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SVT
(Game Developer)

So I just received a mysterious email that appears to be random letters and numbers, mixed case on the letters, and at the end of the email is two equals symbols like this: ==

does anyone have any ideas on if this is a coded message and if so what kind of code it may be? If I get really stuck, I'll post the email, I'm just not wanting to incase it contains something personal xD

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SVT
(Game Developer)

I googled a decoder for it, all it did was translate it into a long number steam

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deepcut

Could be an image or something as an attachement, that's being displayed as text instead of being translated correctly.
If this is not from a source you recognise I would suggest it is probably just a virus or phishing email and you should probably just ignore it.

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SVT
(Game Developer)

True, but still it bugs me as some people I've dropped outta contact with used to do this alot for fun. It might be them, but I want to be sure before just ignoring it.

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Mostlyghostly

Here try using this decoder.
https://paulschou.com/tools/xlate/

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bobofatt

Yes, in the Base64 box

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SVT
(Game Developer)

Results in a number string

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Mostlyghostly

Hm, mabye the number string fits into another box?
I honestly have no clue, sorry.

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SVT
(Game Developer)

XP well, I'm finding it interesting at least

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Nyanch

By whom was it sent from?

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SVT
(Game Developer)

dunno, email address I've never seen before, but I opened when I was using my android emulator, so no chance of infection on my computer.

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perrolijo

It could be an encrypted mail. But in that case you can't decipher it without the public key of the sender

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GarlicToast

well you can PM us in that case. Maybe we can help you out while maintaining its secrecy.

NSA mistyped an email address? Or are u hiding something?

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SVT
(Game Developer)

You never know what people hide in their closets~

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ACorpse

View the headers. If the "from" address isn't at all related to the first server that handled it, it's just spam and go ahead and bin it.

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