is the goal of these emails?

Could be trying to send you malware as others have suggested, but my first guess would be shonky publishing services. There's a lot of that going round at the moment: people drop a generic compliment on somebody's work and then steer the conversation into "let me design covers for you/edit your work/publish your book", all for a fee which you will definitely, definitely make back. Or they'll plug some contest with a fee to enter and a guarantee* of money prizes.

 

[StillStunned]

"New, special edition - camouflage, so they don't see the you coming!"

I'll ask my wife what camouflage she uses. I never see her coming.

 

[onehitwanda]

I'll ask my wife what camouflage she uses. I never see her coming.

She's a redhead, the lack of soul messes with divination magic.

 

[StillStunned]

She's a redhead, the lack of soul messes with divination magic.

Hey, my wife has a soul!

Several, in fact. She keeps them in diamonds and wears them as jewellery.

 

[onehitwanda]

Hey, my wife has a soul!

Several, in fact. She keeps them in diamonds and wears them as jewellery.

Diamonds are a girl's best friend, after all...

Wow that's dark, Wanda.

 

[StillStunned]

Diamonds are a girl's best friend, after all...

Better than a dog, that's for sure.

 

[onehitwanda]

Better than a dog, that's for sure.

I am knot going there.

 

[StillStunned]

I am knot going there.

Dammit, I just had a witty response to your "compressed and heated" comment!

 

[KittyOfSteele]

I suddenly have a small business idea.

"Mail you friends clitters"

Are they going to be AI generated?

Wait a minute, isn't this pretty much OnlyFans with extra steps?

 

[Bazzle]

Over on Bluesky it tends to happen. You get a message from an account that appears to be from an established/famous author, and they ask about your books.

The thing is, though, that they never seem to read the replies. If I say, "I don't write books, I write short erotic sword & sorcery stories on Literotica" I'll get a reply saying, "Cool, let's exchange books!"

And then they'll say something like "I have 30 books published on Amazon", but you look up the author they're pretending to be and they have six published works or something.

(I've only had a few of these. Other people seem to be flooded. @Bazzle mentioned getting several.)

I like talking to authors...but when they don't mention their books, or their links in their bios don't work, or when you check their website they don't mention the same books...it gets a bit strange. But the biggest clue are they are @ name 4x numbers.

 

[Rob_Royale]

Over on Bluesky it tends to happen. You get a message from an account that appears to be from an established/famous author, and they ask about your books.

The thing is, though, that they never seem to read the replies. If I say, "I don't write books, I write short erotic sword & sorcery stories on Literotica" I'll get a reply saying, "Cool, let's exchange books!"

And then they'll say something like "I have 30 books published on Amazon", but you look up the author they're pretending to be and they have six published works or something.

(I've only had a few of these. Other people seem to be flooded. @Bazzle mentioned getting several.)

I got one also from someone claiming to be Delia Owens.

 

[StillStunned]

I got one also from someone claiming to be Delia Owens.

Yeah, that was one of them. It shows up in my Chats list now as "Deleted account".